Jobs

A General Assembly staff economist wrote last week that state employment had returned to pre-pandemic levels last summer and had exceeded them.

Every month, the NC Technology Association releases a snapshot of IT job postings — software engineers, project managers, and other roles.

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point last month to 3.5 percent.

The department store and online retail giant said in a news release that it will invest $584 million in the project in China Grove, 35 miles northeast of Charlotte.

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Durham on Wednesday to tour the IBEW local 553 apprentice program at Durham Technical Community College and delivered remarks highlighting the administration's investments in workers.

Government officials announced the project Wednesday as local and state boards approved hefty financial incentives for Boom Supersonic. Officials say the proposed $500 million operation at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro could generate at least 1,750 jobs by 2030.

State officials have scheduled a Monday afternoon news conference to announce a major economic development project at an 1,800-acre plot called the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite about 20 miles southeast of Greensboro.

Apple plans to build a new campus and engineering hub in the Research Triangle. The tech giant will invest over $1 billion in the facility and create at least 3,000 new jobs over a decade.

Google plans to establish a new engineering hub in Durham. The space will serve as an office for Google Cloud’s engineering team. The site is expected to bring about 1,000 jobs.

President Donald J. Trump is speaking about the unexpectedly strong jobs report at the White House on Friday. Watch his remarks here, live at 10 a.m.