Newton, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Senior Mechanical Design EngineerCorning
- Process EngineerTalentBurst, an Inc 5000 company
- Administrative AssistantCareers Integrated Resources
- Physical Therapist Clinic DirectorUpstream Rehabilitation
- Senior Mechanical Design EngineerCorning
- Controls Engineer IIICorning
- Senior Process EngineerCorning
- IT Applications Team LeadCorning
- Project ManagerCorning
- IT Manufacturing Data Solutions EngineerCorning
Employers hiring most in Newton
- Corning13 open roles
- AT&T1 open role
- Careers Integrated Resources1 open role
- City of Newton1 open role
- Computer Task Group1 open role
- CTG Computer Task Group1 open role
- DivIHN Integration1 open role
- Integrated Resources1 open role
- NESCO1 open role
- Peoples Bank Master1 open role
Newton layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Newton 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 Newton. 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.