North Carolina in the top 10 for adding the most jobs during the past five years (Charlotte: employment, statistics)

[UserNamesake]

Here are the top 10 states in terms of job growth over the last five years, with the broad category of "professional and business services" driving most of that growth:

1. Utah, 14.5% employment increase from 2011-2016
2. Delaware, 13%
3. Nevada, 13%
4. South Carolina, 12.1%
5. Idaho, 12.1%
6. Colorado, 11.7%
7. California, 11.2
8. Arizona, 10.9%
9. Florida, 10.8%
10. North Carolina, 10.7%

Top 10 States Adding the Most Jobs

[The Villages Guy]

Originally Posted by UserNamesake

Here are the top 10 states in terms of job growth over the last five years, with the broad category of "professional and business services" driving most of that growth:

1. Utah, 14.5% employment increase from 2011-2016
2. Delaware, 13%
3. Nevada, 13%
4. South Carolina, 12.1%
5. Idaho, 12.1%
6. Colorado, 11.7%
7. California, 11.2
8. Arizona, 10.9%
9. Florida, 10.8%
10. North Carolina, 10.7%

Top 10 States Adding the Most Jobs

Very nice. My two favorite states in the top ten. #9 & #10 respectively. They must be doing something right to beat out 40 other states.

[pumbaa]

How is Texas not on this list? That is very surprising. Their economy has been crazy.

[vulfpeck]

I'm actually surprised NC isn't higher, but 10th is respectable.

[arbyunc]

Just think where we'd be if we had better leadership, and didn't have the HB2 boondoggle hanging over our heads.

[vulfpeck]

You mean if Bev Perdue was still "leading?" I shudder to think.

[arbyunc]

Originally Posted by vulfpeck

You mean if Bev Perdue was still "leading?" I shudder to think.

No, I don't think anyone mentioned her at all.

[The Villages Guy]

Originally Posted by arbyunc

Just think where we'd be if we had better leadership, and didn't have the HB2 boondoggle hanging over our heads.

I think that is recent enough to not have been much of, if not completely not, an issue in the stated report.

[Mutiny77]

The actual study used Asheville's skyline as representative of NC, which was nice. States Adding (and Losing) the Most Jobs - 24/7 Wall St.

Originally Posted by pumbaa

How is Texas not on this list? That is very surprising. Their economy has been crazy.

Same here. Even with the cooldown in the energy sector, I would still expect Texas to be in the top 10 (it ranked 12th).

[Mtnluver8956]

Looking at Charlotte's data. One would argue that amidst the geopolitical turmoil, Charlotte will continue to grow exponentially.


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