Carteret County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
32,184
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
68,652
people in Carteret County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,235
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Carteret County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Carteret County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Carteret County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Wayne
NCWorks Career Center- Carteret County
Morehead City · Comprehensive · 252-222-6038
Monday-Friday, 8:30am 5:00pm
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.