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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in North Carolina

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in North Carolina was 6,864,520 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.4% from 2024. That is the 9th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, jobs6,864,520
Change on 2024+0.4%
Rank9th of 51US states ranked
Series high6,864,5202025
Series low2,457,9971969

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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in North Carolina, 1969 to 2025

2M3M4M5M6M7M19691978198719962005201420251969: 2,457,997 jobs1970: 2,468,524 jobs1971: 2,490,307 jobs1972: 2,602,097 jobs1973: 2,719,564 jobs1974: 2,743,165 jobs1975: 2,647,462 jobs1976: 2,753,858 jobs1977: 2,850,596 jobs1978: 2,945,933 jobs1979: 3,045,787 jobs1980: 3,052,458 jobs1981: 3,072,289 jobs1982: 3,041,512 jobs1983: 3,128,522 jobs1984: 3,292,313 jobs1985: 3,392,276 jobs1986: 3,493,724 jobs1987: 3,610,298 jobs1988: 3,750,988 jobs1989: 3,838,492 jobs1990: 3,902,373 jobs1991: 3,865,529 jobs1992: 3,963,816 jobs1993: 4,086,843 jobs1994: 4,201,049 jobs1995: 4,354,641 jobs1996: 4,458,978 jobs1997: 4,602,983 jobs1998: 4,708,195 jobs1999: 4,802,414 jobs2000: 4,891,957 jobs2001: 4,855,476 jobs2002: 4,842,001 jobs2003: 4,851,941 jobs2004: 4,961,645 jobs2005: 5,093,058 jobs2006: 5,251,529 jobs2007: 5,430,916 jobs2008: 5,413,522 jobs2009: 5,215,727 jobs2010: 5,178,397 jobs2011: 5,292,804 jobs2012: 5,356,134 jobs2013: 5,437,015 jobs2014: 5,569,146 jobs2015: 5,695,804 jobs2016: 5,826,492 jobs2017: 5,920,618 jobs2018: 6,057,941 jobs2019: 6,151,842 jobs2020: 6,058,542 jobs2021: 6,322,691 jobs2022: 6,577,822 jobs2023: 6,697,492 jobs2024: 6,836,726 jobs2025: 6,864,520 jobs2M4M6M8M19691988200720251969: 2,457,997 jobs1970: 2,468,524 jobs1971: 2,490,307 jobs1972: 2,602,097 jobs1973: 2,719,564 jobs1974: 2,743,165 jobs1975: 2,647,462 jobs1976: 2,753,858 jobs1977: 2,850,596 jobs1978: 2,945,933 jobs1979: 3,045,787 jobs1980: 3,052,458 jobs1981: 3,072,289 jobs1982: 3,041,512 jobs1983: 3,128,522 jobs1984: 3,292,313 jobs1985: 3,392,276 jobs1986: 3,493,724 jobs1987: 3,610,298 jobs1988: 3,750,988 jobs1989: 3,838,492 jobs1990: 3,902,373 jobs1991: 3,865,529 jobs1992: 3,963,816 jobs1993: 4,086,843 jobs1994: 4,201,049 jobs1995: 4,354,641 jobs1996: 4,458,978 jobs1997: 4,602,983 jobs1998: 4,708,195 jobs1999: 4,802,414 jobs2000: 4,891,957 jobs2001: 4,855,476 jobs2002: 4,842,001 jobs2003: 4,851,941 jobs2004: 4,961,645 jobs2005: 5,093,058 jobs2006: 5,251,529 jobs2007: 5,430,916 jobs2008: 5,413,522 jobs2009: 5,215,727 jobs2010: 5,178,397 jobs2011: 5,292,804 jobs2012: 5,356,134 jobs2013: 5,437,015 jobs2014: 5,569,146 jobs2015: 5,695,804 jobs2016: 5,826,492 jobs2017: 5,920,618 jobs2018: 6,057,941 jobs2019: 6,151,842 jobs2020: 6,058,542 jobs2021: 6,322,691 jobs2022: 6,577,822 jobs2023: 6,697,492 jobs2024: 6,836,726 jobs2025: 6,864,520 jobs
jobs. Source: BEA, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 57 values
Periodjobs
20256,864,520
20246,836,726
20236,697,492
20226,577,822
20216,322,691
20206,058,542
20196,151,842
20186,057,941
20175,920,618
20165,826,492
20155,695,804
20145,569,146
20135,437,015
20125,356,134
20115,292,804
20105,178,397
20095,215,727
20085,413,522
20075,430,916
20065,251,529
20055,093,058
20044,961,645
20034,851,941
20024,842,001
20014,855,476
20004,891,957
19994,802,414
19984,708,195
19974,602,983
19964,458,978
19954,354,641
19944,201,049
19934,086,843
19923,963,816
19913,865,529
19903,902,373
19893,838,492
19883,750,988
19873,610,298
19863,493,724
19853,392,276
19843,292,313
19833,128,522
19823,041,512
19813,072,289
19803,052,458
19793,045,787
19782,945,933
19772,850,596
19762,753,858
19752,647,462
19742,743,165
19732,719,564
19722,602,097
19712,490,307
19702,468,524
19692,457,997

Compared with United States

Place2025
North Carolina6,864,520
United States218,324,700

North Carolina compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,966,686 jobsAlaska: 472,008 jobsArizona: 4,455,141 jobsArkansas: 1,811,561 jobsCalifornia: 25,407,891 jobsColorado: 4,231,488 jobsConnecticut: 2,424,541 jobsDelaware: 678,218 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 896,204 jobsFlorida: 15,174,955 jobsGeorgia: 7,184,433 jobsHawaii: 925,451 jobsIdaho: 1,238,642 jobsIllinois: 8,197,037 jobsIndiana: 4,213,622 jobsIowa: 2,122,389 jobsKansas: 2,007,083 jobsKentucky: 2,718,290 jobsLouisiana: 2,831,737 jobsMaine: 898,379 jobsMaryland: 4,009,451 jobsMassachusetts: 5,020,627 jobsMichigan: 5,946,187 jobsMinnesota: 3,914,167 jobsMississippi: 1,713,294 jobsMissouri: 3,998,549 jobsMontana: 761,061 jobsNebraska: 1,410,465 jobsNevada: 2,163,825 jobsNew Hampshire: 942,254 jobsNew Jersey: 6,095,348 jobsNew Mexico: 1,183,906 jobsNew York: 13,498,360 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,864,520 jobsNorth Dakota: 605,276 jobsOhio: 7,394,537 jobsOklahoma: 2,466,719 jobsOregon: 2,671,758 jobsPennsylvania: 8,150,272 jobsRhode Island: 690,505 jobsSouth Carolina: 3,245,739 jobsSouth Dakota: 665,420 jobsTennessee: 4,633,711 jobsTexas: 20,639,097 jobsUtah: 2,458,247 jobsVermont: 439,349 jobsVirginia: 5,789,397 jobsWashington: 4,879,224 jobsWest Virginia: 910,570 jobsWisconsin: 3,855,203 jobsWyoming: 451,906 jobs
  • Under 900K
  • 900K to 1.8M
  • 1.8M to 2.7M
  • 2.7M to 4.2M
  • 4.2M to 6.6M
  • 6.6M and over
Total employment (jobs, BEA), 2025, jobs. North Carolina is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (Total employment (jobs, BEA), North Carolina, 1969 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

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SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), North Carolina, 1969 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/north-carolina. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Total employment (jobs, BEA), North Carolina, 1969 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/north-carolina.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), North Carolina, 1969 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/north-carolina (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states: Total employment (jobs, BEA), North Carolina, 1969 to 2025}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in North Carolina was 6,864,520 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.4% from 2024. That is the 9th highest of 51 states in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest total employment (jobs, BEA) in North Carolina?

6,864,520 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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