DeKalb County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

DeKalb County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 194 open professional jobs are in its cities.

DeKalb County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
407,340
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
762,105
people in DeKalb County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,683
median household income
Source: Census ACS
48%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

DeKalb County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta40 open roles
DeKalb County GA12 open roles
DeKalb County Georgia12 open roles
Oglethorpe Power7 open roles
Emory University5 open roles
Illinois Tool Works5 open roles
Bimbo Bakeries USA4 open roles
Cintas4 open roles
Georgia Transmission4 open roles
Heatcraft Refrigeration Products4 open roles

Colleges in DeKalb County

Colleges in DeKalb County
College	City	Type	Students
Emory University	Atlanta	Private nonprofit 4-year	10,000–19,999
Agnes Scott College	Decatur	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Oglethorpe University	Atlanta	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Columbia Theological Seminary	Decatur	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
Luther Rice College & Seminary	Lithonia	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

DeKalb County Workforce Development Board
De Kalb

DeKalb WorkSorce Center
Decatur · Affiliate · 404-687-3400
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm

Cities in DeKalb County

Decatur73 jobs
Brookhaven45 jobs
Tucker27 jobs
Stone Mountain20 jobs
Chamblee13 jobs
Lithonia6 jobs
Dunwoody5 jobs
Doraville5 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.