Kannapolis, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Kannapolis
- Regional Business Office ManagerRha Health Services
- Vocational Program ManagerRha Health Services
- Independent In Vivo Oncology Research Associate II/IIICrown Bioscience
- Research Associate II/III, In VivoCrown Bioscience
- Deputy Director of FinanceCity of Kannapolis
- Remote Head of Enterprise Analytics & Data PlatformsMomentec Brands
- Outside Sales RepresentativeCharter Communications
Employers hiring most in Kannapolis
- Crown Bioscience2 open roles
- Rha Health Services2 open roles
- Charter Communications1 open role
- City of Kannapolis1 open role
- Momentec Brands1 open role
Kannapolis layoffs
No layoff notices naming Kannapolis 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.
Cabarrus 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 11.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 9.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+1,420 jobs), health care (+1,339 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in North Carolina? How to file for unemployment in North Carolina (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Centralina Workforce Development Board
Anson, Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, Union
Cabarrus County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
124,308
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
231,262
people in Cabarrus County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$86,084
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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