Bladen County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meBladen County economy
4.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.4% the month before
10,797
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
29,591
people in Bladen County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$44,528
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Bladen 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 6.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.4%, down 1.0 points from a year ago
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−835 jobs)
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Bladen County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Bladen County 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.
Employers hiring most in Bladen County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- Ralliant4 open roles
- Bladen County1 open role
- Campbell Oil Company1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Bladen County. 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).
- Lumber River Workforce Development Board
Bladen, Hoke, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland
NCWorks Career Center- Bladen County
Elizabethtown · Affiliate · 910-862-3255
Monday-Friday 8;00am-5:00pm
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from North Carolina’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. North Carolina unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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