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Halifax County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Halifax County’s unemployment rate is 5.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Halifax County economy

  • 5.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    6.3% the month before

  • 17,870

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 48,219

    people in Halifax County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $45,071

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 29%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Halifax County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Halifax 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 Halifax 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. ECU Health3 open roles
  2. Airboss1 open role
  3. Halifax Community College1 open role
  4. Patch Rubber Company1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • NCWorks Career Center- Halifax/Northampton County

    Roanoke Rapids · Comprehensive · 252-507-6180

    Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm

Cities in Halifax County

Other North Carolina counties

All of North Carolina

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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.