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Nash County, NC jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Nash County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 26 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Nash County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.9% the month before

  • 42,464

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 95,451

    people in Nash County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $60,704

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Nash County ranks

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

November 2026

Nash 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 3.6% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 3.9% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+558 jobs), other services (+434 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

Learn and get funded in Nash County

Nash County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Nash 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Nash 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.

  1. Honeywell Aerospace4 open roles
  2. Pruitthealth Home Health3 open roles
  3. Brandcoven2 open roles
  4. Hubbell2 open roles
  5. LS Tractor2 open roles
  6. Advanced American Technologies1 open role
  7. Amivie1 open role
  8. Belcan1 open role
  9. Elevance Health1 open role
  10. Harrow Health1 open role

Colleges in Nash County

Colleges in Nash County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
North Carolina Wesleyan UniversityRocky MountPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • NCWorks Career Center- Edgecombe/Nash County

    Rocky Mount · Comprehensive · 252-467-9300

    Monday- Friday, 8:30 am-5:00pm,

Cities in Nash County

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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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