Clayton County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Clayton County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 49 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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

Clayton County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Clayton 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 Clayton 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.

Fulton & Kozak4 open roles
Bigham Cable Construction2 open roles
Builders FirstSource2 open roles
DHL2 open roles
Kroger2 open roles
O'Reilly Auto Parts2 open roles
Prime Healthcare2 open roles
Staff Financial Group2 open roles
4P Consulting1 open role
Acadia Healthcare1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Clayton County

Flowers Foods5,001–20,000 employees

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

Colleges in Clayton County

Colleges in Clayton County
College	City	Type	Students
Clayton State University	Morrow	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Atlanta Regional Workforce Development Board
Cherokee, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale

WorkSource Atlanta Regional - Clayton Career Resource Center
Morrow · Affiliate · 678-271-3554
8:00am - 5:00pm; Monday - Friday

Cities in Clayton County

Morrow16 jobs
Forest Park15 jobs
Jonesboro7 jobs
Riverdale6 jobs
Conley5 jobs

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

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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.