Wake Forest, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Wake Forest
- Outside Sales RepresentativeCharter Communications
- Corporate Administrative AssistantCrossroads Ford of Apex
- Dining Services ManagerBrookdale Senior Living
- Environmental Engineer ITestar Engineering, P.C
- Systems Administrator IIState of North Carolina
- Operations AnalystState of North Carolina
- Outside Sales Representative (Wake Forest)Virginia Green
- VP, Sales (Americas)FDH Aero
Employers hiring most in Wake Forest
- State of North Carolina2 open roles
- Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
- Charter Communications1 open role
- Crossroads Ford of Apex1 open role
- FDH Aero1 open role
- Testar Engineering, P.C1 open role
- Virginia Green1 open role
Wake Forest layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Wake Forest in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Wake Forest
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wake Forest. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Capital Area Workforce Development Board
Chatham, Johnston, Lee, Orange, Wake
NCWorks Career Center- Capital Area (Wake Forest)
Wake Forest · Affiliate · 919-562-6379
Mon -Thurs 8:30am -5:00pm Fri 8:30am-2:00pm
Wake County economy
3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
693,706
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,151,009
people in Wake County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$101,763
median household income
Source: Census ACS
57%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Wake County
- Raleigh1,563 jobs
- Cary283 jobs
- Morrisville174 jobs
- Holly Springs61 jobs
- Apex33 jobs
- Garner18 jobs
- Wendell17 jobs
- Knightdale9 jobs
- Fuquay-Varina6 jobs
- Zebulon6 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.