NC trend.

• Position: Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,087.7 4,060.9 4,259.6 (4.0) Civilian labor force 4,580.5 4,554.5 4,518.8 1.4 Manufacturing 452.6 455.5 520.9 (13.1) Service 3,299.5 3,281.8 3,383.4 (2.5) Government 734.8 736.6 716.7 2.5 Unemployed 492.8 493.6 258.4 90.7 Avg. manufacturing 37.9 38.0 40.6 (6.7) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $16.07 $15.86 $15.43 4.1 wage [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest month Previous Previous % change from month year last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 157,190.0 260,896.6 210,558.9 (25.3) Cary 99,775.3 161,999.1 127,935.4 (22.0) Charlotte 742,293.7 972,747.9 956,397.4 (22.4) Concord 93,153.5 153,406.2 124,945.3 (25.4) Durham 275,119.8 301,295.2 303,261.7 (9.3) Fayetteville 178,906.6 265,247.8 216,318.7 (17.3) Greensboro 298,867.3 419,026.7 370,085.0 (19.2) Greenville 80,966.5 125,317.7 96,412.6 (16.0) Hickory 88,848.0 145,696.7 119,844.5 (25.9) High Point 69,559.3 94,246.7 90,004.0 (22.7) Raleigh 468,078.6 616,767.2 593,534.9 (21.1) Wilmington 160,480.5 227,601.0 206,175.7 (22.2) Winston-Salem 238,854.5 320,970.6 289,608.5 (17.5) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Craven 37,670.1 0.0 8,891.9 323.6 Wake 23,370.8 2,908.1 17,216.6 35.7 Cumberland 19,368.6 2,996.8 8,706.9 122.5 Durham 12,240.6 69,357.7 4,482.4 173.1 Lenoir 10,939.0 2,479.2 0.0 nm Mecklenburg 10,390.5 8,217.8 11,952.2 (13.1) Onslow 8,900.4 5,655.6 36,379.3 (75.5) Forsyth 7,845.1 8,270.7 8,618.4 (9.0) Brunswick 7,326.0 0.0 44,289.6 (83.5) Iredell 7,292.8 0.0 24,179.4 (69.8) North Carolina 185,281.8 275,837.3 371,905.0 (50.2) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 23,782 21,644 20,190 17.8 Charlotte * 1,493,962 1,469,925 1,452,722 2.8 Fayetteville 18,583 17,153 14,831 25.3 Greensboro 79,090 70,686 98,180...