TREND.

• Position: Employment statistics for North Carolina - Brief Article

TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT 1 Total employed (000s) 3,819.0 3,827.2 Civilian labor force 4,013.9 4,007.1 Manufacturing employment 756.4 759.1 Service-producing employment 2,983.0 2,965.6 Government employment 656.7 656.4 Total unemployed 194.9 179.9 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 38.7 39.8 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.20 $13.08 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected counties $000s) 2 Buncombe 15,615.6 14,050.2 Cabarrus 17,370.0 23,959.5 Catawba 14,163.3 48,497.2 Cumberland 4,414.3 14,423.6 Durham 74,177.1 40,546.6 Forsyth 17,224.2 20,185.4 Gaston 17,852.2 5,474.6 Guilford 9,798.6 32,225.5 Iredell 55,626.0 38,786.0 Mecklenburg 253,443.0 256,903.8 New Hanover 41,243.7 29,479.4 Pitt 8,710.1 27,639.0 Wake 30,224,0 151,801.1 RETAIL SALES (selected cities $ 000s) 3 Asheville 174,074.0 240,503.4 Cary 136,799.4 186,083.9 Charlotte 1,049,863.6 1,223,892.3 Durham 217,098.7 274,786.2 Fayetteville 192,449.7 243,062.2 Gastonia 100,695.6 133,467.8 Greensboro 507,272.0 612,433.5 Greenville 121,314.3 133,316.2 Hickory 119,161.9 149,996.6 High Point 132,344.4 147,217.9 Raleigh 548,540.7 690,958.2 Wilmington 199,698.7 251,380.7 Winston-Salem 333,966.0 398,936.2 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) 4 Asheville 19,578 18,135 Charlotte * 1,088,633 1,058,242 Fayetteville 12,130 10,796 Greensboro 131,332 119,926 Greenville 3,053 3,074 Hickory 926 874 Jacksonville 2,789 2,780 New Bern 7,367 6,485 Raleigh/Durham 479,928 463,887 Southern Pines 1,265 844 Wilmington 23,281 21,755 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT 1 Total employed (000s) 3807.3 0.3 Civilian labor force 3,941.5 1.8 Manufacturing employment 784.0 (3.5) Service-producing employment 2,913.5 2.4 Government employment 630.0 4.2 Total unemployed 134.2 45.2 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.7 (7.2) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.70 3.9 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected counties $000s) 2 Buncombe 29,694.5 (47.4) Cabarrus 52,533.9 (66.9) Catawba 26,922.9 (47.4) Cumberland 15,023.0 (70.6) Durham 92,772.6 (20.0) Forsyth 43,323.8 (60.2) Gaston 15,618.7 14.3 Guilford 124,729.8 (92.1) Iredell 51,796.1 7.4 Mecklenburg 248,053.8 2.2 New Hanover 81,135.0 (49.2) Pitt 17,288.3 (49.6) Wake 259,205.5 (88.3) RETAIL SALES (selected cities $ 000s) 3 Asheville 176,481.3 (1.4) Cary 119,244.2 14.7 Charlotte 1,157,348.7 (9.3) Durham 262,740.3 (17.4) Fayetteville 191,747.9 0.4 Gastonia 103,703.1 (2.9) Greensboro 533,343.9 (4.9) Greenville...