Newton County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Newton County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
61,264
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
115,530
people in Newton County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,732
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Newton County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Newton County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Newton 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.
- Amazon9 open roles
- BD, Becton and Dickinson6 open roles
- Emory University3 open roles
- Oxford College of Emory University3 open roles
- Absolics2 open roles
- Becton Dickinson2 open roles
- The Erosion Company2 open roles
- 84 Lumber1 open role
- Absolics-Inc1 open role
- ACS Air Conditioning Specialist1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Newton County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Northeast Georgia Workforce Development Board
Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton
Covington Career Center
Covington · Affiliate · 770-784-2455
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Cities in Newton County
Other Georgia counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.