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TREND Latest Previous Previous month month year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,769.6 3,753.0 3,702.1 Civilian labor force 3,887.1 3,860.8 3,823.3 Manufacturing employment 803.9 803.8 824.6 Service-producing employment 2,855.4 2,824.7 2,794.0 Government employment 631.4 619.7 612.5 Total unemployed 117.5 107.8 121.2 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.8 40.3 41.1 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.42 $12.51 $11.95 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 29,694.5 16,961.6 30,585.0 Cabarrus 52,533.4 30,688.2 29,369.5 Catawba 26,922.9 35,441.4 20,281.9 Cumberland 15,023.0 15,394.9 21,647.8 Durham 92,772.6 40,526.0 44,373.2 Forsyth 43,323.8 45,180.6 40,271.1 Gaston 15,618.7 15,682.4 19,578.7 Guilford 124,729.8 113,992.5 72,238.0 Mecklenburg 248,053.8 200,176.6 192,150.0 New Hanover 21,135.0 27,006.1 42,499.7 Pitt 17,288.3 15,592.6 14,470.8 Wake 259,205.5 218,509.9 201,062.8 RETAIL SALES (selected cities $000s [3] Asheville 210,714.7 197,515.3 181,450.0 Charlotte 1,231,482.8 1,257,356.1 1,074,558.0 Durham 215,362.7 234,611.5 206,178.0 Fayetteville 202,536.1 205,351.4 185,147.0 Gastonia 102,026.1 106,000.7 95,088.1 Greensboro 513,884.2 569,722.2 497,030.0 Greenville 125,440.2 130,692.1 119,266.5 Hickory 115,180.5 116,418.8 116,797.0 High Point 139,946.9 149,247.0 131,916.2 Raleigh 569,103.7 592,856.5 518,673.0 Wilmington 209,444.7 213,619.2 197,315.4 Winston-Salem 340,082.6 375,769.6 341,205.2 TRANSPORTATION (passanger boardings, selected airports) [4] Asheville 27,407 24,305 28,720 Charlotte [*] 945,217 779,580 1,006,169 Fayetteville 13,757 11,462 13,190 Greensboro/High Pt/Winston-Salem 130,952 103,095 130,270 Greenville 1,974 2,046 4,993 Hickory 1,781 1,828 2,463 Jacksonville 3,436 4,174 5,371 Kinston 1,994 784 1,577 New Bern 7,831 6,590 6,124 Raleigh/Durham 436,067 350,728 335,182 Rocky Mount/Wilson 588 472 1,037 Southern Pines 1,947 1,754 2,707 Wilmington 24,256 19,503 22,040 % change from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 1.8 Civilian labor force 1.7 Manufacturing employment (2.5) Service-producing employment 2.2 Government employment 3.1 Total unemployed (3.0) Average mfg. work week (hrs) 1.7 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. 3.9 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations selected counties, $000s) [] Buncombe (2.9) Cabarrus 78.9 Catawba 32.7 Cumberland (30.6) Durham 109.1 Forsyth 7.6 Gaston (20.2) Guilford 72.7 Mecklenburg 29.1 New Hanover (50.3) Pitt 19.5 Wake 28.9 RETAIL SALES (selected...