Henderson, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

5 open professional jobs in Henderson. Henderson is in Vance County.

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Jobs in Henderson

Assistant BuyerVariety Wholesalers
Lead Electrical EngineerGables Search Group
Senior Electrical EngineerGables Search Group
Mechanical Project ManagerAtlantic Constructors
Plumbing Project ManagerAtlantic Constructors

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Employers hiring most in Henderson

Atlantic Constructors2 open roles
Gables Search Group2 open roles
Variety Wholesalers1 open role

Henderson layoffs

No layoff notices naming Henderson 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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Vance County outlook: Steady

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

Private-sector jobs up 0.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.0%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+424 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

Haas Automation hiring more than 1,000 workers at new Henderson plant during final job fair of yearKTNV 13 Action News · Oct 18, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Henderson. 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).

Kerr-Tar Workforce Development Board
Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Warren

NCWorks Career Center- Vance County
Henderson · Comprehensive · 252-598-5200
Monday-Wednesday and Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm; Thursday, 8:30am - 12:00pm

Vance County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
18,648
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,361
people in Vance County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$46,943
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from North Carolina’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. North Carolina unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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