Wilcox County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wilcox County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wilcox County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
2,924
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
8,784
people in Wilcox County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$48,036
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wilcox County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wilcox 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 Wilcox 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.

Penhall Company2 open roles
Bundy Baking Solutions1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Abbeville3 jobs

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

Laid off or looking for work in Wilcox County?

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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.