Wheeler County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wheeler County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wheeler County economy

2.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
2,851
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
7,434
people in Wheeler County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$45,262
median household income
Source: Census ACS
17%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wheeler County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wheeler 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 Wheeler 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.

CoreCivic1 open role
Postal service center1 open role
The University of Georgia1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wheeler 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 Wheeler County

Alamo3 jobs

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Laid off or looking for work in Wheeler 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.