Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
We have used your information to see if you have a subscription with us, but did not find one. Please use the button below to verify an existing account or to purchase a new subscription.
Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. Please use the button below to manage your account.
Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Please purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Your current subscription does not provide access to this content.
BURLINGTON — The holiday season brought the gift of a continuing robust job market to Alamance County.
The county’s December unemployment rate was 3.1% in December, down from 3.3% in November and 3.2% in December 2022, the state Department of Commerce reported.
Alamance County posted a work force of 83,663 in December, with 2,628 listed as unemployed.
Statewide, unemployment rates decreased in 95 of North Carolina’s counties in December compared to November, increased in three and remained unchanged in two, the state Commerce Department reported. All 15 of the state’s metropolitan areas recorded rate decreases.
When compared to December 2022, unemployment rates decreased in 51 counties, increased in 26 and remained unchanged in 23. Seven metropolitan areas posted rate decreases over the year, three increased and five remained unchanged, the N.C. Commerce Department reported.
In a sign of the strong job market counties across the state, 96 counties posted December jobless rates at or below 5%, historically an indicator of a robust local job market. The number was the same for counties at or below 5% in November.
No counties recorded unemployment rates at or above 10% in November and December, a level traditionally indicating a struggling local job market.
The number of workers employed statewide decreased in December by 28,036 to 5.06 million while the number unemployed decreased by 10,084 to 167,065. Since December 2022, the number of workers employed statewide has increased by 95,776, while the number unemployed has increased by 3,277.
