Employment.

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NCTREND Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,033.1 4,041.3 4,028.5 0.1 Civilian labor force 4,466.4 4,469.7 4,520.3 (1.2) Manufacturing 433.2 434.7 435.0 (0.4) Service 3,314.0 3,319.9 3,307.9 0.2 Government 744.5 742.9 747.6 0.4 Unemployed 433.2 428.4 491.8 (11.9) Avg. manufacturing workweek 41.0 41.1 39.4 4.1 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.70 $15.74 $15.95 (1.6) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 121,663.1 111,563.5 128,532.6 (5.3) Buncombe 275,039.6 257,318.5 256,442.1 7.3 Cabarrus 163,057.5 159,191.4 150,896.6 8.1 Catawba 139,798.7 135,363.3 137,790.6 1.5 Cumberland 273,875.4 269,725.8 236,739.5 15.7 Durham 334,609.0 326,199.5 302,438.2 10.6 Forsyth 315,190.6 291,636.9 323,346.2 (2.5) Gaston 118,324.5 114,747.2 109,684.6 7.9 Guilford 429,284.4 436,964.1 446,218.4 (3.8) Iredell 124,392.5 123,891.6 116,956.6 6.4 Mecklenburg 1,085,165.3 1,057,573.5 1,088,690.0 (0.3) New Hanover 215,410.2 238,053.4 207,778.0 3.7 Onslow 123,824.8 132,943.7 111,946.0 10.6 Pitt 244,113.7 139,806.8 121,193.9 101.4 Wake 827,100.7 805,860.7 884,384.7 (6.5) CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties Mecklenburg 108,375.9 46,365.5 8,536.3 1,169.6 Wayne 93,342.6 935.2 32,852.7 184.1 Cumberland 68,813.0 36,911.5 61,386.6 12.1 Dare 42,201.9 3,366.0 7,410.3 469.5 Macon 21,685.4 2,332.9 4,859.2 346.3 Rowan 15,381.4 864.1 12,576.0 22.3 Wake 13,146.8 19,466.1 36,525.9 (64.0) Haywood 10,172.2 697.1 193.9 5,146.8 Duplin 9,765.1 884.0 192.8 4,964.9 Guilford 8,570.2 3,434.1 22,309.1 (61.6) North Carolina 513,260.5 444,543.9 401,762.5 27.8 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 30,470 38,276 23,917 27.4 Charlotte * 1,620,097 1,694,866 1,357,031 19.4 Fayetteville 21,954 24,002 20,465 7.3 Greensboro 75,634 86,693 68,954 9.7 Greenville 5,996 5,968 5,657 6.0...