Thomas County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Thomas County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
21,040
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
45,696
people in Thomas County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,140
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Thomas County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Thomas 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 Thomas 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.
- Pursuit Aerospace3 open roles
- Aya Healthcare2 open roles
- Flowers Foods2 open roles
- Xylem2 open roles
- 1915 South | Ashley1 open role
- Chaparral Insulation Company1 open role
- Cleaver-Brooks1 open role
- Kyocera1 open role
- KYOCERA Document Solutions1 open role
- KYOCERA Document Solutions America1 open role
Colleges in Thomas County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas University | Thomasville | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Thomas County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- WorkSource Southwest Georgia, Workforce Development Board - 17
Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Worth
Thomasville Career Center
Thomasville · Comprehensive · 229-225-4033
8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday - Friday
Cities in Thomas County
- Thomasville19 jobs
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.