Columbus, GA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Columbus
- Logistics Coordinator JobBiotouch
- Onsite Cardiovascular Clinical Research CoordinatorCvausa
- Contract Plant ControllerMalone Workforce Solutions
- Water Business Group Right of Way Cross Sector DirectorHDR
- Executive DirectorProvincial Senior Living
- Chief Nursing OfficerSt. Francis-Emory Healthcare
- Vice President OperationsBoys & Girls Clubs of America
- Vice President of OperationsADP
- Business Insurance Vice PresidentMercer France
- Vice President, Financial Services and SystemsLiberty Utilities
Employers hiring most in Columbus
- Synovus18 open roles
- RPM International8 open roles
- ScionHealth6 open roles
- iHeartMedia3 open roles
- Marsh McLennan3 open roles
- Terracon Consultants3 open roles
- Advantage Solutions2 open roles
- Aflac2 open roles
- Diverse Lynx2 open roles
- DSJ Global2 open roles
Columbus layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Columbus in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Columbus
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Columbus State University | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Columbus. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Lower Chattahoochee Workforce Development Board
Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot
Columbus Career Center, Georgia Department of Labor
Columbus · Comprehensive · 706-649-7423
8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday - Friday
Muscogee County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.4% the month before
83,356
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
204,383
people in Muscogee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,622
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Columbus?
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Georgia’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.