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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,325.6 4,320.2 4,295.6 0.7 Civilian labor force 4,546.2 4,531.9 4,499.9 1.0 Manufacturing 530.6 535.9 544.2 (2.5) Service 3,342.5 3,411.6 3,256.1 2.7 Government 707.3 718.0 693.8 1.9 Unemployed 220.6 211.7 204.3 8.0 Avg. manufacturing 41.3 41.6 41.0 0.7 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly product on $15.30 $15.44 $14.91 2.6 Wage Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000S) Asheville 221,654.1 155,183.7 225,966.4 (1.9) Cary 119,591.6 98,635.2 108,245.2 10.5 Charlotte 963,198.5 807,617.2 991,886.2 (2.9) Concord 93,782.5 79,116.7 103,759.9 (9.6) Durham 273,185.8 234,495.3 317,990.3 (14.1) Fayetteville 171,110.0 140,314.2 182,054.3 (6.0) Greensboro 388,413.8 314,548.3 382,121.6 1.6 Greenville 93,463.8 74,318.0 91,208.1 2.5 Hickory 106,816.1 91,439.1 107,203.6 (0.4) High Point 93,240.1 63,779.4 95,012.9 (1.9) Raleigh 590,039.2 483,895.9 581,837.0 1.4 Wilmington 199,609.7 156,838.9 208,920.4 (4.5) Winston-Salem 284,655.0 218,990.0 263,265.1 8.1 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Mecklenburg 36,879.2 31,160.9 16,240.1 127.1 Camden 33,857.8 0.0 0.0 nm Craven 25,826.6 232.0 0.0 nm Wake 25,563.2 38,066.9 100,254.2 (74.5) Guilford 24,566.5 39,161.8 3,935.2 524.3 Yadkin 23,338.8 0.0 3,442.0 578.1 Brunswick 21,701.3 9,865.7 1,956.7 1,009.1 Transylvania 20,500.7 0.0 348.8 5,777.9 Richmond 13,447.9 0.0 0.0 nm Henderson 13,351.2 0.0 4,394.8 203.8 North Carolina 385,055.4 486,943.0 485,378.4 (20.7) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 17,912 21,999 17,751 0.9 Charlotte * 1,312,235 1,308,943 1,230,147 6.7 Fayetteville 12,995 15,032 12,382 5.0 Greensboro 86,822 85,735 72,199 20.3 Greenville...