Surry County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Surry County economy

• 3.3%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  3.8% the month before

• 31,525

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 71,407

  people in Surry County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $56,095

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 31%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Surry County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Surry 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 Surry 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. Autozone1 open role
2. BAYADA Home Health Care1 open role
3. Jay's Heating, Air & Plumbing1 open role
4. Pike Health Services1 open role
5. Pruitthealth Home Health1 open role
6. Xtreme Marketing1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

• Piedmont Triad Regional Workforce Development Board

  Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin

• NCWorks Career Center- Surry County

  Mount Airy · Comprehensive · 336-415-6120

  Monday - Thursday, 830a-430p. Closed 12p1-p for lunch. Friday, 830a-12p

Cities in Surry County

• Mount Airy3 jobs

Other North Carolina counties

• Wake County
• Mecklenburg County
• Guilford County
• Forsyth County
• Cumberland County
• Durham County
• Buncombe County
• Union County
• Gaston County
• Cabarrus County
• New Hanover County
• Johnston County