Cabarrus County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Cabarrus County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 75 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Cabarrus County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
123,100
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
231,262
people in Cabarrus County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$86,084
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Cabarrus County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus 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.

Corning11 open roles
Carvana8 open roles
Eli Lilly and Company5 open roles
General Motors4 open roles
Amazon2 open roles
Builders FirstSource2 open roles
Ferretti Search2 open roles
Legrand North America2 open roles
Republic Services2 open roles
Academy Sports & Outdoors1 open role

Colleges in Cabarrus County

Colleges in Cabarrus County
College	City	Type	Students
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences	Concord	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Centralina Workforce Development Board
Anson, Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, Union

NCWorks Career Center- Cabarrus County
Concord · Comprehensive · 980-407-6075
Monday-Friday 8:00am 4:30pm; Closes the 2nd Friday of each month 8am-12pm

Cities in Cabarrus County

Concord64 jobs
Harrisburg6 jobs
Kannapolis5 jobs

Other North Carolina counties

All of North Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Cabarrus County?

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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.