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Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,325.3 4,315.2 4,291.0 0.8 Civilian labor force 4,537.2 4,534.1 4,513.1 0.5 Manufacturing 542.1 542.0 552.1 (1.8) Service 3,351.4 3,341.8 3,280.9 2.1 Government 694.4 693.4 694.1 0.0 Unemployed 211.9 218.9 222.1 (4.6) Avg. manufacturing workweek 41.4 41.5 41.2 0.5 (hours) Avg. hourly production wage $15.14 $15.05 $14.85 2.0 Latest Previous Previous % change from month month year last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 245,007.1 193,465.5 201,513.4 21.6 Cary 128,841.9 98,497.3 95,203.6 35.3 Charlotte 998,532.3 817,085.5 843,787.6 18.3 Concord 109,540.1 81,780.3 92,161.6 18.9 Durham 308,895.2 231,180.2 251,613.9 22.8 Fayetteville 210,560.6 165,327.4 169,104.5 24.5 Greensboro 405,020.9 323,118.4 351,947.8 15.1 Greenville 111,277.1 79,339.4 93,482.7 19.0 Hickory 120,337.0 93,157.9 105,843.8 13.7 High Point 85,437.8 74,298.3 73,088.9 16.9 Raleigh 605,160.9 532,661.1 536,474.0 12.8 Wilmington 230,166.6 192,376.8 158,975.5 44.8 Winston-Salem 311,454.7 234,092.9 250,889.2 24.1 % change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year CONSTRUCTION (2) Top 10 counties ($000s) Wake 51,218.9 4,885.2 4,502.0 1,037.7 Vance 26,648.6 275.3 0.0 nm Mecklenburg 23,548.9 57,757.0 16,828.0 39.9 Cumberland 21,802.3 29,115.3 2,639.8 725.9 Haywood 17,435.0 5,454.0 1,496.3 1,065.2 Forsyth 13,467.3 626.6 5,217.4 158.1 Guilford 12,230.8 12,233.9 35,122.2 (65.2) Orange 10,790.9 9,548.3 3,001.5 259.5 New Hanover 9,817.2 36,161.1 2,059.3 376.7 Pitt 8,770.2 0.0 12,854.8 (31.8) North Carolina 257,617.9 470,785.1 204,087.4 26.2 AIR PASSENGER BOARDINGS (3) Asheville 24,048 28,170 22,852 5.2 Charlotte* 1,381,115 1,444,624 1,282,768 7.7 Fayetteville 14,543 14,622 14,156 2.7 Greensboro 92,227 104,043 88,212 4.6 Greenville 4,202...