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TREND Latest Previous Previous month month Year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,767.7 3,767.5 3,711.9 Civilian labor force 3,888.2 3,885.6 3,831.3 Manufacturing employment 802.8 803.5 823.6 Service-producing employment 2,863.1 2,851.8 2,805.1 Government employment 631.7 628.3 614.3 Total unemployed 120.5 118.1 119.4 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 42.0 41.8 41.3 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.51 $12.46 $12.02 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 199,241.7 210,714.7 226,260.0 Charlotte 1,174,377.3 1,231,482.8 1,261,528.1 Durham 254,437.5 215,362.7 244,070.4 Fayetteville 191,066.6 202,536.1 212,704.0 Gastonia 98,535.1 102,026.1 115,141.6 Greensboro 521,530.5 513,884.2 558,612.9 Greenville 109,331.5 125,440.2 138,541.9 Hickory 112,032.2 115,180.5 124,955.8 High Point 141,495.7 139,946.9 147,221.8 Raleigh 573,842.7 569,103.7 628,420.1 Wilmington 193,803.8 209,444.7 201,674.5 Winston-Salem 339,265.6 340,082.6 347,465.3 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings selected airports) [4] Asheville 23,653 27,407 24,231 Charlotte [*] 896,704 945,217 940,813 Fayetteville 10,401 13,757 13,695 Greensboro/High Pt/Winston-Salem 113,182 130,952 109,949 Greenville 4,107 1,974 4,493 Hickory 1,663 1,781 2,203 Jacksonville 3,112 3,436 4,702 Kinston 994 1,994 1,492 New Bern 7,102 7,831 5,742 Raleigh/Durham 427,556 436,067 320,175 Rocky Mount/Wilson 602 588 1,070 Southern Pines 1,514 1,947 2,407 Wilmington 22,772 24,256 20,740 % change from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 1.5 Civilian labor force 1.5 Manufacturing employment (2.5) Service-producing employment 2.1 Government employment 2.8 Total unemployed 0.9 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 1.7 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. 4.1 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations selected counties $000s) [2] 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 cities...