NC trend.

• Position: Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,060.9 4,094.2 4,276.4 (5.0) Civilian labor force 4,553.4 4,584.3 4,520.5 0.7 Manufacturing 454.9 462.4 526.0 (13.5) Service 3,282.4 3,281.0 3,379.0 (2.9) Government 735.8 731.4 715.0 2.9 Unemployed 492.5 490.1 244.1 101.8 Avg. manufacturing workweek 38.0 37.9 41.1 (7.5) (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.74 $15.95 $15.35 2.5 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest month Previous Previous % change month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 260,896.6 172,466.5 245,220.0 6.4 Cary 161,999.1 103,666.1 143,871.6 12.6 Charlotte 972,747.9 713,272.6 972,081.0 0.1 Concord 153,406.2 100,814.2 124,043.0 23.7 Durham 301,295.2 244,236.9 270,125.3 11.5 Fayetteville 265,247.8 164,003.7 207,421.9 27.9 Greensboro 419,026.7 304,372.0 412,176.3 1.7 Greenville 125,317.7 77,790.7 110,136.3 13.8 Hickory 145,696.7 85,812.2 132,599.3 9.9 High Point 94,246.7 68,502.0 83,139.6 13.4 Raleigh 616,767.2 468,927.9 597,055.4 3.3 Wilmington 227,601.0 144,164.4 206,693.7 10.1 Winston-Salem 320,970.6 233,289.8 286,906.4 11.9 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Durham 69,357.7 5,969.1 3,333.7 1,980.5 Buncombe 34,511.1 4,090.5 6,602.7 422.7 Union 26,282.5 991.6 9,388.3 180.0 Harnett 22,650.8 0.0 0.0 nm Lincoln 21,099.6 0.0 0.0 nm Guilford 15,144.0 6,004.6 10,390.6 45.7 McDowell 10,327.9 945.2 1,695.7 509.0 Forsyth 8,270.7 1,073.7 15,651.1 (47.2) Mecklenburg 8,217.8 4,040.6 14,748.1 (44.3) Cleveland 7,041.1 0.0 347.2 1,927.8 North Carolina 275,837.3 139,308.5 262,801.9 5.0 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 21,644 17,194 20,128 7.5 Charlotte * 1,469,925 1,265,109 1,495,365 (1.7) Fayetteville 17,153 15,621 15,658 9.5 Greensboro 70,686 60,664...