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Latest Previous Previous % change month month Year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed 4,059.4 4,088.3 4,256.9 (4.6) (000s) Civilian labor 4,568.3 4,579.6 4,523.2 1.0 force Manufacturing 450.9 453.4 520.5 (13.4) Service 3,316.9 3,301.8 3,408.1 (2.7) Government 733.2 735.4 721.3 1.6 Unemployed 508.8 491.4 266.3 91.1 Avg. 38.3 38.0 40.3 (5.0) manufacturing workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $15.81 $15.94 $15.31 3.3 production wage Source: Employment Security Commission. May, County rates are not seasonally adjusted. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year ($000s) TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) Asheville 152,127.6 157,190.0 148,853.3 2.2 Cary 96,699.6 99,775.3 101,596.1 (4.8) Charlotte 740,563.5 742,293.7 795,880.6 (7.0) Concord 87,312.5 93,153.5 84,658.7 3.1 Durham 242,427.6 275,119.8 251,957.0 (3.8) Fayetteville 195,485.7 178,906.6 170,746.5 14.5 Greensboro 275,822.3 298,867.3 324,470.2 (15.0) Greenville 82,046.1 80,966.5 83,187.8 (1.4) Hickory 86,020.0 88,848.0 95,954.8 10.4) High Point 66,478.8 69,559.3 69,363.8 (4.2) Raleigh 435,436.4 468,078.6 504,835.1 13.7) Wilmington 148,296.8 160,480.5 154,747.9 (4.2) Winston-Salem 215,940.6 238,854.5 242,447.2 10.9) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from lest year CONSTRUCTIONS (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Wake 34,274.4 23,370.8 17,867.4 91.8 Jackson 30,175.0 391.2 0.0 nm Cabarrus 28,465.9 0.0 3,803.6 648.4 Mecklenburg 23,205.6 10,390.5 17,820.5 302 Brunswick 20,774.2 7,326.0 16,634.1 24.9 Craven 20,558.8 37,670.1 4,719.6 335.6 Guilford 20,337.1 2,022.6 5,000.9 306.7 Onslow 18,199.5 8,900.4 8,536.9 113.2 Cumberland 17,984.3 19,368.6 3,470.6 418.2 Chatham 17,294.2 1,907.6 133.1 12,896.7 North Carolina 394,418.4 185,281.8 344,2884 14.6 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 24,796 23,782 23,730 4.5 Charlotte * 1,517,322 1,493,962 1,536,369 (1.2)...