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145-A Worth Street
PO Box 2001, Asheboro, NC 27204-2001
Phone: (336) 626-2233
Email: brenfro@rcedc.com
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Labor Statistics

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Civilian Labor Force Estimates

Area

Month/Year

Labor Force

Employment

Unemployment

%Rate

Randolph County

March, 2012 74,586 67,133 7,453 10%

Greensboro-High Point MSA

March, 2012

3375,420

338,585

36,835

9.8%

North Carolina

March, 2012

4,679,837

4,228,180

451,657

9.7%

 

Active Job Applicants Registered for Work

Registered to Work                                  Active Applicants

Alamance

7,216

Chatham

2,005

Davidson

10,323

Guilford

25,529

Randolph 7,291

 

Average Weekly Manufacturing Wages

County

Wage

Alamance

$785.00

Cabarrus

$831.00

Caswell

$581.00

Catawba

$763.00

Chatham

$803.00

Cleveland

$938.00

Davidson

$741.00

Davie

$807.00

Forsyth

$1,159.00

Guilford

$1,053.00

Mecklenburg

$1,348.00

Randolph

$675.00

Rockingham

$893.00

Rowan

$932.00

Surry

$587.00

Union

$884.00

North Carolina

$1,016.00

 

Unions

Industrial Plants

344

Organized Plants

1

Commuting Patterns

 

From Randolph

To Randolph

Alamance

578

301

Chatham

832

884

Davidson

2,607

2,540

Forsyth

694

392

Guilford

20,278

3,984

Montgomery

419

897

Moore

194

896

Workers in the Piedmont Triad Region of North Carolina can easily commute to neighboring counties to work because of the area's strong transportation network.

Each day more than 25,000 Randolph county residents travel to other counties to work thus providing a large pool of potential qualified workers.