Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Kinston)
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THE QUICK READ
Sanderson Farms operates a poultry processing plant in Kinston, North Carolina that handles both chicken slaughter and further processing. The facility employs around 500 workers at this eastern North Carolina location in Lenoir County. Kinston sits along U.S. Highway 70 in the Coastal Plain, an agricultural region where nearby poultry farming operations supply birds for processing into fresh and frozen chicken products.
JOBS HERE
No openings on file for this plant right now. Nearby plants that are hiring are listed further down.
PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for North Carolina
- $23.47–$32.81/hr
- What techs ask in North Carolina
- $27.91–$39.19/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 36 techs in our network, North Carolina
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for North Carolina
- $21.68–$31.33/hr
- What techs ask in North Carolina
- $25.83–$39.09/hr
- Posted pay near this plant
- $23.19–$30.97/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 56 techs in our network, North Carolina · 7 postings
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~500
- Products
- chicken, poultry, processing, slaughter
- Size
- Large
On file · Sep 2026
LIVING IN KINSTON, NC
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | Kinston, NC | 1 mi | 3 JOBS → |
| ButterBall | Mount Olive, NC | 16 mi | 11 JOBS → |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | Wilson, NC | 33 mi | 6 JOBS → |
| Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. | Clinton, NC | 41 mi | 7 JOBS → |
| Lineage Logistics Services, LLC | Tar Heel, NC | 73 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Reser's Fine Foods | Halifax, NC | 76 mi | 7 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | SANFORD, NC | 84 mi | 5 JOBS → |
| ButterBall | Raeford, NC | 89 mi | 6 JOBS → |
ABOUT SANDERSON FARMS FOODS, LLC
D R Sanderson Sr founded the company in 1947 as a feed and seed store in Laurel, Mississippi, and it grew into a fully integrated poultry producer that processes, markets, and distributes fresh and frozen chicken and prepared foods. The company went public in 1987 and became a major poultry processor with plants across the southeastern United States. In 2022 Cargill and Continental Grain acquired Sanderson Farms for 4.5 billion dollars and merged it with Wayne Farms to form Wayne-Sanderson Farms, a privately held company based in Oakwood, Georgia.
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