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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,264.5 4,259.4 4,318.5 (1.2) Civilian labor force 4,583.5 4,577.5 4,530.6 1.2 Manufacturing 510.9 517.2 536.2 (4.7) Service 3,402.7 3,396.8 3,397.9 0.1 Government 721.0 711.1 717.5 0.5 Unemployed 319.0 318.1 212.2 50.4 Avg. manufacturing 40.0 39.9 41.9 (4.5) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.44 $15.60 $15.12 2.1 production wage Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 208,732.9 221,571.7 193,465.5 7.9 Cary 105,016.0 121,906.4 98,497.3 6.6 Charlotte 873,618.8 962,032.9 817,085.5 6.9 Concord 105,992.6 121,166.4 81,780.3 29.6 Durham 262,187.8 354,624.1 231,180.2 13.4 Fayetteville 191,677.1 217,152.0 165,327.4 15.9 Greensboro 347,186.3 392,051.0 323,118.4 7.4 Greenville 92,631.1 100,963.2 79,339.4 16.8 Hickory 97,975.8 113,072.5 93,157.9 5.2 High Point 73,911.7 86,315.6 74,298.3 (0.5) Raleigh 526,594.9 524,532.2 532,661.1 (1.1) Wilmington 198,784.2 214,435.1 192,376.8 3.3 Winston-Salem 237,387.2 287,993.2 234,092.9 1.4 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Forsyth 58,667.8 51,078.1 626.6 9,263.6 Iredell 27,455.1 1,052.4 1,344.4 1,942.1 Mecklenburg 26,325.5 18,400.0 57,757.0 (54.4) Rowan 17,075.8 1,418.0 6,093.8 180.2 New Hanover 16,862.7 12,683.4 36,161.1 (53.4) Wake 15,690.5 13,571.6 4,885.2 221.2 Lincoln 14,981.9 1,505.3 0.0 nm Catawba 14,446.8 1,388.1 79.6 18,048.3 Guilford 13,694.8 3,724.1 12,233.9 11.9 Alamance 13,623.0 0.0 2,078.3 555.5 North Carolina 335,870.8 866,725.8 470,785.1 (28.7) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 29,182 24,236 28,170 3.6 Charlotte * 1,485,042 1,339,529 1,444,624 2.8 Fayetteville 18,725 17,220 14,622 28.1 Greensboro 93,197...