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TREND Latest Previous Previous month month year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,751.5 3,767.7 3,709.4 Civilian labor force 3,859.4 3,888.5 3,814.0 Manufacturing employment 802.4 803.2 821.5 Service-producing employment 2,869.1 2,862.7 2,820.4 Government employment 631.6 631.9 612.9 Total unemployed 107.9 120.8 104.6 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 42.3 42.0 41.6 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.64 $12.54 $12.08 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 200,457.2 199,241.7 200,963.1 Charlotte 1,236,630.4 1,174,377.3 1,152,048.7 Durham 241,148.1 254,437.5 231,666.2 Fayetteville 201,128.6 191,066.6 191,938.1 Gastonia 108,341.5 98,535.1 98,802.1 Greensboro 508,472.9 521,530.5 532,996.3 Greenville 112,951.1 109,331.5 120,710.5 Hickory 116,757.7 112,032.2 115,753.6 High Point 145,997.0 141,495.7 136,836.7 Raleigh 607,682.0 573,842.7 591,178.7 Wilmington 188,796.1 193,803.8 200,655.0 Winston-Salem 337,183.8 339,265.6 328,617.9 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings selected airports) [4] Asheville 20,723 23,653 21,826 Charlotte [*] 837,310 896,704 877,738 Fayetteville 12,965 10,401 12,977 Greensboro/High Pt/Winston-Salem 104,400 113,182 109,968 Greenville 3,406 4,107 3,989 Hickory 1,320 1,663 1,851 Jacksonville 3,298 3,112 4,997 Kinston 1,269 994 1,108 New Bern 6,863 7,102 5,611 Raleigh/Durham 410,314 427,556 316,341 Rocky Mount/Wilson 570 602 910 Southern Pines 1,205 1,514 1,808 Wilmington 21,386 22,772 20,598 % change from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 1.1 Civilian labor force 1.2 Manufacturing employment (2.3) Service-producing employment 1.7 Government employment 3.1 Total unemployed 3.2 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 1.7 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. 4.6 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...