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Jonesboro, GA jobs, layoffs and employers

6 open professional jobs in Jonesboro. Jonesboro is in Clayton County.

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Employers hiring most in Jonesboro

  1. Bigham Cable Construction2 open roles
  2. Clayton County Public Schools1 open role
  3. Emory Healthcare1 open role
  4. Kaiser Permanente1 open role
  5. Walsh Group1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Jonesboro

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Jonesboro layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Jonesboro in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jonesboro. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Clayton County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.5% the month before

  • 146,627

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 298,771

    people in Clayton County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $58,507

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 26%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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.