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Change Latest Previous Previous from last month month year year EMPLOYMENT (000s) Employed (000s) 4,364.0 4,362.7 4,338.7 0.6% Civilian labor force 4,619.5 4,634.1 4,661.8 (0.9) Manufacturing 451.6 451.7 442.1 2.1 Service 3,575.7 3,564.7 3,483.3 2.7 Government 714.3 715.2 719.7 (0.8) Unemployed 255.5 271.4 323.1 (20.9) Avg. manufacturing 43.4 43.5 42.8 1.4% workweek (hours) Avg. hourly production $16.73 $16.76 $17.01 (1.6) wage Change Latest Previous Previous from month month year last year TAXABLE RETAIL SALES (1) ($000s) 171,866.1 164,967.4 164,177.6 4.7% Buncombe 359,590.2 374,113.0 309,117.2 16.3 Cabarrus 233,139.2 226,313.7 214,954.2 8.5 Catawba 159,870.3 156,892.1 146,931.7 8.8 Cumberland 302,642.4 291,088.5 292,978.1 3.3 Durham 521,947.6 568,062.2 439,705.8 18.7 Forsyth 372,767.9 384,162.0 341,189.2 9.3 Gaston 146,626.6 148,994.5 134,762.4 8.8 Guilford 513,925.1 532,574.1 464,967.5 10.5 Iredell 156,849.2 160,670.6 138,528.6 13.2 Mecklenburg 1,460,504.4 1,538,563.8 1,361,305.6 7.3 New Hanover 285,572.1 300,059.6 265,404.3 7.6 Onslow 154,649.6 153,156.2 148,864.4 3.9 Pitt 173,032.4 167,441.9 159,701.0 8.3 Wake 1,078,280.9 1,104,961.0 1,011,719.8 6.6 44.3 million

Total number of passengers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in 2014, a record-setting 2% increase over 2013. The number of international travelers rose 4% to 2.9 million.

N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY INDEX OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS

The index, a comparison of the state economy from month to month created by N.C. State economist Michael Walden, is calculated from the Economic Cycle Research Institute's Weekly Leading Index, North Carolina initial claims for unemployment benefits, North Carolina building permits, and average weekly work hours and earnings for Tar Heel manufacturing workers. Raw data, which is seasonally adjusted, comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau.

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