Pembroke, NC jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Vice Chancellor for Enrollment ManagementUniversity of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Director of the James B. Chavis Student CenterUniversity of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Cost AccountantChampion Homes
Employers hiring most in Pembroke
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke2 open roles
- Champion Homes1 open role
Pembroke layoffs
No layoff notices naming Pembroke 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.
Colleges in Pembroke
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina at Pembroke | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Robeson 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 0.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.3%, down 1.0 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+806 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−404 jobs), manufacturing (−351 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Pembroke. 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).
- Lumber River Workforce Development Board
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Robeson County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.3% the month before
43,435
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
116,858
people in Robeson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$40,318
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
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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