North Wilkesboro, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
North Wilkesboro layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming North Wilkesboro 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 North Wilkesboro. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- High Country Workforce Development Board
Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
NCWorks Career Center- Wilkes County
North Wilkesboro · Comprehensive · 336-838-5164
Mon-Thurs 8am-5pm (Closed 12:00pm-1:00pm); Fri 8am-12pm
Wilkes County economy
3.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.4% the month before
24,922
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
65,983
people in Wilkes County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,438
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in North Wilkesboro?
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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.