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Rutherford County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Rutherford County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 17 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Rutherford County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.0% the month before

  • 25,634

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 64,850

    people in Rutherford County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $49,771

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 31%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Rutherford County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Rutherford 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 Rutherford 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. LifePoint Health3 open roles
  2. Owens Corning3 open roles
  3. American Dairy Goat Association1 open role
  4. Camping World1 open role
  5. CarePartners1 open role
  6. Cone Health1 open role
  7. CRH Public1 open role
  8. Farm Service Agency1 open role
  9. Rutherford Regional Health Systems1 open role
  10. Search Solution Elite1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • NCWorks Career Center- Rutherford County

    Rutherfordton · Comprehensive · 828-286-3042

    Monday - Thursday 8:00am 4:30pm Closed 12pm-1pm for lunch Friday 8am-12pm

Cities in Rutherford 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.