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Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Total employed (000s) 3,977.4 3,972.3 3,949.1 0.7 Civilian labor force 4,208.6 4,196.5 4,227.6 (0.5) Manufacturing employment 582.8 581.4 604.1 (3.5) Service employment 3,065.5 3,054.7 2,981.5 2.8 Government employment 655.9 666.8 623.4 5.2 Total unemployed 231.1 224.2 278.5 (17.0) Avg. manufacturing workweek (hours) 40.2 40.5 39.8 1.0 Avg. hourly production wage $14.21 $14.18 $13.55 4.9 Source: Employment Security Commission, June. County rates are not seasonally adjusted. Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) Asheville 276,112.7 242,058.3 245,167.4 12.6 Cary 217,250.9 171,070.6 192,586.6 12.8 Charlotte 1,195,797.2 1,067,994.7 1,095,072.7 9.2 Durham 374,901.5 314,742.4 333,466.6 12.4 Fayetteville 257,906.1 240,789.3 217,234.0 18.7 Gastonia 141,984.9 121,390.3 144,788.1 (1.9) Greensboro 561,419.4 499,319.3 492,796.2 13.9 Greenville 161,309.9 140,126.7 123,858.6 30.2 Hickory 176,772.4 155,749.2 141,687.8 24.8 High Point 151,355.4 136,867.5 149,201.9 1.4 Raleigh 715,898.1 667,447.3 690,941.3 3.6 Wilmington 284,163.4 227,827.7 225,764.8 25.9 Winston Salem 388,099.6 367,702.3 373,646.2 3.9 Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year AIR-PASSENGER BOARDINGS (2) Asheville 27,134 22,033 21,368 27.0 Charlotte* 1,118,423 1,079,973 1,038,166 7.7 Fayetteville 14,308 13,621 10,194 40.4 Greensboro 119,067 112,070 118,689 0.3 Greenville 4,164 4,075 2,958 40.8 Jacksonville 6,586 6,249 3,791 73.7 New Bern 8,805 8,003 6,685 31.7 Raleigh/Durham 396,224 372,781 368,536 7.5 Wilmington 27,363 26,527 19,254 42.1 ELECTRIC UTILITIES (3) Dominion Residential 96,899 96,603 95,876 1.1 Commercial/industrial 17,535 17,490 17,566 (0.2) Total usage (KWH, millions) 378.0 280.0 308.0 22.7 Duke Power Residential 1,384,455 1,382,459...