Lanier County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lanier County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Lanier County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
3,917
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
10,094
people in Lanier County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$44,361
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lanier County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lanier 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

Workforce development and job centers

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

Southern Georgia Workforce Development Board
Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, Ware

Other Georgia counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Lanier County?

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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.