Rutherfordton, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Rutherfordton
- Chief Nursing Officer: Strategic Nursing Leadership & QualityRutherford Regional Health Systems
- Plant ControllerSearch Solution Elite
- Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)LifePoint Health
- Office Coordinator - Wound CareLifePoint Health
- Physician Services Operations AnalystLifePoint Health
- RN Team Lead Staffing and Private Duty ServicesCarePartners
Employers hiring most in Rutherfordton
- LifePoint Health3 open roles
- CarePartners1 open role
- Rutherford Regional Health Systems1 open role
- Search Solution Elite1 open role
Rutherfordton layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Rutherfordton 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 Rutherfordton. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Foothills Workforce Development Board
Cleveland, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford
NCWorks Career Center- Rutherford County
Rutherfordton · Comprehensive · 828-286-3042
Monday - Thursday 8:00am 4:30pm Closed 12pm-1pm for lunch Friday 8am-12pm
Rutherford County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.0% the month before
25,634
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
64,850
people in Rutherford County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,771
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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- Colfax8 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.