Wilkes County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wilkes County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wilkes County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
4,001
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
9,553
people in Wilkes County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,542
median household income
Source: Census ACS
26%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wilkes County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wilkes 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 Wilkes 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.

Turner & Townsend3 open roles
Staff Financial Group2 open roles
FinStrat Management1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

WorkSource East Central Georgia
Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, Wilkes

Cities in Wilkes County

Washington5 jobs

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

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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.