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Trend EMPLOYMENT (1) Latest Previous month month Total employed (000s) 3,771.8 3,753.3 Civilian labor force 4,028.2 4,014.8 Manufacturing employment 709.3 714.0 Service-producing employment 2,929.8 2,977.8 Government employment 643.1 649.2 Total unemployed 256.4 261.5 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 39.4 39.4 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.48 $13.44 Previous % change year from last year Total employed (00s) 3,816.2 (1.2) Civilian labor force 3,995.2 0.8 Manufacturing employment 783.7 (9.5) Service-producing employment 2,832.4 3.4 Government employment 611.0 5.3 Total unemployed 179.0 43.2 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.4 (4.8) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.58 7.2 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Latest Previous month month Asheville 229,658.7 215,629.9 Cary 156,295.1 141,033.5 Charlotte 1,022,769.0 1,054,727.8 Durham 259,173.4 257,471.1 Fayetteville 199,875.1 195,427.8 Gastonia 106,132.3 110,406.6 Greensboro 523,372.9 513,521.0 Greenville 136,812.8 124,101.2 Hickory 131,963.0 132,842.6 High Point 149,342.2 137,225.6 Raleigh 620,169.9 618,067.4 Wilmington 212,635.3 219,221.2 Winston-Salem 360,390.1 359,656.6 Previous % change year from last year Asheville 215,953.9 6.3 Cary 131,070.2 19.2 Charlotte 1,183,456.4 (13.6) Durham 256,525.6 1.0 Fayetteville 212,391.5 (5.9) Gastonia 110,856.0 (4.3) Greensboro 559,660.7 (6.5) Greenville 131,158.0 4.3 Hickory 133,844.1 (1.4) High Point 146,445.9 2.0 Raleigh 659,056.7 (5.9) Wilmington 213,988.5 (0.6) Winston-Salem 372,011.5 (3.1) TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Latest Previous month month Asheville 14,289 17,944 Charlotte (*) 824,525 891,795 Fayetteville 8,768 10,651 Greensboro 85,212 91,304 Greenville...