Stanly County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Stanly County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Stanly County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
33,242
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
63,557
people in Stanly County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,631
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Stanly County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Stanly 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 Stanly 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.

Alchemy Financial Group1 open role
Builders FirstSource1 open role
Confidential1 open role
Fiberon1 open role
SHD Composite Materials1 open role
Storm Search1 open role
Uwharrie Bank1 open role

Colleges in Stanly County

Colleges in Stanly County
College	City	Type	Students
Pfeiffer University	Misenheimer	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Stanly 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- Stanly County
Albemarle · Comprehensive · 704-982-2183
Monday- Friday 8:00am-4:30pm; (Closed for lunch 12pm-1pm (Closes the 3rd Friday of each month at 12 noon

Cities in Stanly County

Albemarle3 jobs
Misenheimer2 jobs

Other North Carolina counties

All of North Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Stanly 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.