Sylva, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Sylva
- Onsite Manager Revenue Cycle OperationsR1 RCM
- Wound Care DirectorLifePoint Health
- Market Director, Physician ServicesLifePoint Health
- Office CoordinatorLifePoint Health
Employers hiring most in Sylva
- LifePoint Health3 open roles
- R1 RCM1 open role
Sylva layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Sylva 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 Sylva. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Southwestern Workforce Development Board
Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain
NCWorks Career Center- Jackson County
Sylva · Affiliate · 828-586-4063
Mon and Wed 8:30 am -4:30 pm,(Closed 12pm-1pm for lunch) Fri 8:30-12:pm
Jackson County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
22,093
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
43,089
people in Jackson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,479
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
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.