Employment in Teton Valley

More than six thousand people reside in Teton Valley, and most of them commute to work in Jackson, Wyoming, Rexburg and Idaho Falls, Idaho. They are mainly employees in the Grand Targhee Resort though several comprise the workforce of the government of Teton County. They also occupy teaching and administrative jobs in the school districts.

The Idaho Department of Labor boasts of a low unemployment rate in Teton Valley, even lower than the national rate of unemployment. They find it encouraging that there is an upward trend in terms of the availability of job openings and qualified individuals to fill them. This rate usually fluctuates every month, depending on the season, but generally, the rate of unemployment is going down.

According to statistics, most of the male workforce is inclined more on the construction industry, with men occupying the positions of carpenters, construction trade workers, and electrical equipment mechanics. Another big percentage of the male workforce is into hotel accommodation and food services, and the rest are into healthcare, professional and technical services, administrative, finance and insurance, and the U.S. Postal services. They are usually seen in some management occupations except for farm managers, retail sales workers, food preparation and serving workers, and workers responsible for material recording, scheduling, dispatching and distributing.

On the other hand, women mostly occupy the positions for hotel accommodation and food services, with several of the female workforce employed in building and grounds cleaning and maintenance, information and record clerks, and sales supervisors. There is an equal distribution of the female workforce with regards to the type of employment. They are employed in food and beverage stores, in health care, in professional, technical and scientific services, in educational services, in administrative, support and waste management services, and only a handful in construction. The women also work in management positions, in retail sales, as well as being information and record clerks, cooks and food preparation workers, and as food and beverage serving workers, aside from waitresses.