North Carolina Payroll Employment
By County
for All Private Business Establishments
in May, 2021
Updated on January 12, 2024.
According to recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May, 2021, North Carolina added 36,485 number of jobs to all private business establishments. Among North Carolina counties, Wake added the highest number of jobs (6,845), followed by Mecklenburg (5,882), and Guilford (1,726).
Interact with the charts below to see for each county, the number of payroll employment, and the number of jobs added in May, 2021. This information can also be found in a table below.
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Related Topics: North Carolina BLS Topic List.
Data Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (QCEW).
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North Carolina Payroll Employment
By County
for All Private Business Establishments
in May, 2021
North Carolina Jobs added
By County
All Private Business Establishments
in May, 2021
North Carolina Payroll Employment
By County
for All Private Business Establishments
in May, 2021
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| County | Number of Employment | Jobs Added |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 56153 | 460 |
| Alexander | 7261 | -55 |
| Alleghany | 2566 | 87 |
| Anson | 4999 | 3 |
| Ashe | 6243 | 148 |
| Avery | 5395 | 329 |
| Beaufort | 12916 | 69 |
| Bertie | 3884 | -134 |
| Bladen | 11345 | 119 |
| Brunswick | 30276 | 416 |
| Buncombe | 114343 | 1239 |
| Burke | 22428 | -26 |
| Cabarrus | 64335 | 803 |
| Caldwell | 20520 | 43 |
| Camden | 707 | 3 |
| Carteret | 19162 | 631 |
| Caswell | 1681 | 15 |
| Catawba | 76544 | 627 |
| Chatham | 13292 | 111 |
| Cherokee | 6242 | 36 |
| Chowan | 3536 | -12 |
| Clay | 1514 | 5 |
| Cleveland | 28004 | -387 |
| Columbus | 11828 | 0 |
| Craven | 26705 | 322 |
| Cumberland | 82231 | 649 |
| Currituck | 6133 | 473 |
| Dare | 17174 | 1274 |
| Davidson | 37927 | 321 |
| Davie | 11493 | 206 |
| Duplin | 15374 | 146 |
| Durham | 199450 | 1344 |
| Edgecombe | 11677 | 251 |
| Forsyth | 168253 | 1198 |
| Franklin | 10090 | 71 |
| Gaston | 63492 | 337 |
| Gates | 1093 | 46 |
| Graham | 1545 | 64 |
| Granville | 12451 | 112 |
| Greene | 2615 | 44 |
| Guilford | 245961 | 1726 |
| Halifax | 11109 | 129 |
| Harnett | 20753 | -11 |
| Haywood | 14588 | 1 |
| Henderson | 33480 | 293 |
| Hertford | 6571 | -10 |
| Hoke | 6156 | -2 |
| Hyde | 1228 | 83 |
| Iredell | 69211 | 499 |
| Jackson | 9936 | 166 |
| Johnston | 43438 | 199 |
| Jones | 1096 | 25 |
| Lee | 22107 | 132 |
| Lenoir | 22395 | 88 |
| Lincoln | 20936 | 71 |
| McDowell | 13326 | 125 |
| Macon | 9666 | 219 |
| Madison | 3032 | 19 |
| Martin | 4779 | -38 |
| Mecklenburg | 639767 | 5882 |
| Mitchell | 3953 | 71 |
| Montgomery | 7416 | 42 |
| Moore | 31381 | 300 |
| Nash | 32182 | 217 |
| New Hanover | 103502 | 986 |
| Northampton | 4299 | -7 |
| Onslow | 36175 | 421 |
| Orange | 36543 | 468 |
| Pamlico | 2466 | -21 |
| Pasquotank | 11143 | 129 |
| Pender | 11243 | 211 |
| Perquimans | 1558 | -10 |
| Person | 7974 | 54 |
| Pitt | 52278 | 439 |
| Polk | 4226 | 112 |
| Randolph | 37218 | -166 |
| Richmond | 10670 | 109 |
| Robeson | 30071 | -99 |
| Rockingham | 20363 | 172 |
| Rowan | 39873 | 434 |
| Rutherford | 14750 | 49 |
| Sampson | 13790 | 90 |
| Scotland | 9128 | 47 |
| Stanly | 14974 | 201 |
| Stokes | 5729 | 62 |
| Surry | 22855 | 150 |
| Swain | 3991 | 234 |
| Transylvania | 7729 | 74 |
| Tyrrell | 631 | 24 |
| Union | 56325 | 527 |
| Vance | 11953 | 83 |
| Wake | 500121 | 6845 |
| Warren | 1982 | 96 |
| Washington | 2370 | 0 |
| Watauga | 17771 | 10 |
| Wayne | 32042 | 212 |
| Wilkes | 16506 | 48 |
| Wilson | 30599 | -48 |
| Yadkin | 8604 | 22 |
| Yancey | 3566 | 44 |