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• Position: Construction industry - Retail trade - Employment - Statistical table

EMPLOYMENT Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year Employed (000s) 4,042.3 4,032.6 4,262.1 (5.2) Civilian labor force 4,534.1 4,521.5 4,571.0 (0.8) Manufacturing 442.2 442.3 510.8 (13.4) Service 3,299.0 3,279.0 3,403.7 (3.1) Government 736.8 686.2 728.2 1.2 Unemployed 491.8 488.9 308.8 59.2 Avg. manufacturing workweek 39.2 39.0 39.9 (1.8) (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.90 $15.92 $15.60 1.9 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest month Previous month Previous year % change from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 116,308.4 119,736.4 133,390.8 (12.8) Buncombe 249,646.0 242,749.5 285,741.5 (12.6) Cabarrus 143,622.1 156,492.6 170,352.6 (15.7) Catawba 129,020.5 125,901.0 168,949.4 (23.6) Cumberland 234,889.8 236,239.5 276,728.2 (15.1) Durham 271,274.5 274,982.6 392,355.6 (30.9) Forsyth 312,697.1 298,614.1 373,609.6 (16.3) Gaston 112,189.4 109,570.1 139,398.9 (19.5) Guilford 447,978.8 443,165.8 544,227.4 (17.7) Iredell 118,823.5 113,557.9 152,637.2 (22.2) Mecklenburg 1,025,424.7 989,253.5 1,215,490.0 (15.6) New Hanover 238,594.0 204,470.7 274,477.4 (13.1) Onslow 116,884.1 113,204.4 130,392.1 (10.4) Pitt 120,800.5 104,451.8 126,225.1 (4.3) Wake 880,292.4 817,753.6 956,762.2 (8.0) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Cumberland 53,374.0 44,291.2 22,123.1 141.3 Forsyth 37,976.4 5,248.1 671.8 5,552.9 Guilford 37,740.8 11,330.3 17,495.2 115.7 Franklin 25,109.9 2,140.5 0.0 nm Onslow 21,630.9 11,484.8 40,560.6 (46.7) Wake 20,284.1 57,994.8 62,222.6 (67.4) Pasquotank 13,345.5 992.6 0.0 nm Pitt 10,517.2 11,548.3 11,573.8 (9.1) Nash 7,530.5 886.4 5,488.9 37.2 Avery 7,007.7 1,050.6 0.0 nm North Carolina 317,448.4 574,259.7 580,791.8 (45.3) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 25,244 27,970 24,236 4.2 Charlotte *...