Lexington, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Lexington

• Licensed Clinician / Behavioral Health Team LeadRha Health Services
• AVP Banking Center Manager (Branch Manager)Bank OZK
• AccountantEGGER Group
• Territory Sales RepresentativeUGI
• Operations CoordinatorUS Foods
• Administrative AssistantThe Bradley Group
• Branch ManagerOneMain Holdings
• Territory Sales RepresentativeUGI
• Rebar Project Manager - Previous Rebar and/or Concrete Construction RequiredNucor
• AccountantNucor

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Employers hiring most in Lexington

1. Nucor2 open roles
2. UGI2 open roles
3. Bank OZK1 open role
4. EGGER Group1 open role
5. OneMain Holdings1 open role
6. Rha Health Services1 open role
7. Strickland Brothers1 open role
8. The Bradley Group1 open role
9. US Foods1 open role

Lexington layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lexington 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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Davidson 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 1.7% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 6.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,044 jobs), admin & staffing (+449 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,406 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• 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 Lexington. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• Piedmont Triad Regional Workforce Development Board

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

• NCWorks Career Center- Davidson County

  Lexington · Comprehensive · 336-236-8021

  Monday - Thursday 8:30am-4:30pm and Closed for Lunch 12-1 ; Friday 8:30am -Noon

Davidson County economy

• 3.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.7% the month before

• 79,910

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 171,063

  people in Davidson County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $62,426

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 31%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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