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Employed residents in Fayetteville, NC

Employed residents in Fayetteville, NC was 75,353 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 1.2% from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 44 cities in 2025.

2025, persons75,353
Change on 2024-1.2%
Rank7th of 44Cities in North Carolina ranked
Series high82,0972009
Series low30,7561990

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Employed residents in Fayetteville, NC, 1990 to 2025

20K40K60K80K100K19901996200220082014202020251990: 30,756 persons1991: 31,446 persons1992: 32,115 persons1993: 32,859 persons1994: 32,913 persons1995: 33,298 persons1996: 34,611 persons1997: 35,366 persons1998: 35,849 persons1999: 36,772 persons2000: 47,725 persons2001: 47,064 persons2002: 47,164 persons2003: 48,598 persons2004: 49,281 persons2005: 54,287 persons2006: 71,642 persons2007: 71,889 persons2008: 73,259 persons2009: 82,097 persons2010: 70,636 persons2011: 70,189 persons2012: 70,325 persons2013: 70,169 persons2014: 69,069 persons2015: 68,425 persons2016: 74,142 persons2017: 74,427 persons2018: 75,032 persons2019: 75,647 persons2020: 70,772 persons2021: 73,734 persons2022: 76,445 persons2023: 77,006 persons2024: 76,261 persons2025: 75,353 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 36 values
Periodpersons
202575,353
202476,261
202377,006
202276,445
202173,734
202070,772
201975,647
201875,032
201774,427
201674,142
201568,425
201469,069
201370,169
201270,325
201170,189
201070,636
200982,097
200873,259
200771,889
200671,642
200554,287
200449,281
200348,598
200247,164
200147,064
200047,725
199936,772
199835,849
199735,366
199634,611
199533,298
199432,913
199332,859
199232,115
199131,446
199030,756

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, Fayetteville, NC, 1990 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, Fayetteville, NC, 1990 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/fayetteville-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, Fayetteville, NC, 1990 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/fayetteville-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, Fayetteville, NC, 1990 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/fayetteville-nc (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the employed residents in Fayetteville, NC?

Employed residents in Fayetteville, NC was 75,353 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 1.2% from 2024. That is the 7th 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 Fayetteville, NC?

82,097 in 2009, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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