Lowndes County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lowndes County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 39 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lowndes County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.1% the month before
49,973
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
119,055
people in Lowndes County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,887
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lowndes County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lowndes 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 Lowndes 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.

Acadia Healthcare Company5 open roles
Pruitthealth Home Health5 open roles
Ace Electric3 open roles
Air Combat Command2 open roles
Executive Recruiting Group2 open roles
Nitelines USA2 open roles
U.S. Renal Care2 open roles
Air Force Civilian Career Training1 open role
ATG Recruiting1 open role
BlueOps1 open role

Colleges in Lowndes County

Colleges in Lowndes County
College	City	Type	Students
Valdosta State University	Valdosta	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lowndes 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

Cities in Lowndes County

Valdosta36 jobs
Moody AFB3 jobs

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

Laid off or looking for work in Lowndes County?

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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.