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TREND Latest Previous month month EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,913.3 3,888.5 Civilian labor force 4,179.5 4,159.9 Manufacturing employment 601.2 604.2 Service-providing employment 3,002.0 2,991.1 Government employment 650.5 622.6 Total unemployed 266.2 271.4 Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 40.2 40.0 Avg. hourly production wage $13.80 $13.63 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Asheville 206,656.0 210,512.5 Cary 157,679.4 162,790.4 Charlotte 893,394.5 1,030,299.6 Durham 313,669.1 340,247.5 Fayetteville 201,392.1 218,713.0 Gastonia 107,894.5 122,719.1 Greensboro 461,469.4 506,169.5 Greenville 131,443.8 122,517.3 Hickory 122,120.3 134,195.1 High Point 142,966.6 144,379.6 Raleigh 582,076.5 627,985.8 Wilmington 204,903.0 219,260.1 Winston-Salem 328,206.0 308,202.4 TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Asheville 19,367 22,338 Charlotte * 822,385 1,054,956 Fayetteville 9,692 10,749 Greensboro 104,576 112,511 Greenville 3,057 3,004 New Bern 5,546 6,735 Raleigh/Durham 297,683 342,706 Wilmington 17,121 20,473 OTHER INDICATORS Farm Index/all products (1967 = 100) 264 254 (5) Farm Index/all crops (1967 = 100) 263 257 Farm Index/livestock (1967 = 100) 265 248 Gallons of gasoline sold (000s) (6) 466,287.4 441,300.7 Total phone access lines (7) 4,537,238 4,551,444 Previous % change year from last year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,881.2 0.8 Civilian labor force 4,155.0 0.6 Manufacturing employment 637.4 (5.7) Service-providing employment 2,982.1 0.7 Government employment 658.9 (1.3) Total unemployed 273.9 (2.8) Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 40.8 (1.5) Avg. hourly production wage $13.11 5.3 RETAIL SALES...