Waxhaw, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Construction Project Manager (New Homes)Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)
- Resident Services ManagerWest Shore Community College
- Leasing ConsultantWest Shore Community College
- Director of School NutritionUnion County Public Schools
- 2026-2027 Assistant Principal PoolUnion County Public Schools
- Plumbing ManagerUnion County Public Schools
- EC Monitoring and Compliance SpecialistUnion County Public Schools
- After School Program Coordinator at After School CareUnion County Public Schools
- Parent Engagement CoordinatorUnion County Public Schools
- Data ManagerUnion County Public Schools
Employers hiring most in Waxhaw
- Union County Public Schools9 open roles
- West Shore Community College2 open roles
- Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)1 open role
Waxhaw layoffs
No layoff notices naming Waxhaw 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.
Union 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 13.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 11.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.9%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+818 jobs), professional & technical (+673 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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- Centralina Workforce Development Board
Anson, Cabarrus, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, Union
Union County economy
2.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
133,173
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
244,975
people in Union County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$99,243
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
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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