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• Position: Employment statistics for North Carolina - Statistical Data Included

TREND Latest Previous Previous month month year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,807.4 3,812.0 3,766.0 Civilian labor force 3,948.6 3,948.9 3,891.1 Manufacturing employment 776.2 773.1 799.5 Service-producing employment 2,921.5 2,898.6 2,861.8 Government employment 630.8 611.1 615.1 Total unemployed 141.2 136.9 125.1 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.1 40.9 40.2 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.85 $12.79 $12.49 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 7,720.2 19,640.7 5,347.9 Cabarrus 5,838.5 27,884.6 29,268.7 Catawba 9,618.5 29,776.5 21,433.8 Cumberland 4,456.4 15,617.9 33,533.4 Durham 31,984.8 43,403.5 25,303.3 Forsyth 7,578.7 39,856.1 33,161.0 Gaston 6,680.0 13,579.6 23,892.6 Guilford 32,912.0 28,674.8 77,865.1 Mecklenburg 122,748.2 202,960.1 207,450.2 New Hanover 104,998.5 19,590.2 74,611.9 Pitt 366.1 14,778.6 14,091.6 Wake 137,895.4 82,081.6 162,145.4 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville 221,623.6 207,012.3 197,515.3 Charlotte 1,247,850.7 1,062,211.4 1,257,356.1 Durham 275,394.2 258,350.5 234,611.5 Fayetteville 220,264.7 226,006.1 205,351.4 Gastonia 123,365.1 112,953.0 106,000.7 Greensboro 599,044.1 525,620.9 569,722.2 Greenville 134,978.4 143,124.0 130,692.1 Hickory 129,375.8 124,104.6 116,418.8 High Point 162,157.4 138,677.1 149,247.0 Raleigh 668,582.6 615,192.0 592,856.5 Wilmington 247,235.5 224,355.6 213,619.2 Winston-Salem 392,903.1 369,101.4 375,769.6 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected arports) [4] Asheville 23,281 27,927 24,322 Charlotte [*] 899,148 1,026,999 779,580 Fayetteville 11,834 13,164 11,462 Greensboro/High Pt/Winston-Salem 113,933 120,188 103,095 Greenville 3,953 3,573 2,046 Hickory 1,253 1,338 1,828 Jacksonville 3,038 3,569 4,174 Kinston 290 155 784 New Bern 7,507 8,446 6,590 Raleigh/Durham 401,637 455,362 350,728 Rocky Mount/Wilson 382 406 472 Southern Pines na 1,584 1,754 Wilmington 21,099 25,299 19,503 % change from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 1.1 Civilian labor force 1.5 Manufacturing employment (2.9) Service-producing employment 2.1 Government employment 2.6 Total unemployed 12.9 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 2.2 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. 2.9 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 44.4 Cabarrus (80.1) Catawba (55.1) Cumberland (86.7) Durham...