Wilmington, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Wilmington

• System Engineer III (4184)Morson Group
• Mechanical Design Engineer III (4149)Morson Group
• Senior Construction SpecialistLive Oak Bancshares
• Lead Electrical Component EngineerGe Vernova
• Mid-Level Project Engineer - Civil/StructuralGe Vernova
• Behavioral Health Licensed Team Lead / LCSW / LCMHC / FACTRha Health Services
• Licensed Team Lead / LCMHC / LCSW / CST / Community Support TeamRha Health Services
• Administrative CoordinatorRha Health Services
• Mobile Crisis Dispatch Team Lead (East Region)Rha Health Services
• Behavioral Health Program ManagerRha Health Services

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Employers hiring most in Wilmington

1. Maximus7 open roles
2. Novant Health6 open roles
3. Alcami Home5 open roles
4. Rha Health Services5 open roles
5. GE Vernova4 open roles
6. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology3 open roles
7. Live Oak Banking Company3 open roles
8. University of North Carolina Wilmington3 open roles
9. Acadia Healthcare2 open roles
10. CPI Security2 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Wilmington

• nCino1,001–5,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Wilmington layoffs

No layoff notices naming Wilmington 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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Colleges in Wilmington

New Hanover 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 6.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 8.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.8%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,518 jobs), hotels & food (+777 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−328 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Wilmington’s AugWork AI Helps Users Build Agentic Employees For Specific RolesGrepBeat · Oct 28, 2026

Learn and get funded in Wilmington

• 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 Wilmington. 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).

• Cape Fear Workforce Development Consortium Board

  Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender

• NCWorks Career Center - Pender County Outreach Locations

  Wilmington · Comprehensive · 910-251-5777

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

• NCWorks Career Center- New Hanover County

  Wilmington · Comprehensive · 910-945-6900

  M-F 8:30am-4:30pm

New Hanover County economy

• 2.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.3% the month before

• 127,187

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 231,214

  people in New Hanover County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $72,892

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 46%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS