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Bladen County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bladen County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Bladen County economy

  • 4.8%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    6.1% the month before

  • 10,711

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 29,591

    people in Bladen County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $44,528

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Bladen County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Bladen 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

Employers hiring most in Bladen County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Ralliant5 open roles
  2. Campbell Oil Company1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • NCWorks Career Center- Bladen County

    Elizabethtown · Affiliate · 910-862-3255

    Monday-Friday 8;00am-5:00pm

Cities in Bladen County

Other North Carolina counties

All of North Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Bladen 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.