Trenton, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

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Trenton layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Trenton in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Trenton. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Wayne

NCWorks Access Point- Jones Count
Trenton · Affiliate
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Jones County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.5% the month before
3,697
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
9,245
people in Jones County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,659
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

All of North Carolina

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Sources: 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.