North Carolina Payroll Employment
By County
for All Private Business Establishments
in December, 2020
Updated on January 9, 2024.
According to recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December, 2020, North Carolina added 9,814 number of jobs to all private business establishments. Among North Carolina counties, Wake added the highest number of jobs (2,709), followed by Mecklenburg (2,176), and Forsyth (1,802).
Interact with the charts below to see for each county, the number of payroll employment, and the number of jobs added in December, 2020. This information can also be found in a table below.
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Data Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (QCEW).
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North Carolina Payroll Employment
By County
for All Private Business Establishments
in December, 2020
North Carolina Jobs added
By County
All Private Business Establishments
in December, 2020
North Carolina Payroll Employment
By County
for All Private Business Establishments
in December, 2020
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| County | Number of Employment | Jobs Added |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 54564 | 102 |
| Alexander | 7085 | 2 |
| Alleghany | 2435 | -444 |
| Anson | 5004 | 3 |
| Ashe | 6051 | -66 |
| Avery | 5224 | 72 |
| Beaufort | 12639 | 53 |
| Bertie | 4406 | 131 |
| Bladen | 11302 | 67 |
| Brunswick | 27936 | -325 |
| Buncombe | 111061 | -121 |
| Burke | 22195 | 199 |
| Cabarrus | 63041 | 592 |
| Caldwell | 21645 | 242 |
| Camden | 744 | 26 |
| Carteret | 18026 | -122 |
| Caswell | 1701 | 19 |
| Catawba | 76873 | 644 |
| Chatham | 12624 | 126 |
| Cherokee | 6204 | 3 |
| Chowan | 3531 | 92 |
| Clay | 1489 | -9 |
| Cleveland | 27806 | -442 |
| Columbus | 11907 | 159 |
| Craven | 26499 | 145 |
| Cumberland | 80479 | -174 |
| Currituck | 5093 | -542 |
| Dare | 13340 | -1221 |
| Davidson | 37621 | 352 |
| Davie | 11323 | 97 |
| Duplin | 15435 | 34 |
| Durham | 194522 | 496 |
| Edgecombe | 11843 | 247 |
| Forsyth | 168310 | 1802 |
| Franklin | 9851 | 108 |
| Gaston | 62652 | 330 |
| Gates | 1000 | -18 |
| Graham | 1338 | -98 |
| Granville | 12533 | 135 |
| Greene | 2558 | 7 |
| Guilford | 246963 | 1196 |
| Halifax | 10992 | -33 |
| Harnett | 20214 | -353 |
| Haywood | 14411 | 22 |
| Henderson | 34320 | 178 |
| Hertford | 6937 | 28 |
| Hoke | 6277 | 55 |
| Hyde | 1042 | -146 |
| Iredell | 68951 | 445 |
| Jackson | 9374 | -553 |
| Johnston | 42853 | 261 |
| Jones | 1090 | 22 |
| Lee | 22032 | -7 |
| Lenoir | 22639 | 144 |
| Lincoln | 20770 | 55 |
| McDowell | 12897 | -103 |
| Macon | 9487 | -42 |
| Madison | 3028 | 56 |
| Martin | 5017 | -23 |
| Mecklenburg | 635794 | 2176 |
| Mitchell | 3722 | -84 |
| Montgomery | 7470 | -47 |
| Moore | 31200 | 53 |
| Nash | 33250 | 71 |
| New Hanover | 95729 | 238 |
| Northampton | 4531 | 14 |
| Onslow | 35170 | 150 |
| Orange | 34707 | 196 |
| Pamlico | 2461 | 23 |
| Pasquotank | 10899 | -85 |
| Pender | 10252 | 60 |
| Perquimans | 1556 | 24 |
| Person | 7898 | 22 |
| Pitt | 51263 | 40 |
| Polk | 4061 | -33 |
| Randolph | 37657 | 40 |
| Richmond | 10579 | 77 |
| Robeson | 30586 | -70 |
| Rockingham | 20321 | -1 |
| Rowan | 38808 | 190 |
| Rutherford | 14456 | 53 |
| Sampson | 13655 | 109 |
| Scotland | 8999 | -20 |
| Stanly | 14847 | 70 |
| Stokes | 5856 | 93 |
| Surry | 22803 | 183 |
| Swain | 3567 | -155 |
| Transylvania | 7456 | -123 |
| Tyrrell | 618 | -48 |
| Union | 54754 | -198 |
| Vance | 11403 | -8 |
| Wake | 488120 | 2709 |
| Warren | 1885 | -14 |
| Washington | 2370 | -2 |
| Watauga | 18055 | -49 |
| Wayne | 31966 | -6 |
| Wilkes | 16866 | -12 |
| Wilson | 31477 | -86 |
| Yadkin | 8120 | 117 |
| Yancey | 3368 | -70 |