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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT * Employed (000s) 4,275.1 4,278.7 4,270.4 0.1 Civilian labor 4,684.6 4,698.9 4,723.5 (0.8) force Manufacturing 445.0 444.4 441.4 0.8 Service 3,437.6 3,365.6 3,369.8 2.0 Government 676.9 610.8 685.3 (1.2) Unemployed 409.5 418.2 453.2 (9.6) Avg. 42.1 41.0 40.9 2.9 manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $16.62 $16.69 $16.37 1.5 production wage * Due to the government shutdown, the release of September's job numbers was postponed until after our publication date. This month's employment figures are from August. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ^ Higher than * Below 6.0% * 10.0%- 11.9% previous month [disjunction] Lower * 6.0%-7.9% * 12.0% - 13.9% = Same * 8.0% - 9.9% * 14.0% and above Source: Division of Employment Security; August county rates are not seasonally adjusted Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 141,394.8 139,313.1 133,111.0 6.2 Buncombe 314,219.0 318,183.0 292,107.2 7.6 Cabarrus 202,227.2 197,084.3 186,152.0 8.6 Catawba 145,357.8 142,794.3 140,767.2 3.3 Cumberland 282,825.4 272,538.0 279,743.0 1.1 Durham 428,880.8 400,948.5 378,001.2 13.5 Forsyth 336,960.2 324,372.2 314,589.3 7.1 Gaston 129,900.1 127,774.0 126,141.0 3.0 Guilford 473,488.8 450,693.0 458,068.3 3.4 Iredell 148,557.8 142,904.9 135,600.8 9.6 Mecklenburg 1,282,1 53 1,221,849.4 1,192,600.2 7.5 7 New Hanover 291,622.8 299,346.8 281,509.1 3.6 Onslow 156.671.7 158.659.1 156.408.6 0.2 Pitt 156,414.3 139,906.6 155,824.4 0.4 Wake 965,729.6 917,878.1 950,967.9 1.6 Latest 3 Previous 3 Previous % change months months year from last year CONSTRUCTION (3) Top 10 ($000s) counties Mecklenburg 98,570.3 77,936.0 73,056.5 34.9 Wake 89,211.8 189,631.6 111,153.4 (19.7) Onslow 54,740.7 42,166.2 33.927.6 61.4 Guilford 30,366.0 43,082.8 13.836.0 119.5 Forsyth 28,106.3 21,490.4 54,662.4 (48.6) Iredell 20,269.4 23,372.2 90.975.8 (77.7) New Hanover 18,589.8 19,976.9 15,849.3 17.3 Durham 16,147.5 20,986.1 10,936.9 47.6 Robeson 14,098.4 10,024.6 23,540.6 (40.1) Orange 13,276.5 19,326.1 3,003.0 342.1 North 596,146.0...