Boone, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Boone

• IT Business Systems Analyst IAppalachian State
• IT Business Systems Analyst I Imaging & Analytics SpecialistAppalachian State
• Outside Sales RepresentativeA-1 Termite and Pest Control
• Strategic Institutional Data AnalystAirweb
• Entry Level Benefits Consultant (Remote)Zuzick Organization of Globe Life
• Human Resources ManagerGecko Hospitality
• Head of Marketing and SalesGecko Hospitality
• Dining Room ManagerGecko Hospitality
• Hotel ControllerGecko Hospitality
• Institutional Research Analyst (Remote Options)Airweb

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Employers hiring most in Boone

1. Gecko Hospitality4 open roles
2. Airweb2 open roles
3. Appalachian State2 open roles
4. A-1 Termite and Pest Control1 open role
5. Advantage Solutions1 open role
6. Zuzick Organization of Globe Life1 open role

Boone layoffs

No layoff notices naming Boone in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Davidson County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 1.7% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 6.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,044 jobs), admin & staffing (+449 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,406 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Boone. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Pride of the Morning adds 10 employees after landing Foster's former clientsThe Business Journals · Nov 9, 2026
• NC-based produce distributor to close; 169 layoffs in Forsyth CountyWFMY-TV Greensboro on MSN · Oct 26, 2026
• Foster USA plants to permanently close multiple locations including Forsyth County, WARN saysWFMY News 2 on MSN · Oct 26, 2026

Learn and get funded in Boone

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Piedmont Triad Regional Workforce Development Board

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

• NCWorks Career Center- Watauga County

  Boone · Comprehensive · 828-278-6460

  Mon-Thurs 8:00am-5pm Closed 12pm-1pm ; Fri 8am-12pm

Davidson County economy

• 3.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.7% the month before

• 79,910

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 171,063

  people in Davidson County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $62,426

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 31%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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