Wake Forest, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

8 open professional jobs in Wake Forest. Wake Forest is in Wake County.

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Employers hiring most in Wake Forest

  1. State of North Carolina2 open roles
  2. Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
  3. Charter Communications1 open role
  4. Crossroads Ford of Apex1 open role
  5. FDH Aero1 open role
  6. Testar Engineering, P.C1 open role
  7. 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.

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Colleges in Wake Forest

Colleges in Wake Forest
CollegeTypeStudents
Southeastern Baptist Theological SeminaryPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

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.

  • 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

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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.