Kernersville, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Kernersville

• Medical DirectorNational Veterinary Associates
• Manager, Freight OperationsXPO
• Training CoordinatorClarios
• Operational Excellence ManagerClarios
• Production SupervisorClarios
• Industrial Hygienist/ EHS SpecialistClarios
• Facilities ManagerClarios
• Senior Manufacturing EngineerClarios
• Assistant Director of NursingPruitthealth Home Health
• Outside Sales Representative - GreensboroUnifirst

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Employers hiring most in Kernersville

1. Clarios6 open roles
2. Best Logistics Group2 open roles
3. Elwood Staffing1 open role
4. Illinois Tool Works1 open role
5. ITW1 open role
6. LeoTerra Development1 open role
7. National Veterinary Associates1 open role
8. Novant Health1 open role
9. Piedmont Triad Regional Council1 open role
10. Pruitthealth Home Health1 open role

Kernersville layoffs

No layoff notices naming Kernersville 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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Forsyth 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 down 0.6% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 5.0% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.3%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,892 jobs), arts & recreation (+525 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−2,773 jobs), admin & staffing (−2,547 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Kernersville. 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 Kernersville

• 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 Kernersville. 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).

• Piedmont Triad Regional Workforce Development Board

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

Forsyth County economy

• 3.3%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.9% the month before

• 183,230

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 386,740

  people in Forsyth County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $65,541

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 42%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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