Hickory, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

69 open professional jobs in Hickory. Hickory is in Catawba County.

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Employers hiring most in Hickory

  1. Corning38 open roles
  2. US Conec4 open roles
  3. LifePoint Health3 open roles
  4. A-1 Termite and Pest Control2 open roles
  5. Black & Veatch2 open roles
  6. Cintas2 open roles
  7. Utility Solutions2 open roles
  8. ABM Industries1 open role
  9. Aramark1 open role
  10. Automated System Design1 open role

Hickory layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Hickory in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Hickory

Colleges in Hickory
CollegeTypeStudents
Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Catawba County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.0% the month before

  • 74,500

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 162,051

    people in Catawba County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $64,544

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: WARN notices from North Carolina’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.