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• Position: Economic conditions - Illustration

Latest Previous Previous %change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT (1) Total employed (000s) 3,907.5 3,872.2 3,883.8 0.6 Civilian labor force 4,185.4 4,147.5 4,166.9 0.4 Manufacturing employment 606.1 612.9 638.0 (5.0) Service-providing employment 2,952.5 2,995.4 2,917.6 1.2 Government employment 592.3 629.7 581.4 1.9 Total unemployed 277.9 275.4 283.1 (1.8) Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 39.2 39.8 39.0 0.5 Avg. hourly production wage $13.62 $13.55 $13.31 2.3 RETAIL SALES (selected cities, $000s) (2) Asheville 209,642.6 179,098.1 226,646.2 (7.5) Cary 164,305.0 161,799.5 193,098.4 (14.9) Charlotte 1,123,149.3 954,781.0 1,115,635.0 0.7 Durham 331,590.3 313,574.9 361,007.7 (8.1) Fayetteville 215,753.3 198,870.7 247,888.3 (13.0) Gastonia 126,743.7 110,456.7 129,952.3 (2.5) Greensboro 530,760.1 444,637.6 528,800.9 0.4 Greenville 166,244.3 111,161.1 124,280.4 33.8 Hickory 138,814.1 137,053.7 136,081.8 2.0 High Point 153,908.4 99,702.8 155,291.7 (0.9) Raleigh 651,673.2 588,882.2 672,502.1 (3.1) Wilmington 225,746.0 190,710.3 235,775.2 (4.3) Winston-Salem 379,340.0 329,953.3 391,271.3 (3.0) TRANSPORTATION (passenger boardings, selected airports) (3) Asheville 24,197 21,368 25,771 (6.1) Charlotte * 1,105,283 1,038,166 1,093,691 1.1 Fayetteville 11,000 10,194...