Hillsborough, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Proposal CoordinatorThalle Industries
- Senior Staff Accountant-Hillsborough,NCPivotal Solutions
- Electrical EngineerCitel USA
- Engineering ManagerPiedmont Electric Cooperative
Employers hiring most in Hillsborough
- Citel USA1 open role
- Piedmont Electric Cooperative1 open role
- Pivotal Solutions1 open role
- Thalle Industries1 open role
Hillsborough layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Hillsborough in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hillsborough. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Capital Area Workforce Development Board
Chatham, Johnston, Lee, Orange, Wake
Orange County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
77,473
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
147,292
people in Orange County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$88,553
median household income
Source: Census ACS
61%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Orange County
- Chapel Hill89 jobs
- Carrboro6 jobs
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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.