Western Piedmont WDB : regional labor market overview [2021 : July]

REGIONAL LABOR MARKET OVERVIEW » Western Piedmont WDB | July 2021 Data* WESTERN PIEDMONT workforce development board MONTHLY TRENDS NC Department of Commerce | Labor & Economic Analysis | 919.707.1500 | lead@nccommerce.com Unemployed Individuals 7,519 4.3% North Carolina 4.4% United States 5.4% 4.7% LAST MONTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY COUNTY Ш г 4.6% 3.9% J . 4.2% J L 4.3% ™ Employed Individuals 166,480 -313 CHANGE IN EMPLOYED FROM PREVIOUS MONTH 10,172 FROM ONE YEAR AGO Labor Force 173,999 NUMBER OF EMPLOYED OVER LAST 5 YEARS past 90 days from August 21 , 2021 WHO'S HIRING WHAT JOBS Frye Regional Medical Center, Inc. 421 • Registered Nurses 452 e Carolines Healthcare System Blue Ridge 370 • Retail Salespersons 123 • Mission Health 344 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 93 Catawba Valley Medical Center • Food Lion 329 205 e Customer Service Representatives Heavy and T ractor-T railer Truck Drivers 85 76 • UNC Health Care System 156 • Nursing Assistants 76 • Lowe’s Companies, Inc 107 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 72 . Burger King | Carrols Corporation 96 • Production Workers, All Other 69 METRO JOBS Hickory MSA 154,600 1,100 CHANGE IN JOBS FROM PREVIOUS MONTH Industry Detail TAXABLE RETAIL SALES $458,732,985 42.8% CHANGE FROM ONE YEAR AGO JOB OPENINGS 5,333 36 CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS MONTH 'July 2021 data is preliminary. Taxable Retail Sales data reflect May 2021 and Job Openings data reflect June 2021.