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Regional labor market information

**October 2025 employment data could not be generated due to the government shutdown**

Figure 1.

Top 10 occupations by unique job postings in south central Idaho	Postings, Nov-25	Postings, Nov-24
Registered nurses	72	34
Customer service representatives	52	8
Retail salespersons	46	35
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	45	27
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	36	27
Maintenance and repair workers, general	34	14
Laborers and freight, stock and material movers, hand	33	7
Food service managers	32	5
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	31	26
Driver and sales workers	25	9
Source: The Conference Board-Lightcast Help Wanted OnLine

• All the top 10 occupations by unique job postings increased year over year in November 2025.

Figure 2.

Top 10 industries by unique job postings in south central Idaho	Postings, Nov-25	Postings, Nov-24
Manufacturing	217	124
Retail trade	2044	99
Health care and social assistance	195	120
Finance and insurance	104	32
Transportation and warehousing	88	21
Accommodation and food services	85	22
Wholesale trade	65	24
Construction	60	17
Public administration	50	30
Administrative, support and waste management remediation services	36	28
Source: The Conference Board-Lightcast Help Wanted OnLine

• Manufacturing took the top occupation by job postings in November 2025. Retail trade also rose above health care and social assistance as the seasonal demand for retail employment begins in November.

Figure 3.

Top 10 hardest-to-fill occupations in south central Idaho	Median duration (days), Nov-25	Unique postings, Nov-24
Miscellaneous construction and related workers	25	0
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers	24	0
Sawing machine setters, operators and tenders, wood	23	1
Buying and purchasing agents	22	0
Detectives and criminal investigators	22	0
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	21	2
Zoologists and wildlife biologists	21	0
Computer and information research scientists	21	1
Medical equipment preparers	20	0
Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians	18	1
Source: The Conference Board-Lightcast Help Wanted OnLine

• Hardest to fill occupations in south central Idaho this month were primarily a mix of specialized medical and technician occupations.

Regional news

• American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines are offering seasonal winter flights out of Friedman Memorial Airport from Dec. 18 to April 6. Flights will be available from Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, Denver and Los Angeles. Source: Idaho Mountain Express

• Redox Bio-Nutrients is expanding with a larger warehouse and laboratory in Burley. The expansion will be nearly 22,000 square feet of space with plans to be completed in Spring 2026. Source: KMVT

• Valley High School is working on a new agricultural facility. The new facility is planned to be completed in Spring 2026. Source: KMVT

• Twin Falls Canal Company has begun working on more than nine miles of High Line Canal. This project will take the next five to eight years to complete in order to improve the canal’s efficiency. Source: KMVT

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