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Pender County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pender County’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Pender County economy

  • 3.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.9% the month before

  • 32,202

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 63,475

    people in Pender County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $76,838

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 37%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pender County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Pender 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 Pender 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. Cardinal Foods2 open roles
  2. HireBus1 open role
  3. Hoodcontainer1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Pender County

Other North Carolina counties

All of North Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Pender County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.