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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 3,977.2 3,984.0 3,959.2 0.5 Civilian labor force 4,200.7 4,205.8 4,232.3 (0.7) Manufacturing employment 584.5 583.4 615.9 (5.1) Service employment 3,061.1 3,034.1 2,995.8 2.2 Government employment 670.4 670.3 653.3 2.6 Total unemployed 223.5 221.9 273.1 (18.2) Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 40.6 39.8 39.3 3.3 Avg. hourly production wage $14.16 $14.20 $13.55 4.5 Source: Employment Security Commission, May. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) (Selected cities, $000s) Asheville 242,058.3 213,054.3 212,457.4 13.9 Cary 171,070.6 156,608.0 163,329.6 4.7 Charlotte 1,067,994.7 1,038,002.4 965,880.2 10.6 Durham 314,742.4 328,334.0 294,861.2 6.7 Fayetteville 240,789.3 196,504.9 191,398.7 25.8 Gastonia 121,390.3 112,144.3 120,618.3 0.6 Greensboro 499,319.3 474,006.1 459,543.0 8.7 Greenville 140,126.7 119,738.9 112,107.9 25.0 Hickory 155,749.2 119,798.1 134,001.6 16.2 High Point 136,867.5 135,921.3 124,265.8 10.1 Raleigh 667,447.3 653,029.8 562,234.0 18.7 Wilmington 227,827.7 207,072.1 188,956.3 20.6 Winston-Salem 367,702.3 332,648.4 358,017.2 2.7 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year AIR-PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 22,033 19,029 17,934 22.9 Charlotte* 1,079,973 1,120,381 1,012,347 6.7 Fayetteville 13,621 12,717 9,647 41.2 Greensboro 112,070 114,990 107,248 4.5 Greenville 4,075 3,735 3,175 28.3 Jacksonville 6,249 5,467 3,483 79.4 New Bern 8,003 6,917 6,499 23.1 Raleigh/Durham 372,781 362,833 345,973 7.7 Wilmington 26,527 23,995 18,227 45.5 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential 96,603 96,404 95,785 0.9 Commercial/industrial 17,490 17,498 17,523 (0.2) Total usage (KWH...