HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) - Educators keep North Carolina running, and if you need any more proof, just look at the state's top employers by county.

The North Carolina Department of Commerce publishes the top public and private sector employers in each of the state's 100 counties. The rankings come out quarterly and are based on average employment numbers from the Employment and Wages program files.

Here we're looking at data for the first quarter of 2025. The data for the second quarter of the year is not yet available in the state's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

When you remember that the Tar Heel state has about 2,500 traditional public schools, it should come as no surprise that education took the top rank in 52 counties and appeared somewhere on the county-by-county top f

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