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Wilson County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wilson County’s unemployment rate is 5.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 67 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wilson County economy

  • 5.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.8% the month before

  • 33,798

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 78,648

    people in Wilson County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $51,381

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 37%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wilson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wilson 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 Wilson 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. Philip Morris International6 open roles
  2. RTX4 open roles
  3. Source One Technical Solutions4 open roles
  4. LifePoint Health3 open roles
  5. Raytheon3 open roles
  6. Reckitt Benckiser Group3 open roles
  7. Arcadis2 open roles
  8. BioSpear Consulting Group2 open roles
  9. Commissioning Partners2 open roles
  10. Reckitt2 open roles

Colleges in Wilson County

Colleges in Wilson County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Barton CollegeWilsonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Wilson Workforce Center

    Wilson · Affiliate · 252-246-1298

    Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Wilson County

Other North Carolina counties

All of North Carolina

Laid off or looking for work in Wilson 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.