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As of 2025, The Three Rivers Region reached a total employment level of about 192,900. The sector with the largest share of employment is Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (39,000 workers), which comprises 20.2% of the regional total. Second largest is the Manufacturing sector with 17.8%, and the third largest is Government at 14.9% of regional employment. The fastest growing sectors of the last five years were Construction (42% growth), Leisure & Hospitality (25% growth), and Health Services & Private Education (20% growth).
The Three Rivers Region has had a strong economic recovery since the pandemic. In fact, by September 2021, unemployment reached the pre-pandemic levels of 3.2%. Since then, the unemployment rate has remained at or below 3.5% except for only 4 months. Unemployment in the region has been consistently lower than the US since July of 2019.
The median household income in the Three Rivers Region has grown every year for the past five years except for 2021 where it remained constant. In 2024, the median income grew 5.9%, which is more than the year before and better than growth at the national level. Since 2019, regional median income growth has exceed the US for five of the last six years.
