Pinehurst Today

Montgomery County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 365 people out of the 25,891 living in Montgomery County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Montgomery County has decreased compared to the 3.5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Montgomery County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.2%.

Of the 10,522 people who had a job during that time, 45 were employed in the Armed Forces and 10,477 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	365	3.4%
Employed	10,522	96.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	10,477	96.2%
Employed in armed forces	45	0.4%