This is the third article in LEAD’s recent Manufacturing series, which explores North Carolina’s Industry 4.0 assets.
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Recently released data from the US Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) suggest youth disconnection in North Carolina has returned to pre-pandemic lows. Primarily due to a strong economic recovery, youth engagement has rebounded quickly following the COVID-19 recession.
What happens to people after they leave our state’s prison system? How many find employment after prison? How much money do they earn? And how do these outcomes vary by race? The North Carolina Reentry Outcome Reporting System (NC-RORS) can answer all these questions and more. This article uses data from this new interactive tool to shed light on the employment outcomes of formerly incarcerated individuals.
Our last edition of NC Economy Watch provided a general overview of recent layoff activity. In this edition, we take a closer look at layoffs in our state and nationwide. Layoffs have increased slightly across most sectors of the United States economy, most notably in the freight industry. While layoffs might be on the rise nationwide, they remain near a multi-decade low, and most people who lose work in North Carolina are quickly re-employed in our tight labor market.
In a previous article discussing the updated data in NCcareers.org, it was noted that the count of occupations available for review had increased from 793 to 823. What are these new occupations?
NCcareers.org is where career explorers can find up-to-date NC specific career information to meet their personal and professional needs, interests and goals. The site has recently received a complete data refresh based on the most recent definition of occupations and educational programs – using the latest BLS SOC and US Department of Education CIP taxonomies.
In this edition of NC Economy Watch, we look at layoff activity in North Carolina. Recent plant closures have rocked local communities and dominated headlines across our state. While these mass layoffs might reflect weakness in parts of the manufacturing sector, they have had only a limited impact on statewide employment statistics and, so far, they do not appear to be signaling a recession.
The second in a series on Manufacturing in North Carolina, this article explores the sector’s economic trends over the last 30 years.
In honor of Women's Equality Day on August 26th, we are examining women’s progress in the labor market. In this brief, we'll look at wage growth from 2019-2022 to see how women have fared in North Carolina compared to men.
Do high starting wages for college graduates correspond to higher earnings over the long term? How might this differ across college majors? As shown in NC TOWER with data from the Common Follow-up System (CFS), this interactive figure compares graduates’ wages across different major areas in the first and tenth years after graduating from the University of North Carolina (UNC) system.