Regional labor market information

Figure 1.

Top 10 occupations by unique job postings in south central Idaho	Postings, Feb-25	Postings, Feb-24
Farmworkers, laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse	187	61
Registered nurses	131	117
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	121	84
Retail salespersons	91	76
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers	59	35
Maintenance, repair workers and general	51	43
Laborers, freight, stock, material movers and hand	51	40
Customer service representatives	50	70
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	40	45
General and operations managers	36	32
Source: Conference Board data via Lightcast

Figure 2

Top 10 industries by unique job postings in south central Idaho	Postings, Feb-25	Postings, Feb-24
Health care and social assistance	397	406
Manufacturing	356	292
Retail trade	302	344
Finance and insurance	231	89
Professional, scientific, and technical services	189	115
Construction	130	56
Wholesale trade	112	76
Administrative, support, waste management and remediation services	106	76
Accommodation and food services	106	68
Educational services	94	30
Source: Conference Board data via Lightcast

• Construction, finance, insurance and educational services job postings increased 132%, 159% and 213% respectively over the year. Health care, social assistance and retail trade decreased 2.2% and 12.2% respectively.

Figure 3

Top 10 hardest-to-fill occupations in south central Idaho	Days to fill, Feb-25	Days to fill, Feb-24
Protective services workers and all other	58	N/A
Coaches and scouts	57	N/A
Psychiatric technicians	56	17
Tax preparers	55	N/A
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers	52	N/A
Agricultural equipment operators	51	34
Dental assistants	50	21
Welders, cutters, solderers and brazers	48	N/A
Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary	47	N/A
Financial specialists and all other	46	N/A
Source: Conference Board data via Lightcast

Regional news

Blaine County

• Bellevue was awarded a $85,000 community project grant to improve outdoor public space at Memorial Park. The grant includes funds to provide technical assistance to the city of Bellevue. The grant was provided by The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health. Source: Idaho Mountain Express

Jerome County

• D&B Supply has broken ground in a 58,000 square foot store in Jerome that is expected to be in operation in spring 2026. Source: Magic Valley Times News

Twin Falls County

• The Twin Falls Fire Department has opened a regional fire training center that allows for firefighters to get hands-on training at a dedicated training facility.  Source: Magic Valley Times News

• Chobani has announced a $500 million dollar and 500,000 square feet expansion at the Twin Falls plant. High protein yogurt products have been growing in demand in recent years and the new expansion will allow for an increased production in high-protein products. The expansion is expected to be an 18-month project that is estimated to add 200 technical jobs.  Source: Magic Valley Times News

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