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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > North Carolina > New Bern

New Bern

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Construction Trades Occupations in North Carolina’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2017
New Bern, NC Economy at a Glance:
New Bern, NC
Data Series Back
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2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 53.5 53.6 53.5 53.0 52.8 (p)52.8

Employment(1)

 51.7 51.5 51.4 50.8 51.2 (p)51.1

Unemployment(1)

 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.6 (p)1.8

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.4 3.9 4.0 4.2 3.1 (p)3.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 48.2 48.4 47.9 48.1 48.1 (p)48.3

12-month % change

 1.7 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.7 (p)1.5

Government(3)

 15.1 14.9 14.3 14.7 15.0 (p)15.2

12-month % change

 2.0 2.1 1.4 1.4 2.0 (p)2.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary