New Bern, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in New Bern

• Mental Health Therapist / Behavioral Health Team LeadRha Health Services
• Licensed Team Lead / ACTT / Assertive Community Treatment Team - $2,000 Sign-On BonusRha Health Services
• Dietary Manager Salaried HCCPruitthealth Home Health
• Merchandise ManagerUlta Beauty
• Physician Recruiter 86540CarolinaEast Health System
• Dedicated Operations SupervisorPenske Truck Leasing / Penske Logistics
• Dedicated Operations SupervisorPenske Truck Leasing
• Development Engineer III - ComplianceBSH Home Appliances
• Engineer II, Product Development - Gas TechnologyBSH Home Appliances
• IT Business Consultant II - PERM 10249BSH Home Appliances

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Employers hiring most in New Bern

1. BSH Home Appliances4 open roles
2. Rha Health Services2 open roles
3. Altius Search Group1 open role
4. CarolinaEast Health System1 open role
5. Human Capital Ventures1 open role
6. Penske Truck Leasing1 open role
7. Penske Truck Leasing / Penske Logistics1 open role
8. Pruitthealth Home Health1 open role
9. Ulta Beauty1 open role

New Bern layoffs

No layoff notices naming New Bern 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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Craven 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 0.8% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 3.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.3%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−690 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in New Bern. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Norfolk Southern reschedules New Bern crossing closure to 6 a.m. TuesdayWCTI on MSN · Oct 5, 2026

Learn and get funded in New Bern

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

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• Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board, Inc.

  Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Wayne

• NCWorks Career Center- Craven

  New Bern · Comprehensive · 252-649-6000

  Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Craven County economy

• 3.3%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.7% the month before

• 40,044

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 101,074

  people in Craven County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $64,635

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 37%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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