Employed residents in Clayton, NC

Employed residents in Clayton, NC was 16,970 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.2% from 2024. That is the 32nd highest of 44 cities in 2025.

2025, persons16,970
Change on 2024+1.2%
Series high16,9702025
Series low7,7122010

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Employed residents in Clayton, NC, 2010 to 2025

6,0008,00010K12K14K16K18K2010201320162019202220252010: 7,712 persons2011: 7,844 persons2012: 8,132 persons2013: 8,471 persons2014: 8,904 persons2015: 9,345 persons2016: 10,198 persons2017: 11,016 persons2018: 11,875 persons2019: 12,949 persons2020: 12,791 persons2021: 14,262 persons2022: 15,643 persons2023: 16,176 persons2024: 16,768 persons2025: 16,970 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 16 values
Periodpersons
202516,970
202416,768
202316,176
202215,643
202114,262
202012,791
201912,949
201811,875
201711,016
201610,198
20159,345
20148,904
20138,471
20128,132
20117,844
20107,712

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Clayton, NC, 2010 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Clayton, NC, 2010 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/clayton-nc. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Clayton, NC, 2010 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/clayton-nc.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Clayton, NC, 2010 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/clayton-nc (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the employed residents in Clayton, NC?

Employed residents in Clayton, NC was 16,970 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.2% from 2024. That is the 32nd highest of 44 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Clayton, NC?

16,970 in 2025, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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