Smithfield, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Smithfield
- Pathology Medical Director (MD/DO) - UNC Health Department of PathologyUNC Health
- Personal Lines UnderwriterIndependent Insurance Agents of North Carolina
- Kids Brand Sales Manager & Team LeaderCarter's
- Business Development RepresentativeMills Automotive Group
- Executive DirectorBrookdale Senior Living
- Resident Care Director - RNBrookdale Senior Living
- Food Safety Quality Assurance ManagerDunkin
- Personal Lines UnderwriterIndependent Insurance Agents of North Carolina
- Administrative AssistantJohnston County Schools
- Operations ManagerAmazon
Employers hiring most in Smithfield
- Amazon2 open roles
- Brookdale Senior Living2 open roles
- Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina2 open roles
- Carter's1 open role
- Dunkin1 open role
- Johnston County Schools1 open role
- Mills Automotive Group1 open role
- UNC Health1 open role
Smithfield layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Smithfield 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 Smithfield. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Capital Area Workforce Development Board
Chatham, Johnston, Lee, Orange, Wake
Johnston County economy
3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
130,039
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
226,623
people in Johnston County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$79,838
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
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.