Hickory, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Hickory
- Total Rewards & Benefits SpecialistUS Conec
- Tax Manager / Public AccountingBanyan Search
- Vice President, TechnologyUS Conec
- Vice President, Technology New Hickory, North Carolina, United StatesUS Conec
- Registered Dietitian / Guest Experiences Manager - Higher EducationAramark
- Sr. Process EngineerCorning
- Senior Process EngineerCorning
- Process EngineerCorning
- RecruiterAvid Health at Home
- Outside Sales RepresentativeCharter Communications
Employers hiring most in Hickory
- Corning38 open roles
- US Conec4 open roles
- LifePoint Health3 open roles
- A-1 Termite and Pest Control2 open roles
- Black & Veatch2 open roles
- Cintas2 open roles
- Utility Solutions2 open roles
- ABM Industries1 open role
- Aramark1 open role
- 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.
Colleges in Hickory
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lenoir-Rhyne University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
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.
- Western Piedmont Workforce Development Board
Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba
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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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.