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EMPLOYMENT Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year Employed (000s) 4,206.4 4,265.0 4,318.7 (2.6) Civilian labor force 4,565.7 4,588.5 4,532.4 0.7 Manufacturing 503.4 511.1 536.0 (6.1) Service 3,379.5 3,407.8 3,408.5 (0.9) Government 725.2 722.6 720.5 0.7 Unemployed 359.3 323.5 213.7 68.2 Avg, manufacturing 39.4 40.1 41.5 (5.1) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.61 $15.52 $15.18 2.8 production wage TAXABLE RETAIL Latest Previous Previous % change SALES (1) month month year from last year ($000s) Asheville 195,544.9 208,732.9 245,007.1 (20.2) Cary 122,413.7 105,016.0 128,841.9 (5.0) Charlotte 868,936.4 873,618.8 998,532.3 (13.0) Concord 102,378.7 105,992.6 109,540.1 (6.5) Durham 277,985.8 262,187.8 308,895.2 (10.0) Fayetteville 188,516.0 191,677.1 210,560.6 (10.5) Greensboro 350,896.3 347,186.3 405,020.9 (13.4) Greenville 93,531.7 92,631.1 111,277.1 (15.9) Hickory 103,139.0 97,975.8 120,337.0 (14.3) High Point 79,455.2 73,911.7 85,437.8 (7.0) Raleigh 553,688.2 526,594.9 605,160.9 (8.5) Wilmington 189,247.4 198,784.2 230,166.6 (17.8) Winston-Salem 260,659.6 237,387.2 311,454.7 (16.3) Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Wake 76,054.5 15,690.5 51,218.9 48.5 Mecklenburg 32,386.3 26,325.5 23,548.9 37.5 Onslow 27,593.3 5,135.2 1,328.3 1,977.4 Moore 26,616.7 5,977.5 399.7 6,559.2 New Hanover 15,111.5 16,862.7 9,817.2 53.9 Richmond 13,477.7 0.0 1,668.0 708.0 Durham 13,013.6 290.2 7,257.4 79.3 Clay 12,490.0 0.0 0.0 nm Guilford 10,368.2 13,694.8 12,230.8 (15.2) Cumberland 8,619.5 10,681.9 21,802.3 (60.5) North Carolina 294,542.9 335,870.8 257,617.9 14.3 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS 3 Asheville 24,418 29,182 24,048 1.5 Charlotte* 1,358,979 1,485,042 1,381,115 (1.6) Fayetteville 17,865 18,725 14,543 22.8...