Whitsett, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Whitsett

• Quality DirectorAmetek
• Plant ControllerAmetek
• Program ManagerMachine Specialties
• Process EngineerSDI International
• Remote High Volume RecruiterSirius Staffing
• Manufacturing Quality EngineerMachine Specialties
• Senior AccountantAmetek SCP
• Quality EngineerAmetek Inc/
• Industrial EngineerAmetek Inc/
• Manufacturing Plant ManagerDavron

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Employers hiring most in Whitsett

1. Amazon2 open roles
2. Ametek2 open roles
3. Ametek Inc/2 open roles
4. Machine Specialties2 open roles
5. Ametek SCP1 open role
6. Davron1 open role
7. SDI International1 open role
8. Sirius Staffing1 open role

Whitsett layoffs

No layoff notices naming Whitsett 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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Guilford 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 2.7% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 4.4% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,395 jobs), professional & technical (+2,045 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−1,591 jobs), management of companies (−674 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Southbound lane of Yanceyville Street closed in Greensboro after water main breakWXLV ABC 45 · Oct 29, 2026
• Truist closing leadership campus in Greensboro amid broader business reviewThe Business Journals · Oct 21, 2026
• Truist closing Leadership Institute started by BB&TBusiness North Carolina · Oct 20, 2026
• UNCG launches ARISE to help shape a responsible AI future for the TriadThe Business Journals · Oct 6, 2026

Learn and get funded in Whitsett

• 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 Whitsett. 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).

• Guilford County Workforce Development Board

  Guilford

Guilford County economy

• 3.4%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.2% the month before

• 265,551

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 542,987

  people in Guilford County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $66,027

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 40%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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