Marion, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

11 open professional jobs in Marion. Marion is in McDowell County.

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Jobs in Marion

Behavioral Health Specialist III (QP) MCMRha Health Services
Customer Service ManagerHobby Lobby
Director, Clinical Services, Hospital ServicesDavita
Sr Director, Corporate StrategyDavita
Principal Controls EngineerWelch Allyn
Sr. OPEX EngineerBaxter Behavorial Health HSP
Product EngineerCrane
Inside Sales Engineer (Flex)Crane
Sales Engineer (Midwest)Crane
Process EngineerCrane

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Employers hiring most in Marion

Crane4 open roles
Davita2 open roles
Baxter Behavorial Health HSP1 open role
Hobby Lobby1 open role
Rha Health Services1 open role
Welch Allyn1 open role

Marion layoffs

No layoff notices naming Marion 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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McDowell 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 0.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.6 points from a year ago

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Marion. 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

NCWorks Career Center- McDowell County
Marion · Comprehensive · 828-652-7131
Mon-Thur 8:30am-5pm Closed 12pm-1pm for lunch, Fri 8:30am-noon

McDowell County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
18,583
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
44,679
people in McDowell County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,527
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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