Winston-Salem, NC jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Winston-Salem

• Legal Administrative AssistantNelson Mullins
• Principal Data ScientistElevance Health
• SVP, Regional Executive, Retail BankingBank OZK
• Division Chief, Surgical SciencesAurora Health Care
• Medical Director – Winston-Salem NCi4 Search Group
• Technology Operations Analyst SP - Data Center ServicesLowe's
• Direct Sales Representative, Cardiac Rhythm Management - Winston-Salem, NCAbbott Laboratories
• Center DirectorLearning Care Group
• CNC Tooling Sales and Application EngineerKennametal
• SVP & Chief Health Informatics Officer (MD)Novant Health

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Employers hiring most in Winston-Salem

1. Novant Health7 open roles
2. RTX6 open roles
3. GPAC4 open roles
4. Capital Development Services3 open roles
5. Elevance Health3 open roles
6. Truliant Credit Union3 open roles
7. Assa Abloy2 open roles
8. Truist Financial2 open roles
9. Abbott Laboratories1 open role
10. Adams Outdoor Advertising1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Winston-Salem

• Novant Health20,001–100,000 employees

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

Winston-Salem layoffs

No layoff notices naming Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem

Conferences in Winston-Salem

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Winston-Salem. 2 with dates announced.

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Forsyth 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 0.6% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 5.0% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.3%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,892 jobs), arts & recreation (+525 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−2,773 jobs), admin & staffing (−2,547 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Pride of the Morning adds 10 employees after landing Foster's former clientsThe Business Journals · Nov 9, 2026
• NC-based produce distributor to close; 169 layoffs in Forsyth CountyWFMY-TV Greensboro on MSN · Oct 26, 2026
• Foster USA plants to permanently close multiple locations including Forsyth County, WARN saysWFMY News 2 on MSN · Oct 26, 2026

Learn and get funded in Winston-Salem

• 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 Winston-Salem. 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).

• Piedmont Triad Regional Workforce Development Board

  Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin

• NCWorks Career Center- Forsyth County

  Winston-Salem · Comprehensive · 336-464-0520

  Monday - Thursday 8:00 am. - 5:00 pm, Fridays 8:30am - 12:00pm

Forsyth County economy

• 3.3%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.9% the month before

• 183,230

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 386,740

  people in Forsyth County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $65,541

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 42%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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