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• Position: Employment and Unemployment - Sales tax - Statistical table

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,054.9 4,069.7 4,030.8 0.6 Civilian labor force 4,492.5 4,512.3 4,525.0 (0.7) Manufacturing 437.3 435.4 438.7 (0.3) Service 3,295.8 3,225.8 3,243.8 1.6 Government 707.7 647.3 681.5 3.8 Unemployed 437.6 442.6 494.2 (11.4) Avg. manufacturing workweek 40.4 39.7 39.0 3.6 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.62 $15.98 $15.92 (1.9) UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Higher than previous month [yellow square [green square box]Below 6.0% box]10.0%-11.9% Lower [red square [navy blue square box]6.0%-7.9% box]12.0%-13.9% =Same [blue square [orange square box]8.0%-9.9% box]14.0% and above Source: Employment Security Commission, August. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest month Previous Previous % change from month year last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 110,644.2 125,707.4 119,736.4 (7.6) Buncombe 241,326.2 253,157.0 242,749.5 (0.6) Cabarrus 169,846.9 176,118.4 156,492.6 8.5 Catawba 135,472.6 142,659.6 125,901.0 7.6 Cumberland 269,142.4 289,504.5 236,239.5 13.9 Durham 335,457.7 355,103.6 274,982.6 22.0 Forsyth 305,999.1 314,573.9 298,614.1 2.5 Gaston 121,044.0 123,127.0 109,570.1 10.5 Guilford 408,146.3 453,454.0 443,165.8 (7.9) Iredell 124,542.8 131,869.5 113,557.9 9.7 Mecklenburg 1,124,054.3 1,157,626.6 989,253.5 13.6 New Hanover 226,243.9 234,738.8 204,470.7 10.6 Onslow 129,589.6 125,411.9 113,204.4 14.5 Pitt 135,478.6 139,236.1 104,451.8 29.7 Wake 815,839.3 872,896.6 817,753.6 (0.2) Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Onslow 60,750.4 5,680.7 11,484.8 429.0 Cumberland 37,397.0 20,582.6 44,291.2 (15.6) Wake 30,415.0 24,906.2 57,994.8 (47.6) Randolph 27,428.7 6,136.6 2,721.8 907.8 Durham 23,570.2 0.0 9,867.1 138.9 New Hanover 23,347.9 6,151.0 13,779.6 69.4 Robeson 17,694.0 4,405.8 944.4 1,773.5 Guilford 10,836.0 5,482.1 11,330.3 (4.4) Carteret 10,608.0 1,102.3 242.0 4,283.5 Forsyth 10,362.3 2,090.3 5,248.1 97.4 North...