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• Position: Employment, retail sales data for North Carolina - Brief Article - Illustration - Statistical Data Included

TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,781.1 3,786.8 Civilian labor force 4,033.7 4,033.8 Manufacturing employment 714.7 719.0 Service-producing employment 3,044.2 3,043.6 Government employment 674.5 676.1 Total unemployed 252.6 247.0 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 40.7 40.1 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.47 $13.42 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,828.7 (1.2) Civilian labor force 3,984.4 1.2 Manufacturing employment 775.7 (7.9) Service-producing employment 2,995.5 1.6 Government employment 650.5 3.7 Total unemployed 155.7 62.2 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.2 (1.2) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.05 3.2 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Latest Previous month month Asheville 215,629.9 213,424.0 Cary 141,033.5 138,817.1 Charlotte 1,054,727.8 994,964.7 Durham 257,471.1 229,781.4 Fayetteville 195,427.8 196,686.5 Gastonia 110,406.6 111,380.0 Greensboro 513,521.0 504,964.9 Greenville 124,101.2 134,054.5 Hickory 132,842.6 133,477.8 High Point 137,225.6 129,636.9 Raleigh 618,067.4 575,881.4 Wilmington 219,221.2 213,280.9 Winston-Salem 359,656.6 365,137.2 Previous % change year from last year Asheville 234,276.7 (8.0) Cary 164,799.2 (14.4) Charlotte 1,204,824.2 (12.5) Durham 257,076.6 0.2 Fayetteville 216,426.9 (9.7) Gastonia 115,953.0 (4.8) Greensboro 604,782.3 (15.1) Greenville 131,406.4 (5.6) Hickory 129,045.6 2.9 High Point 145,051.5 (5.4) Raleigh 669,013.6 (7.6) Wilmington 221,927.5 (1.2) Winston-Salem 378,604.6 (5.0) TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Latest Previous month month Asheville 17,944 19,007 Charlotte (*) 891,795 903,278 Fayetteville 10,651 10,121 Greensboro 91,304 97,455 Greenville 2,463 3,085 New Bern 5,460 5,563 Raleigh/Durham 319,282 309,558...