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• Position: Employment - Taxable retail sales - Air passenger boardings - Construction

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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,124.2 4,131.9 4,037.1 2.2 Civilian labor force 4,350.5 4,365.4 4,264.7 2.0 Manufacturing 570.7 571.2 582.9 (2.1) Service 3,131.2 3,125.8 3,074.5 1.8 Government 681.3 679.7 669.9 1.7 Unemployed 226.4 233.6 227.6 (0.6) Avg. manufacturing 40.3 40.8 40.2 0.2 workweek (hours) Avg. hourly $14.34 $14.29 $14.34 0.0 production wage Source: Employment Security Commission, November. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous month month year* TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 191,599.2 196,236.7 232,416.7 Cary 96,422.6 87,325.4 176,790.9 Charlotte 876,227.3 809,096.4 1,183,000.7 Durham 264,340.4 240,659.5 366,152.3 Fayetteville 164,614.0 163,018.7 245,241.2 Greensboro 359,680.9 346,837.4 519,637.1 Greenville 94,716.7 77,113.8 144,281.3 Hickory 104,186.5 98,630.3 154,761.0 High Point 72,435.3 69,347.3 145,249.3 Raleigh 509,361.8 450,312.8 696,994.0 Wilmington 207,157.7 190,635.6 255,061.0 Winston-Salem 242,447.4 271,731.5 403,020.2 *includes nontaxable sales. % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 25,461 30,093 23,717 7.4 Charlotte* 1,108,976 1,146,596 1,073,750 3.3 Fayetteville 12,244 11,652 14,118 (13.3) Greensboro 100,332 116,888 119,386 (16.0) Greenville 4,113 4,417 5,367 (23.4) Hickory** 1,476 2,222 0 nm Jacksonville 7,068 8,111 7,322 (3.5) Kinston** 2,714 2,872 140 1,838.6 New Bern 7,520 7,776 8,473 (11.2) Raleigh/Durham 391,919 408,133 376,917 4.0 Wilmington 26,934 29,860 25,080 7.4 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential customers 98,743 98,617 97,290 1.5 Commercial/industrial 17,787 17,733 17,667 0.7 customers Usage (millions of 287.0 337.0 236.0 21.6 kilowatt-hours) Duke Power Residential customers 1,425,262 1,423,059 1,396,697 2.0 Commercial/industrial 238,108...