Montgomery County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Montgomery County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Montgomery County economy

4.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
3,447
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
8,675
people in Montgomery County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$51,188
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Montgomery County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Montgomery 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

Colleges in Montgomery County

Colleges in Montgomery County
College	City	Type	Students
Brewton-Parker College	Mount Vernon	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Heart of GA Altamaha Workforce Development Board
Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox

Cities in Montgomery County

Mount Vernon

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

Laid off or looking for work in Montgomery 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.