Telfair County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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

Telfair County economy

4.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.7% the month before
3,118
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
12,174
people in Telfair County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$44,948
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Telfair County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Telfair 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 Telfair 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

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Laid off or looking for work in Telfair 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.