Blog Entry List

NC’s May Unemployment Rate Unchanged

North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged from April's revised rate of 3.4 percent.

NC Today and What It Means: Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims

The NC Today dashboard serves as a monthly update on statewide labor market and economic conditions. But what do the numbers mean? Using the March 2022 update, this first blog post in a series of four provides context to statewide total private average weekly earnings.

NC Today and What It Means: Taxable Retail Sales

The NC Today dashboard serves as a monthly update on statewide labor market and economic conditions. But what do the numbers mean? Using the March 2022 update, this third blog post in a series of four provides context to statewide taxable retail sales.

April Unemployment Rates Decrease in Most NC Counties

In April, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates decreased in 83 of North Carolina's 100 counties.

Which Industry Workers Change Jobs the Most and Where do they go? A Review of J2J Explorer Data to Understand Job Mobility in NC Industries

During Q1 2021, NC saw more than 219,000 workers start new jobs. LEAD staff reviewed Census data to understand the NC industries that are most impacted by this job switching.

NC Today and What It Means: Residential Building Permits

The NC Today dashboard serves as a monthly update on statewide labor market and economic conditions. But what do the numbers mean? Using the March 2022 update, this second blog post in a series of four provides context to statewide residential building permits.

NC’s April Unemployment Rate Decreases

North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from March's revised rate of 3.5 percent.

NC Today and What It Means: Total Private Average Weekly Earnings

The NC Today dashboard serves as a monthly update on statewide labor market and economic conditions. But what do the numbers mean? Using the March 2022 update, this first blog post in a series of four provides context to statewide total private average weekly earnings.

March Unemployment Rates Decrease in Most NC Counties

In March, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates decreased in 85 of North Carolina's 100 counties.

Has the NC economy recovered from COVID-19? A look using QCEW data.

The COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest around March 2020, with mass vaccinations beginning in the first quarter of 2021. How has the North Carolina economy changed across the worst of the crisis and its aftermath?

NC’s March Unemployment Rate Decreases

North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from February's revised rate of 3.7 percent.

February Unemployment Rates Decrease in Most NC Counties

In February, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates decreased in 50 of North Carolina's 100 counties.

Introducing NC’s 2023 Employment Projections

Where will the economy be in 2023? This blog post presents highlights from the recently released 2021-2023 Short-Term Employment Projections.

Entrepreneurship in North Carolina during COVID 19: A Preliminary Investigation

The COVID-19 pandemic caused large and lasting disruptions to labor markets. While this disruption was happening, however, data reveals that the economy had a hidden strain of hope and resilience via growth in the births of new establishments and employment associated with those births. 

A review of QWI Data: How Have Women’s Opportunities in the Workplace in North Carolina been affected by the COVID Pandemic?

As North Carolina’s economy continues to recover from the recession caused by the COVID pandemic, we wanted to investigate how women’s employment and earnings were affected to complement other recent LEAD research.