Sumter County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sumter County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Sumter County economy

4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.9% the month before
11,845
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
29,174
people in Sumter County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$41,877
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sumter County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Sumter 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 Sumter 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.

Tamarack Foods2 open roles
ATG Recruiting1 open role
Middle Flint Health and Wellness1 open role
Phoebe Putney Health System1 open role
Talento Search Group1 open role

Colleges in Sumter County

Colleges in Sumter County
College	City	Type	Students
Georgia Southwestern State University	Americus	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Middle Flint Workforce Development Board
Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster

Cities in Sumter County

Americus6 jobs

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

Laid off or looking for work in Sumter 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.