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TREND Latest Previous Previous month month year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,710.3 3,751.5 3,661.8 Civilian labor force 3,851.9 3,859.4 3,796.8 Manufacturing employment 790.5 802.4 815.2 Service-producing employment 2,846.5 2,869.1 2,757.7 Government employment 617.9 631.6 603.9 Total unemployed 141.6 107.9 135.0 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.3 42.3 41.2 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.53 $12.64 $12.10 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 192,409.2 200,457.2 212,276.9 Charlotte 1,080,178.4 1,236,630.4 1,221,293.7 Durham 217,133.7 241,148.1 236,192.5 Fayetteville 209,303.7 201,128.6 195,423.5 Gastonia 101,703.7 108,341.5 104,326.4 Greensboro 535,231.7 508,472.9 536,797.9 Greenville 138,187.5 112,951.1 113,687.7 Hickory 110,676.3 116,757.7 118,238.0 High Point 135,759.9 145,997.0 137,092.2 Raleigh 581,475.9 607,682.0 575,577.7 Wilmington 197,994.9 188,796.1 206,495.2 Winston-Salem 331,515.7 337,183.8 363,487.9 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings selected airports) [4] Asheville 15,439 20,723 16,641 Charlotte [*] 707,799 837,310 777,403 Fayetteville 10,169 12,965 11,946 Greensboro/High Pt/Winston-Salem 85,121 104,400 90,334 Greenville 3,032 3,406 3,589 Hickory 1,086 1,320 1,558 Jacksonville 2,277 3,298 3,836 Kinston 141 1,269 755 New Bern 5,465 6,863 4,427 Raleigh/Durham 286,322 410,314 256,130 Rocky Mount/Wilson 376 570 647 Southern Pines 739 1,205 1,228 Wilmington 16,479 21,386 16,119 % change from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 1.3 Civilian labor force 1.5 Manufacturing employment (3.0) Service-producing employment 3.2 Government employment 2.3 Total unemployed 4.9 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 0.2 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. 3.6 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...