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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,053.9 4,043.2 4,051.4 0.1 Civilian labor force 4,487.9 4,478.4 4,555.9 (1.5) Manufacturing 434.5 431.6 428.7 1.4 Service 3,291.6 3,264.6 3,255.7 1.1 Government 711.6 711.3 724.6 (1.8) Unemployed 434.0 435.2 504.4 (14.0) Avg. manufacturing 41.2 41.1 40.4 2.0 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.81 $15.78 $16.03 (1.4) production wage [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year form last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 137,655.1 114,652.9 105,101.8 31.0 Buncombe 255,804.4 220,066.0 230,083.2 11.2 Cabarrus 183,637.0 156,444.5 174,810.1 5.0 Catawba 158,087.1 126,917.2 143,134.7 10.4 Cumberland 314,424.4 269,400.3 276,857.5 13.6 Durham 364,681.8 297,723.8 332,775.1 9.6 Forsyth 355,388.3 288,793.9 314,977.7 12.8 Gaston 131,494.9 120,003.5 122,621.1 7.2 Guilford 490,326.4 394,383.9 422,058.2 16.2 Iredell 138,856.1 116,164.6 129,600.8 7.1 Mecklenburg 1,229,949.0 1,025,643.0 1,127,336.2 9.1 New Hanover 245,760.6 201,144.6 209,613.0 17.2 Onslow 162,298.3 124,820.5 125,552.4 29.3 Pitt 152,589.8 130,769.9 140,999.7 8.2 Wake 900,923.7 750,070.1 839,990.6 7.3 [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) New Hanover 46,096.5 10,076.2 6,807.5 577.1 Wake 36,703.5 4,364.4 67,105.2 (45.3) Hertford 32,828.2 1,202.5 3,911.0 739.4 Onslow 29,800.0 664.5 137,653.4 (78.4) Guilford 11,843.0 2,710.5 15,131.3 (21.7) Nash 11,499.5 1,967.6 881.9 1,204.0 Alexander 8,887.4 0.0 0.0 nm Pitt 8,497.7 10,231.4 1,790.7 374.6 Granville 6,677.4 720.7 750.6 789.6 Edgecombe 6,156.2 0.0 1,191.3 416.8 North Carolina 294,336.2 236,924.4 597,995.8 (50.8) AIR PASSENGER B OARDINGS (3) Asheville 26,652 24,013 29,441 (9.5) Charlotte * 1,629,825 1,412,548 1,543,111 5.6 Fayetteville...