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Columbia County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Columbia County’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 74 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Columbia County economy

  • 3.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.5% the month before

  • 76,458

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 159,638

    people in Columbia County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $96,122

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 46%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Columbia County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Columbia 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 Columbia 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.

  1. Turner Construction24 open roles
  2. Club Car20 open roles
  3. Amazon4 open roles
  4. UniFirst3 open roles
  5. Wellstar Health System3 open roles
  6. Deere John Capital2 open roles
  7. LCS2 open roles
  8. Rolling Green Village2 open roles
  9. Acrisure1 open role
  10. Cava Grill1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Columbia County

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

Laid off or looking for work in Columbia 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.