Alleghany County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Alleghany County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Alleghany County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
4,567
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
11,075
people in Alleghany County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$44,272
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Alleghany County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Alleghany County 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 Alleghany County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

High Country Workforce Development Board
Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

NCWorks Career Center- Alleghany County
Sparta · Affiliate · 336-372-9675
Wednesday 8:30am-5pm (Closed 12pm - 1pm)

Cities in Alleghany County

Sparta

Other North Carolina counties

All of North Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Alleghany County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from North Carolina’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.