Smithfield, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Smithfield

• Executive DirectorBrookdale Senior Living
• Business Development RepresentativeDuke Chevrolet GMC
• Personal Lines UnderwriterIndependent Insurance Agents of North Carolina
• Facility Recruiter & Payroll Specialist On-Demand PaySmithfield Manor Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
• Operations ManagerAmazon
• Area Manager IIAmazon
• SB Shop ManagerStrickland Brothers

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Employers hiring most in Smithfield

1. Amazon2 open roles
2. Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
3. Duke Chevrolet GMC1 open role
4. Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina1 open role
5. Smithfield Manor Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center1 open role
6. Strickland Brothers1 open role

Smithfield layoffs

No layoff notices naming Smithfield 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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Johnston 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 21.1% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 17.9% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.7%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,434 jobs), retail (+987 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Fiction Kitchen, a Beloved Vegan Outpost in Raleigh, Will Close Its DoorsINDY Week · Nov 6, 2026
• Raleigh's Bloom Collective Café Shuts Oct. 24 as Federal Hemp Crackdown LoomsHoodline · Oct 9, 2026
• Raleigh, North Carolina, reduces IT service desk costs by 66% with ServiceNow AI agentsMarketScreener · Oct 8, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Smithfield. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• Capital Area Workforce Development Board

  Chatham, Johnston, Lee, Orange, Wake

Johnston County economy

• 2.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.1% the month before

• 130,865

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 226,623

  people in Johnston County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $79,838

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 38%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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