Dare County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dare County’s unemployment rate is 2.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Dare County economy

2.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.1% the month before
20,119
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
37,534
people in Dare County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$81,214
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Dare County ranks

Where Dare County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#18Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Southeast2.7% · of 100

Dare 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 5.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 2.7%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: admin & staffing (+352 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Dare County

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.

Dare County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Dare 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.

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Employers hiring most in Dare 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.

AR Validation Services1 open role
ECU Health1 open role
First National Bank of Pennsylvania1 open role
i4 Search Group1 open role
Vera Bradley1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Dare 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).

Northeastern Workforce Development Board
Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington

Cities in Dare County

Nags Head4 jobs

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Sources: 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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