Chapel Hill, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Chapel Hill

• Restaurant General ManagerSweetgreen
• Chief Strategy OfficerHonorbridge
• Director of Approach and AuthorizationHonorbridge
• Application Security AnalystThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• OnSite Specialist - Chapel Hill, NCStryker Sales
• Associate Medical Director (AMD) - Per Diem - Advanced Care at HomeUNC Health
• Plant ManagerAustin Allen Company - Professional Recruitment
• Senior Medical ScientistIpas
• Strategic Partnership Manager - CanadaIpas
• Strategic Partnership Manager - AsiaIpas

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Employers hiring most in Chapel Hill

1. Ipas8 open roles
2. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill8 open roles
3. UNC Health4 open roles
4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill4 open roles
5. Honorbridge2 open roles
6. LCS2 open roles
7. Robert Half2 open roles
8. Rolling Green Village2 open roles
9. Technical Source2 open roles
10. University of North Carolina2 open roles

Chapel Hill layoffs

No layoff notices naming Chapel Hill 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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Colleges in Chapel Hill

Conferences in Chapel Hill

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Chapel Hill. 2 with dates announced.

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Orange 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 3.8% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 6.1% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.8%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+919 jobs), hotels & food (+548 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−344 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Raleigh startup launches free ops platform to prevent small business burnoutTechnical.ly · Nov 12, 2026
• Fiction Kitchen, a Beloved Vegan Outpost in Raleigh, Will Close Its DoorsINDY Week · Nov 6, 2026
• Raleigh's Bloom Collective Café Shuts Oct. 24 as Federal Hemp Crackdown LoomsHoodline · Oct 9, 2026
• Raleigh, North Carolina, reduces IT service desk costs by 66% with ServiceNow AI agentsMarketScreener · Oct 8, 2026

Learn and get funded in Chapel Hill

• 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 Chapel Hill. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in North Carolina? How to file for unemployment in North Carolina (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• Capital Area Workforce Development Board

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Orange County economy

• 2.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.4% the month before

• 78,148

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 147,292

  people in Orange County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $88,553

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 61%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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