Regional labor market information

Figure 1.

Top 10 occupations by unique job postings in south central Idaho	Postings, May-25	Postings, May-24
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	66	38
Retail salespersons	46	45
Registered nurses	41	59
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	38	28
Customer service representatives	33	22
Laborers, freight, stock, material movers and hand	33	23
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers	32	13
Maintenance and repair workers, general	21	14
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	20	8
Stockers and order fillers	19	19
Source: Conference Board data via Lightcast

Figure 2

Top 10 industries by unique job postings in south central Idaho	Postings, May-25	Postings, May-24
Manufacturing	205	135
Health care and social assistance	178	179
Retail trade	146	153
Professional, scientific and technical services	131	36
Finance and insurance	105	25
Wholesale trade	75	57
Accommodation and food services	71	40
Educational services	57	22
Construction	48	60
Transportation and warehousing	46	16
Source: Conference Board data via Lightcast

• Finance and insurance, professional services, transportation and warehousing job postings increased 320%, 264% and 188% respectively over the year. Construction and retail trade decreased 20% and 5% respectively.

Figure 3

Top 10 hardest-to-fill occupations in south central Idaho	Days to fill, May-25	Days to fill, May-24
Special education teachers, all other	30	9
Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education	30	N/A
Human resources specialists	30	N/A
Database architects	30	N/A
Meter readers, utilities	30	N/A
Stockers and order fillers	28	5
Airfield operations specialists	25	N/A
Industrial truck and tractor operators	24	6
Architectural and civil drafters	24	N/A
Tank, car, truck and ship loaders	23	N/A
Source: Conference Board data via Lightcast

Regional news

Blaine County

• Ketchum City Council has approved a $2.5 million purchase of an 11-unit property to be used as deed-restricted workforce housing. Source: Idaho Mountain Express

• Hailey nonprofit, Men’s Second Chance Living, has received $375,000 in grant funding to provide housing for men in addiction recovery. The grant funding will allow for an additional two-bedroom condominium.  Source: Idaho Mountain Express

Jerome County

• Jerome County Jail on the main floor of the old courthouse, has been torn out and renovated to provide office space for the Department of Motor Vehicles and handicap bathrooms. An additional 15 new parking spaces will be added. The project will be complete in the next six weeks. Source: KMVT

Twin Falls County

• Over $450,000 in donations have provided a new St. Lukes mobile health clinic. This mobile health clinic will help increase access to mammogram screenings, as Idaho is one of the states with the lowest rate of screenings. Source: KMVT

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