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TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,831.9 3,821.2 Civilian labor force 3,989.9 3,974.0 Manufacturing employment 767.1 770.4 Service-producing employment 2,954.7 2,953.9 Government employment 641.8 643.3 Total unemployed 158.0 152.8 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.2 40.7 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.95 $12.98 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 14,050.2 20,338.0 Cabarrus 23,959.5 15,931.1 Catawba 48,497.2 24,817.8 Cumberland 14,423.6 5,677.2 Durham 40,546.6 38,239.3 Forsyth 20,185.4 8,735.4 Gaston 5,474.6 22,856.5 Guilford 32,225.5 10,265.2 Mecklenburg 256,903.8 204,869.7 New Hanover 29,479.4 28,862.9 Pitt 27,639.0 15,751.0 Wake 151,801.1 24,766.2 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville 234,276.7 198,433.8 Charlotte 1,204,824.2 1,178,066.7 Durham 257,076.6 264,182.9 Fayetteville 216,426.9 204,941.6 Gastonia 115,953.0 112,788.7 Greensboro 604,782.3 542,316.0 Greenville 131,406.4 143,100.8 Hickory 129,045.6 135,735.4 High Point 145,051.5 150,039.9 Raleigh 669,013.6 633,124.5 Wilmington 221,927.5 232,760.3 Winston-Salem 378,604.6 390,056.4 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) [4] Asheville 20,115 22,922 Charlotte [*] 936,443 993,066 Fayetteville 12,965 12,395 Greensboro/High Pt/Winston-Salem 113,301 124,923 Greenville 3,332 3,912 Hickory 973 1,183 Jacksonville 2,887 2,710 Kinston 107 289 New Bern 6,546 7,219 Raleigh/Durham 445,334 454,091 Rocky Mount/Wilson 198 342 Southern Pines 1,246 1,534 Wilmington 20,308 22,506 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT [1] Total employed (000s) 3,781.2 1.3 Civilian labor force 3,905.2 2.2 Manufacturing employment 794.9 (3.5) Service-producing employment 2,908.4 1.6 Government employment 626.1 2.5 Total unemployed 124.0 27.4 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 42.2 (2.4) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.57 3.0 NEW CONSTRUCTION (total authorizations, selected counties, $000s) [2] Buncombe 16,961.6 (17.2) Cabarrus 30,688.2 (21.9) Catawba 35,441.4 36.8 Cumberland 15,394.9 (6.3) Durham 40,526.0 0.1 Forsyth 45,180.6 (55.3) Gaston 15,682.4 (65.1) Guilford 113,992.5 (71.7) Mecklenburg 200,716.6 28.0 New Hanover 27,006.1 9.2 Pitt 15,592.6 77.3 Wake 218,509.9 (30.5) RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) [3] Asheville 200,457.2 16.9 Charlotte 1,236,630.4 (2.6) Durham 241,148.1 6.6 Fayetteville 201,128.6 7.6 Gastonia 108,341.5 7.0 Greensboro 508,472.9 18.9 Greenville 112,951.1 16.3 Hickory...