Tift County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Tift County’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Tift County economy

3.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.4% the month before
19,393
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
41,322
people in Tift County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,165
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Tift County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Tift 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 Tift 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.

Colleges in Tift County

Colleges in Tift County
College	City	Type	Students
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College	Tifton	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Southern Georgia Workforce Development Board
Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, Ware

Tifton Career Center
Tifton · Affiliate · 229-386-3322
8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday - Friday

Cities in Tift County

Tifton6 jobs

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

Laid off or looking for work in Tift 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.