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Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,031.5 4,033.6 4,029.1 0.1 Civilian labor force 4,470.7 4,468.4 4,523.3 (1.2) Manufacturing 435.7 434.2 432.9 0.6 Service 3,314.6 3,319.7 3,294.8 0.6 Government 742.8 747.8 743.3 (0.1) Unemployed 439.2 434.8 494.2 (11.1) Avg. manufacturing 41.4 40.8 40.1 3.2 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $15.87 $15.77 $15.88 (0.1) wage Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Alamance 115,623.1 121,663.1 117,337.3 (1.5) Buncombe 266,487.1 275,039.6 267,258.9 (0.3) Cabarrus 158,605.4 163,057.5 177,839.4 (10.8) Catawba 128,472.9 139,798.7 140,247.3 (8.4) Cumberland 255,541.9 273,875.4 277,085.0 (7.8) Durham 331,334.3 334,609.0 317,912.2 4.2 Forsyth 311,067.4 315,190.6 315,328.2 (1.4) Gaston 114,213.2 118,324.5 115,615.5 (1.2) Guilford 429,581.7 429,284.4 431,463.2 (0.4) Iredell 116,458.8 124,392.5 128,518.0 (9.4) Mecklenburg 1,067,677.2 1,085,165.3 1,121,093.0 (4.8) New Hanover 224,704.0 215,410.2 217,605.2 3.3 Onslow 127,849.6 123,824.8 127,006.3 0.7 Pitt 129,519.2 244,113.7 135,295.6 (4.3) Wake 820,519.6 827,100.7 846,981.3 (3.1) Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Onslow 29,882.8 5,374.4 284.0 10,420.6 New Hanover 23,729.7 3,811.4 1,120.5 2,017.7 Buncombe 16,069.0 7,022.1 1,378.7 1,065.6 Alamance 12,140.6 93.4 2,624.5 362.6 Wake 9,790.2 13,146.8 4,881.1 100.6 Mecklenburg 9,374.0 108,375.9 9,923.5 (5.5) Forsyth 7,553.1 1,236.4 4,534.6 66.6 Brunswick 6,708.3 3,075.9 207.6 3,130.7 Rowan 5,731.4 15,381.4 0.0 nm Washington 4,887.7 0.0 266.4 1,734.4 North Carolina 179,598.2 513,260.5 208,685.8 (13.9) AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 26,315 30,470 22,599 0.1 Charlotte * 1,600,584 1,620,097 1,407,825 13.7 Fayetteville 22,134...