Lincoln County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Lincoln County economy
3.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
47,107
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
90,359
people in Lincoln County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$78,490
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Lincoln County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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.
- American Woodmark3 open roles
- Bank OZK1 open role
- Darktrace1 open role
- Essential Utilities1 open role
- Hengst Filtration | North America1 open role
- HUBER Technology US1 open role
- Lakeside Sign Company1 open role
- Staff Financial Group1 open role
- United Canvas & Sling1 open role
- Wesco International1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lincoln 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- Lincoln County
Lincolnton · Comprehensive · 704-735-8035
Friday 8am-4:30pm; Closes the 2nd Friday of each month at 12 noon.
Cities in Lincoln County
- Lincolnton6 jobs
- Denver6 jobs
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.