North Carolina Payroll Employment
By County
for All Business Establishments
in May, 2020
Updated on January 9, 2024.
According to recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May, 2020, North Carolina added 92,778 number of jobs to all business establishments. Among North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg added the highest number of jobs (13,614), followed by Wake (10,908), and Guilford (6,049).
Interact with the charts below to see for each county, the number of payroll employment, and the number of jobs added in May, 2020. 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 Business Establishments
in May, 2020
North Carolina Jobs added
By County
All Business Establishments
in May, 2020
North Carolina Payroll Employment
By County
for All Business Establishments
in May, 2020
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| County | Number of Employment | Jobs Added |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 55906 | 1245 |
| Alexander | 8285 | 971 |
| Alleghany | 2771 | 7 |
| Anson | 6689 | -37 |
| Ashe | 6632 | 177 |
| Avery | 5992 | 423 |
| Beaufort | 14830 | 159 |
| Bertie | 5470 | 19 |
| Bladen | 12220 | 88 |
| Brunswick | 30721 | 1810 |
| Buncombe | 111351 | 3966 |
| Burke | 26993 | 1233 |
| Cabarrus | 68036 | 1724 |
| Caldwell | 24053 | 343 |
| Camden | 1137 | -3 |
| Carteret | 21236 | 1598 |
| Caswell | 2851 | 42 |
| Catawba | 77984 | 3030 |
| Chatham | 14502 | 216 |
| Cherokee | 7243 | 219 |
| Chowan | 4351 | 23 |
| Clay | 1879 | 24 |
| Cleveland | 32937 | 628 |
| Columbus | 14751 | 254 |
| Craven | 36815 | 894 |
| Cumberland | 108129 | -418 |
| Currituck | 6144 | 573 |
| Dare | 15876 | 3014 |
| Davidson | 41024 | 1223 |
| Davie | 11427 | 401 |
| Duplin | 17832 | 49 |
| Durham | 203098 | 2930 |
| Edgecombe | 14519 | -55 |
| Forsyth | 170297 | 1941 |
| Franklin | 11757 | 167 |
| Gaston | 65229 | 1453 |
| Gates | 1612 | -4 |
| Graham | 1853 | 84 |
| Granville | 19527 | -208 |
| Greene | 4244 | 9 |
| Guilford | 255982 | 6049 |
| Halifax | 14391 | 399 |
| Harnett | 24213 | -45 |
| Haywood | 15550 | 495 |
| Henderson | 36013 | 1189 |
| Hertford | 8758 | 47 |
| Hoke | 8137 | 69 |
| Hyde | 1586 | 67 |
| Iredell | 70202 | 3035 |
| Jackson | 12671 | 483 |
| Johnston | 48718 | 927 |
| Jones | 1522 | 71 |
| Lee | 23329 | 329 |
| Lenoir | 26888 | -35 |
| Lincoln | 22831 | 423 |
| McDowell | 14825 | -290 |
| Macon | 10466 | 628 |
| Madison | 3585 | 129 |
| Martin | 5995 | 6 |
| Mecklenburg | 656553 | 13614 |
| Mitchell | 4164 | 40 |
| Montgomery | 8567 | 391 |
| Moore | 31783 | 1041 |
| Nash | 36567 | -274 |
| New Hanover | 104545 | 5380 |
| Northampton | 5094 | -39 |
| Onslow | 45242 | 1178 |
| Orange | 67577 | 2132 |
| Pamlico | 3023 | 105 |
| Pasquotank | 14237 | 320 |
| Pender | 11864 | 592 |
| Perquimans | 2016 | 102 |
| Person | 8810 | 77 |
| Pitt | 70560 | 1002 |
| Polk | 4671 | 171 |
| Randolph | 40248 | 1799 |
| Richmond | 12922 | 52 |
| Robeson | 36946 | -12 |
| Rockingham | 22116 | 283 |
| Rowan | 43541 | 604 |
| Rutherford | 16339 | 193 |
| Sampson | 17226 | -4 |
| Scotland | 10451 | -156 |
| Stanly | 17747 | 331 |
| Stokes | 7268 | 183 |
| Surry | 25985 | 1029 |
| Swain | 9178 | 282 |
| Transylvania | 8415 | 418 |
| Tyrrell | 922 | 30 |
| Union | 60553 | 1312 |
| Vance | 13017 | 105 |
| Wake | 515475 | 10908 |
| Warren | 2923 | 24 |
| Washington | 3002 | -11 |
| Watauga | 19364 | 858 |
| Wayne | 39070 | 458 |
| Wilkes | 19429 | 430 |
| Wilson | 33508 | 1349 |
| Yadkin | 8168 | 21 |
| Yancey | 4215 | 67 |