Trend.

• Position: Employment, retail sales, and transportation - Illustration

TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 3,726.9 3,715.4 Civilian labor force 3,970.4 3,965.0 Manufacturing employment 702.9 701.3 Service-producing employment 2,975.6 2,943.9 Government employment 646.2 611.1 Total unemployed 243.5 249.6 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 40.7 40.9 Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $13.64 $13.59 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Asheville 218,302.1 213,183.1 Cary 169,927.3 182,100.7 Charlotte 1,093,569.9 1,065,975.6 Durham 356,052.0 324,562.0 Fayetteville 204,754.5 205,402.4 Gastionia 119,028.3 115,883.0 Greensboro 480,675.8 519,012.2 Greenville 125,125.8 122,689.7 Hickory 122,177.3 128,997.2 High Point 144,502.2 145,679.2 Raleigh 648,721.3 632,828.2 Wilmington 228,185.8 219,411.4 Winston-Salem 371,232.7 372,067.3 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports (3) Asheville 19,397 23,857 Charlotte * 831,489 1,091,674 Fayeteville 10,120 11,841 Greensboro 99,534 106,749 Greenville 2,667 2,695 New Bern 6,547 8,120 Raleigh/Durham 306,759 378,158 Wilmington 18,069 23,033 OTHER INDICATROS Farm Index/all products (1967 = 100) (5) 237 237 Farm Index/all crops (1967 = 100) 255 253 Farm Index/livestock (1967 = 100) 204 210 Gallons of gasoline sold (000s) (6) 455,286.6 428,140.9 Total phone access lines (7) 4,702,297 4,736,384 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 3,737.9 (0.3) Civilian labor force 3,990.6 (0.5) Manufacturing employment 720.9 (2.5) Service-producing employment 2,951.7 0.8 Government employment 529.1 22.1 Total unemployed 232.7 4.6 Average mfg. work week (hrs) 41.4 (1.7) Average hrly. wage, prod. wrkrs. $12.95 5.3 RETAIL SALES...