Clarke County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Clarke County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Clarke County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
68,189
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
129,267
people in Clarke County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,267
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Clarke County layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Clarke County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Avery Village3 open roles

Colleges in Clarke County

Colleges in Clarke County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Georgia	Athens	Public 4-year	20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northeast Georgia Workforce Development Board
Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

Laid off or looking for work in Clarke County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Georgia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.