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Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,301.0 4,325.3 4,294.0 0.2 Civilian labor force 4,526.0 4,537.2 4,514.5 0.3 Manufacturing 540.8 542.1 551.9 (2.0) Service 3,353.7 3,352.3 3,281.9 2.2 Government 692.4 695.4 691.1 0.2 Unemployed 225.0 211.9 220.5 2.0 Avg. manufacturing workweek 41.4 41.6 41.6 (0.5) (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.23 $15.08 $14.96 1.8 Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 155,183.7 245,007.1 171,240.0 (9.4) Cary 98,635.2 128,841.9 83,219.9 18.5 Charlotte 807,617.2 998,532.3 746,437.7 8.2 Concord 79,116.7 109,540.1 73,158.2 8.1 Durham 234,495.3 308,895.2 223,572.6 4.9 Fayetteville 140,314.2 210,560.6 142,866.9 (1.8) Greensboro 314,548.3 405,020.9 299,837.2 4.9 Greenville 74,318.0 111,277.1 71,988.4 3.2 Hickory 91,439.1 120,337.0 83,062.9 10.1 High Point 63,779.4 85,437.8 67,340.7 (5.3) Raleigh 483,895.9 605,160.9 446,241.3 8.4 Wilmington 156,838.9 230,166.6 170,071.4 (7.8) Winston-Salem 218,990.0 311,454.7 210,029.2 4.3 % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Onslow 147,097.0 1,328.3 19,842.7 641.3 Jackson 48,966.0 0.0 14,339.0 241.5 Guilford 39,161.8 12,230.8 26,451.3 48.1 Wake 38,066.9 51,218.9 33,330.0 14.2 Mecklenburg 31,160.9 23,548.9 34,038.5 (8.5) Buncombe 28,929.3 4,175.7 13,921.7 107.8 Cumberland 27,851.1 21,802.3 6,940.2 301.3 Rutherford 13,297.0 0.0 2,828.7 370.1 New Hanover 12,496.4 9,817.2 7,681.2 62.7 Gaston 12,359.8 4,858.8 174.5 6,981.5 North Carolina 486,943.0 257,617.9 356,618.8 36.5 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 21,999 24,048 22,541 (2.4) Charlotte* 1,308,943 1,381,115 1,256,475 4.2 Fayetteville 15,032 14,543 15,242 (1.4) Greensboro 85,735 92,227 84,912 1.0 Greenville 4,027 4,202 4,250 (5.2) Jacksonville 10,341 9,717 8,511 21.5 Kinston 1,087 1,152 2,465 (55.9) New...