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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed 4,228.2 4,223.9 4,164.4 1.5 (000s) Civilian labor 4,679.8 4,687.7 4,646.0 0.7 force Manufacturing 434.8 432.7 431.7 0.7 Service 3,334.2 3,305.9 3,293.0 1.3 Government 721.6 717.0 719.1 0.3 Unemployed 451.7 463.7 481.6 (6.2) Avg. 41.5 40.9 41.0 1.2 manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $16.45 $16.55 $15.79 4.2 production wage Latest mouth Previous Previous % change month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 130,754.3 116,931.4 114,652.9 14.0 Buncombe 229,161.0 216,507.7 220,066.0 4.1 Cabarrus 187,462.0 170,145.7 156,444.5 19.8 Catawba 138,406.2 123,019.2 126,917.2 9.1 Cumberland 304,006.4 250,057.4 269,400.3 12.8 Durham 334,607.3 340,100.8 297,723.8 12.4 Forsyth 322,342.9 303,163.3 288,793.9 11.6 Gaston 129,681.4 121,203.5 120,003.5 8.1 Guilford 442,253.8 413,344.8 394,383.9 12.1 Iredell 128,771.1 116,993.8 116,164.6 10.9 Mecklenburg 1,155,919.4 1,055,985.5 1,025,643.0 12.7 New Hanover 232,418.4 221,010.4 201,144.6 15.5 Onslow 154,988.4 130,643.6 124,820.5 24.2 Pitt 145,705.4 142,113.9 130,769.9 11.4 Wake 845,460.6 794,104.4 750,070.1 12.7 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Mecklenburg 43,724.8 49,364.5 21,681.9 101.7 Harnett 14,700.5 159.2 248.4 5,819.1 Guilford 12,479.6 15,859.5 2,710.5 360.4 Cumberland 11,226.6 17,268.3 58.3 19,142.7 Wake 8,857.7 10,496.1 4,364.4 103.0 Durham 5,484.0 11,257.3 1,657.7 230.8 Forsyth 5,338.0 38,223.7 10,513.7 (49.2) Johnston 4,100.0 6,505.8 687.6 496.3 Union 3,475.1 6,781.4 3,070.3 13.2 Duplin 3,281.6 2,485.3 0.0 nm North Carolina 134,210.9 546,049.8 236,924.4 (43.4) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 25,626 21,301 24,013 6.7 Charlotte * 1,769,708 1,528,598 1,698,536 4.2 Fayetteville 20,865...