Kings Mountain, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Kings Mountain
- Project Manager II, Implementation And Sustainment - Supply ChainWalmart
- Maintenance Operations Manager (eCommerce) - LogisticsWalmart
- Quality Assurance/Systems Manager (Import, Regional, Returns, Wm.Com)Walmart
- Operations Manager - FloorWalmart
- Engineering ManagerEaton
- Senior Quality EngineerEaton
- HR Business PartnerSWJ Technology
- Production Supervisor-Weekend Night ShiftUtz Brands
- Facilities SpecialistEnsono
- Lead Safety Manager - Kings Mountain, NCFDRsafety
Employers hiring most in Kings Mountain
- Walmart4 open roles
- Eaton2 open roles
- Ensono1 open role
- FDRsafety1 open role
- Raba Kistner1 open role
- Strickland Brothers1 open role
- SWJ Technology1 open role
- Utz Brands1 open role
Kings Mountain layoffs
No layoff notices naming Kings Mountain 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.
Cleveland 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 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.7%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,079 jobs), transportation & warehousing (−459 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kings Mountain. 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).
- Foothills Workforce Development Board
Cleveland, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford
Cleveland County economy
3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.3% the month before
44,212
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
100,170
people in Cleveland County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,769
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
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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