Wayne County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wayne County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 27 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wayne County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.4% the month before
48,302
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
117,606
people in Wayne County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,082
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wayne County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wayne 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 Wayne 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.

Butterball11 open roles
T. A. Loving3 open roles
University of Mount Olive2 open roles
Davita1 open role
Mann+hummel1 open role
Prolec Energy1 open role
Southern Bank and Trust Company1 open role
Synerfac Technical Staffing1 open role
T.A Loving1 open role
Tidal Wave1 open role

Colleges in Wayne County

Colleges in Wayne County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Mount Olive	Mount Olive	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Wayne

NCWorks Career Center- Wayne County
Goldsboro · Comprehensive · 919-988-6870
Monday- Friday 8:30 am - 4:30pm

Cities in Wayne County

Mount Olive14 jobs
Goldsboro13 jobs

Other North Carolina counties

All of North Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Wayne County?

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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.