North Carolina Payroll Employment
By County
for All Business Establishments
in January, 2023
Updated on January 6, 2024.
According to recent data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in January, 2023, North Carolina added 4,414,601 number of jobs to all business establishments. Among North Carolina counties, Wake added the highest number of jobs (22,858), followed by Mecklenburg (21,151), and New Hanover (5,003).
Interact with the charts below to see for each county, the number of payroll employment, and the number of jobs added in January, 2023. 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 January, 2023
North Carolina Jobs added
By County
All Business Establishments
in January, 2023
North Carolina Payroll Employment
By County
for All Business Establishments
in January, 2023
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| County | Number of Employment | Jobs Added |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 63866 | 33 |
| Alexander | 9186 | -327 |
| Alleghany | 2959 | -230 |
| Anson | 6756 | 20 |
| Ashe | 7075 | -265 |
| Avery | 6535 | 63 |
| Beaufort | 15567 | -639 |
| Bertie | 5212 | 54 |
| Bladen | 13489 | 310 |
| Brunswick | 37505 | 2241 |
| Buncombe | 135641 | -502 |
| Burke | 29216 | 374 |
| Cabarrus | 84182 | 2248 |
| Caldwell | 25370 | 147 |
| Camden | 1206 | -8 |
| Carteret | 23269 | -282 |
| Caswell | 2914 | 91 |
| Catawba | 89671 | 772 |
| Chatham | 16795 | 465 |
| Cherokee | 7930 | 104 |
| Chowan | 5083 | 180 |
| Clay | 2102 | 83 |
| Cleveland | 36080 | 332 |
| Columbus | 15023 | -870 |
| Craven | 40168 | 371 |
| Cumberland | 121593 | 425 |
| Currituck | 6576 | -94 |
| Dare | 16528 | -745 |
| Davidson | 46044 | 1183 |
| Davie | 13255 | 40 |
| Duplin | 18985 | 400 |
| Durham | 230676 | 2245 |
| Edgecombe | 15073 | -1344 |
| Forsyth | 191172 | 682 |
| Franklin | 13265 | 333 |
| Gaston | 76432 | -5377 |
| Gates | 1390 | -103 |
| Graham | 1823 | -68 |
| Granville | 20145 | -288 |
| Greene | 4461 | -16 |
| Guilford | 285363 | -539 |
| Halifax | 14877 | 166 |
| Harnett | 27085 | 1280 |
| Haywood | 17715 | 352 |
| Henderson | 41125 | 1098 |
| Hertford | 8674 | -16 |
| Hoke | 8902 | 300 |
| Hyde | 1426 | -174 |
| Iredell | 80903 | 995 |
| Jackson | 13565 | -702 |
| Johnston | 57002 | 2950 |
| Jones | 1616 | -50 |
| Lee | 25779 | -16 |
| Lenoir | 28723 | 181 |
| Lincoln | 26857 | 1094 |
| McDowell | 15262 | -152 |
| Macon | 11974 | 417 |
| Madison | 4177 | 248 |
| Martin | 6187 | -6 |
| Mecklenburg | 765860 | 21151 |
| Mitchell | 4815 | 76 |
| Montgomery | 9089 | 179 |
| Moore | 37537 | 836 |
| Nash | 38660 | -1101 |
| New Hanover | 125876 | 5003 |
| Northampton | 4898 | -113 |
| Onslow | 52561 | 1087 |
| Orange | 76038 | 3324 |
| Pamlico | 3587 | -119 |
| Pasquotank | 15600 | 408 |
| Pender | 13536 | -178 |
| Perquimans | 2427 | 165 |
| Person | 9523 | -56 |
| Pitt | 79413 | 892 |
| Polk | 5299 | 122 |
| Randolph | 41981 | -1972 |
| Richmond | 14193 | 511 |
| Robeson | 37956 | 99 |
| Rockingham | 24558 | 529 |
| Rowan | 50191 | 123 |
| Rutherford | 18197 | 46 |
| Sampson | 17038 | -291 |
| Scotland | 11769 | 103 |
| Stanly | 21883 | 2545 |
| Stokes | 7316 | -91 |
| Surry | 28376 | 704 |
| Swain | 10091 | -382 |
| Transylvania | 9119 | -37 |
| Tyrrell | 879 | -68 |
| Union | 71072 | 4237 |
| Vance | 14056 | 38 |
| Wake | 624254 | 22858 |
| Warren | 2852 | 7 |
| Washington | 3127 | -1 |
| Watauga | 24325 | -115 |
| Wayne | 40722 | 315 |
| Wilkes | 19252 | -912 |
| Wilson | 35484 | -234 |
| Yadkin | 9967 | 23 |
| Yancey | 4426 | 91 |