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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,039.9 4,052.9 4,248.5 (4.9) Civilian labor force 4,536.8 4,554.7 4,536.4 0.0 Manufacturing 443.5 450.5 513.5 (13.6) Service 3,216.1 3,300.7 3,307.2 (2.8) Government 619.6 699.3 616.7 0.5 Unemployed 496.9 501.7 287.8 72.6 Avg. manufacturing 38.7 39.2 39.9 (3.0) workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.98 $15.76 $15.56 2.7 [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 181,136.3 167,757.6 190,218.1 (4.8) Cary 110,981.8 108,382.4 113,166.8 (1.9) Charlotte 759,426.0 806,875.7 1,032,313.0 (26.4) Concord 103,446.1 102,403.3 102,802.0 0.6 Durham 275,322.8 255,305.0 284,337.7 (3.2) Fayetteville 201,507.4 190,676.0 194,419.5 3.6 Greensboro 318,885.1 326,853.2 355,324.4 (10.3) Greenville 89,080.2 88,031.5 89,955.6 (1.0) Hickory 92,255.3 90,517.2 104,553.6 (11.8) High Point 73,888.8 70,711.0 78,732.6 (6.2) Raleigh 482,521.0 478,398.9 554,513.5 (13.0) Wilmington 170,186.9 171,603.8 196,298.0 (13.3) Winston-Salem 220,694.4 234,225.8 251,427.0 (12.2) [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Onslow 178,385.2 13,617.8 4,090.9 4,260.6 Craven 33,772.5 12.3 3,304.8 921.9 Cabarrus 24,430.9 180.8 7,110.6 243.6 Wake 23,055.7 57,867.4 4,329.5 432.5 Jones 19,624.3 0.0 968.0 1,927.3 Mecklenburg 19,512.7 7,109.9 56,584.8 (65.5) Forsyth 19,427.6 2,884.1 2,856.7 580.1 Henderson 18,139.4 2,716.7 0.0 nm Guilford 16,394.8 27,811.3 25,123.7 (34.7) Union 12,573.7 0.0 1,563.5 704.2 North Carolina 497,323.8 281,273.7 328,033.1 51.6 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 29,336 28,356 26,587 10.3 Charlotte * 1,586,584 1,534,270 1,579,194 0.5 Fayetteville 21,761 21,024 18,380 18.4 Greensboro 80,599 79,878 95,234 (15.4) Greenville 5,640 5,203 4,456 26.6 Jacksonville...