Monroe County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Monroe County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Monroe County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
14,605
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,919
people in Monroe County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$82,863
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Monroe County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Monroe 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 Monroe 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.

Pruitthealth Home Health2 open roles
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta1 open role
Five Below1 open role
Oglethorpe Power1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Middle Georgia Workforce Development Board, Inc. - Area 11.
Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, Wilkinson; City: Macon

Cities in Monroe County

Forsyth5 jobs

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

Laid off or looking for work in Monroe 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.