Brunswick County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Brunswick County economy

• 3.9%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  4.6% the month before

• 68,614

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 145,889

  people in Brunswick County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $74,034

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 38%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Brunswick County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Brunswick 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 Brunswick 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. Fortitude Roofing1 open role
2. Morris Multimedia1 open role
3. Pruitthealth Home Health1 open role
4. The Larson Group1 open role
5. The-N2-Company-1 open role
6. United Bank1 open role
7. United Rentals1 open role
8. WWAYTV31 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

• Cape Fear Workforce Development Consortium Board

  Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender

• NCWorks Career Center- Brunswick County

  Shallotte · Comprehensive · 910-754-6120

  Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30 pm

Cities in Brunswick County

• Leland5 jobs
• Shallotte2 jobs

Other North Carolina counties

• Wake County
• Mecklenburg County
• Guilford County
• Forsyth County
• Cumberland County
• Durham County
• Buncombe County
• Union County
• Gaston County
• Cabarrus County
• New Hanover County
• Johnston County