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Ashe County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ashe County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Ashe County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.6% the month before

  • 12,277

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 26,831

    people in Ashe County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $50,827

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ashe County layoffs

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

  • NCWorks Career Center- Ashe County

    Jefferson · Affiliate · 336-982-5627

    M-Th 8:00am-5:00pm (closed 12pm-1pm) Friday 8:00am-12pm

Other North Carolina counties

All of North Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Ashe 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.