Kinston, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Kinston
- Assistant Director of NursingPruitthealth Home Health
- Social Services Case Mgr LicPruitthealth Home Health
- Technical LeadAlten Technology USA
- Program ManagerAlten Technology USA
- Manufacturing EngineerAlten Technology USA
- Reliability EngineerAlten Technology USA
- Business AnalystAlten Technology USA
- Continuous Improvement SpecialistAlten Technology USA
- Integration ArchitectAlten Technology USA
- IT/OT EngineerAlten Technology USA
Employers hiring most in Kinston
- Alten Technology USA9 open roles
- Airbus7 open roles
- West Pharmaceutical Services3 open roles
- Electrolux North America2 open roles
- Pruitthealth Home Health2 open roles
- Wayne-Sanderson Farms2 open roles
- Airbus Aerosystems Kinston1 open role
- Amazon1 open role
- Broetje-Automation1 open role
- Kaleidoscope Innovation1 open role
Kinston layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Kinston 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 Kinston. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board, Inc.
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Lenoir County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.4% the month before
23,943
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
54,917
people in Lenoir County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$44,795
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
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.