Meriwether County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Meriwether County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Meriwether County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
8,752
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
20,757
people in Meriwether County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,458
median household income
Source: Census ACS
26%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Meriwether County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Meriwether 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 Meriwether County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Three Rivers Workforce Development Board
Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, Upson

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Laid off or looking for work in Meriwether 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.