Kinston, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Technical LeadAlten
- Senior Business AnalystAlten
- Sr. Manager, ProductionWest Pharmaceutical Services
- Sr. Human Resources Business PartnerWest Pharmaceutical Services
- Sr. Controls EngineerWest Pharmaceutical Services
- Quality Systems and Compliance ManagerWest Pharmaceutical Services
- Program ManagerAlten Technology USA
- Manufacturing EngineerAlten Technology USA
- Reliability EngineerAlten Technology USA
- Continuous Improvement SpecialistAlten Technology USA
Employers hiring most in Kinston
- Alten Technology USA6 open roles
- West Pharmaceutical Services4 open roles
- Alten2 open roles
- Airbus1 open role
- Alten1 open role
- Kaleidoscope1 open role
Kinston layoffs
No layoff notices naming Kinston 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.
Lenoir 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 4.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.3%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+502 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Kinston. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Norfolk Southern reschedules New Bern crossing closure to 6 a.m. TuesdayWCTI on MSN · Oct 5, 2026
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- 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.
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kinston. 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).
- Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Wayne
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Lenoir County economy
3.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
24,404
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
54,917
people in Lenoir County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$44,795
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
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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