Craven County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Craven County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
39,592
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
101,074
people in Craven County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,635
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Craven County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Craven County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Craven 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.
- BSH Home Appliances8 open roles
- Ataero3 open roles
- Pruitthealth Home Health3 open roles
- Altius Search Group1 open role
- Ave Staffing1 open role
- Caci International1 open role
- Caci, Inc. - Federal1 open role
- CarolinaEast Health System1 open role
- EasterSeals UCP1 open role
- Gentiva1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Craven 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- Craven
New Bern · Comprehensive · 252-649-6000
Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
Cities in Craven County
Other North Carolina counties
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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.