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Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,315.2 4,324.6 4,282.0 0.8 Civilian labor force 4,534.1 4,547.0 4,503.6 0.7 Manufacturing 542.3 544.3 552.2 (1.8) Service 3,340.1 3,322.3 3,268.9 2.2 Government 692.7 681.1 692.0 0.1 Unemployed 218.9 222.3 221.6 (1.2) Avg. manufacturing workweek 41.5 41.9 41.0 1.2 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.10 $15.06 $14.73 2.5 Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 193,465.5 208,709.9 241,801.0 (20.0) Cary 98,497.3 116,767.5 112,238.9 (12.2) Charlotte 817,085.5 942,357.1 955,704.8 (14.5) Concord 81,780.3 95,843.3 112,775.9 (27.5) Durham 231,180.2 309,845.1 269,094.4 (14.1) Fayetteville 165,327.4 184,417.2 205,291.2 (19.5) Greensboro 323,118.4 376,521.6 364,742.4 (11.4) Greenville 79,339.4 90,492.3 97,818.6 (18.9) Hickory 93,157.9 105,605.2 120,730.2 (22.8) High Point 74,298.3 82,906.2 82,544.6 (10.0) Raleigh 532,661.1 546,086.8 565,787.7 (5.9) Wilmington 192,376.8 205,139.9 233,391.7 (17.6) Winston-Salem 234,092.9 263,113.2 278,991.8 (16.1) % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Wayne 62,012.9 0.0 0.0 nm Mecklenburg 57,757.0 6,750.5 10,870.0 431.3 Onslow 57,078.0 243,047.8 350.0 16,208.0 New Hanover 36,161.1 14,760.6 3,620.1 898.9 Cumberland 29,115.3 31,803.9 146,927.8 (80.2) Craven 25,936.5 15,009.5 2,261.5 1,046.9 Brunswick 21,653.4 20,607.4 2,539.8 752.6 Davie 12,966.9 356.0 990.0 1,209.8 Guilford 12,233.9 64,535.8 1,270.0 863.3 Ashe 11,410.6 0.0 0.0 nm North Carolina 470,785.1 756,046.4 278,182.0 69.2 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 28,170 25,289 27,228 3.5 Charlotte* 1,444,624 1,265,770 1,281,164 12.8 Fayetteville 14,622 13,567 12,577 16.3 Greensboro 104,043 90,272 96,726 7.6 Greenville 4,700 4,095 4,786 (1.8) Jacksonville 8,925 11,032 7,500 19.0 Kinston 732 169 1,779...