TREND.

• Position: North Carolina employment - Statistical Data Included

TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,821.1 3,823.5 Civilian labor force 3,973.1 3,971.4 Manufacturing employment 770.7 770.2 Service-producing employment 2,953.2 2,945.7 Government employment 643.4 641.0 Total unemployed 152.0 147.9 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 40.7 40.9 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.00 $12.92 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 12,166.1 18,541.1 Cabarrus 8,320.0 5,838.5 Catawba 22,620.0 12,978.0 Cumberland 7,618.0 4,456.4 Durham 21,476.4 48,800.0 Forsyth 22,967.9 8,149.8 Gaston 10,299.7 6,680.0 Guilford 64,939.6 42,455.8 Mecklenburg 215,396.5 217,798.8 New Hanover 37,069.6 175,819.6 Pitt 15,423.5 379.1 Wake 80,823.6 282,688.3 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville 198,433.8 205,791.3 Charlotte 1,178,066.7 1,069,757.9 Durham 264,182.9 261,408.4 Fayetteville 204,941.6 207,944.1 Gastonia 112,788.7 108,920.2 Greensboro 542,316.0 511,290.4 Greenville 143,100.8 121,939.5 Hickory 135,735.4 120,192.0 High Point 150,039.9 145,791.8 Raleigh 633,124.5 597,925.0 Wilmington 232,760.3 216,417.1 Winston-Salem 390,056.4 350,892.6 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) [4] Asheville 22,922 28,104 Charlotte [*] 993,066 1,019,387 Fayetteville 12,395 12,732 Greensboro/High Pt/Winston-Salem 124,923 141,866 Greenville 3,912 4,045 Hickory 1,183 1,381 Jacksonville 2,710 3,098 Kinston 289 326 New Bern 7,219 8,075 Raleigh/Durham 454,091 462,588 Rocky Mount/Wilson 342 382 Southern Pines 1,534 1,885 Wilmington 22,506 24,247 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,779.1 1.1 Civilian labor force 3,904.9 1.7 Manufacturing employment 797.3 (3.3) Service-producing employment 2,902.3 1.8 Government employment 626.9 2.6 Total unemployed 125.8 20.8 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.9 (2.9) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.48 4.2 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 13,670.6 (11.0) Cabarrus 30,205.1 (72.5) Catawba 17,443.6 29.7 Cumberland 8,983.4 (15.2) Durham 37,814.7 (43.2) Forsyth 26,859.4 (14.5) Gaston 12,785.4 (19.4) Guilford 41,194.4 57.6 Mecklenburg 206,261.3 4.4 New Hanover 15,482.6 139.4 Pitt 9,764.5 58.0 Wake 210,158.0 (61.5) RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville 199,241.7 (0.4) Charlotte 1,174,377.3 0.3 Durham 254,437.5 3.8 Fayetteville 191,066.6 7.3 Gastonia 98,535.1 14.5 Greensboro...