Lincolnton, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Lincolnton
- AVP Banking Center Manager (Branch Manager)Bank OZK
- Clinical Team Manager - Catawba TeamHospice & Palliative Care Charlotte
- Engineering ManagerAmerican Woodmark
- Fullstack Software EngineerApex Systems
- Mechanical Robotics EngineerAmerican Woodmark
- Mechanical Product EngineerHengst Filtration | North America
Employers hiring most in Lincolnton
- American Woodmark2 open roles
- Apex Systems1 open role
- Bank OZK1 open role
- Hengst Filtration | North America1 open role
- Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte1 open role
Lincolnton layoffs
No layoff notices naming Lincolnton 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.
Lincoln 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 7.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 13.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.9%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+548 jobs), hotels & food (+427 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lincolnton. 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).
- Centralina Workforce Development Board
Anson, Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, Union
NCWorks Career Center- Lincoln County
Lincolnton · Comprehensive · 704-735-8035
Friday 8am-4:30pm; Closes the 2nd Friday of each month at 12 noon.
Lincoln County economy
2.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
47,601
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
90,359
people in Lincoln County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$78,490
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
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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