# Cities in North Carolina by employed residents, 2025

All 44 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/north-carolina-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Charlotte, NC | 501,294 |
| 2 | Raleigh, NC | 282,114 |
| 3 | Durham, NC | 163,923 |
| 4 | Greensboro, NC | 143,160 |
| 5 | Winston-Salem, NC | 111,448 |
| 6 | Cary, NC | 98,826 |
| 7 | Fayetteville, NC | 75,353 |
| 8 | Wilmington, NC | 63,813 |
| 9 | Concord, NC | 55,228 |
| 10 | High Point, NC | 51,707 |
| 11 | Asheville, NC | 48,149 |
| 12 | Greenville, NC | 44,549 |
| 13 | Apex, NC | 40,504 |
| 14 | Gastonia, NC | 39,256 |
| 15 | Huntersville, NC | 35,830 |
| 16 | Chapel Hill, NC | 30,647 |
| 17 | Kannapolis, NC | 28,927 |
| 18 | Wake Forest, NC | 28,864 |
| 19 | Mooresville, NC | 27,118 |
| 20 | Burlington, NC | 26,242 |
| 21 | Holly Springs, NC | 24,405 |
| 22 | Fuquay-Varina, NC | 23,330 |
| 23 | Indian Trail, NC | 23,201 |
| 24 | Rocky Mount, NC | 22,216 |
| 25 | Garner, NC | 20,688 |
| 26 | Wilson, NC | 19,892 |
| 27 | Hickory, NC | 19,631 |
| 28 | Morrisville, NC | 19,285 |
| 29 | Monroe, NC | 18,283 |
| 30 | Jacksonville, NC | 18,043 |
| 31 | Cornelius, NC | 17,001 |
| 32 | Clayton, NC | 16,970 |
| 33 | Matthews, NC | 15,992 |
| 34 | Leland, NC | 15,557 |
| 35 | Salisbury, NC | 14,886 |
| 36 | Statesville, NC | 14,704 |
| 37 | Mint Hill, NC | 14,383 |
| 38 | New Bern, NC | 14,154 |
| 39 | Sanford, NC | 13,949 |
| 40 | Kernersville, NC | 13,932 |
| 41 | Thomasville, NC | 11,838 |
| 42 | Goldsboro, NC | 11,829 |
| 43 | Asheboro, NC | 11,433 |
| 44 | Kinston, NC | 6,946 |