Wayne County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wayne County’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wayne County economy

3.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
13,775
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
30,519
people in Wayne County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,562
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wayne County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wayne 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 Wayne 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.

Altamaha Health Center2 open roles
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System1 open role
Davita1 open role
Healthy Pet1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wayne 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

Cities in Wayne County

Jesup5 jobs

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

Laid off or looking for work in Wayne 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.