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Business Employment Dynamics in North Carolina – First Quarter 2018
From December 2017 to March 2018, gross job gains in North Carolina totaled 227,451, while gross job losses numbered 190,130, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, South Region – October 2018
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South edged up 0.2 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Women’s Earnings In North Carolina – 2017
In 2017, North Carolina women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $754, or 86.3 percent of the $874 median usual weekly earnings for their male counterparts.
North Carolina Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
May 2018 |
June 2018 |
July 2018 |
Aug 2018 |
Sept 2018 |
Oct 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
4,987.9 | 4,997.2 | 5,004.1 | 5,002.6 | 4,993.1 | (p)4,992.4 |
Employment(1) |
|
4,774.2 | 4,787.6 | 4,800.6 | 4,805.6 | 4,805.7 | (p)4,811.0 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
213.6 | 209.6 | 203.4 | 196.9 | 187.3 | (p)181.4 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | (p)3.6 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
4,505.1 | 4,518.5 | 4,526.0 | 4,526.6 | 4,511.0 | (p)4,538.9 |
12-month % change |
|
2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | (p)2.3 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
5.8 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.5 | (p)5.4 |
12-month % change |
|
3.6 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | -3.5 | (p)-6.9 |
Construction(3) |
|
217.1 | 218.2 | 219.2 | 220.0 | 219.6 | (p)220.2 |
12-month % change |
|
4.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | (p)5.1 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
476.4 | 474.7 | 475.3 | 474.2 | 474.0 | (p)474.4 |
12-month % change |
|
2.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | (p)1.6 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
844.6 | 847.0 | 848.2 | 849.8 | 848.6 | (p)853.1 |
12-month % change |
|
2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | (p)2.4 |
Information(3) |
|
83.6 | 84.3 | 84.4 | 82.9 | 82.3 | (p)82.1 |
12-month % change |
|
6.5 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | (p)3.3 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
236.8 | 238.2 | 237.5 | 238.5 | 240.2 | (p)242.0 |
12-month % change |
|
2.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.7 | (p)3.4 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
640.8 | 638.4 | 642.2 | 646.7 | 647.1 | (p)654.1 |
12-month % change |
|
4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 5.3 | (p)4.7 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
610.0 | 613.7 | 613.5 | 610.4 | 610.5 | (p)614.3 |
12-month % change |
|
2.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | (p)2.3 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
500.8 | 504.9 | 503.7 | 503.8 | 492.5 | (p)504.0 |
12-month % change |
|
1.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | -0.5 | (p)1.6 |
Other Services(3) |
|
152.8 | 153.9 | 152.5 | 151.7 | 150.2 | (p)151.1 |
12-month % change |
|
0.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | -0.9 | (p)0.3 |
Government(3) |
|
736.4 | 739.2 | 743.5 | 742.7 | 740.5 | (p)738.2 |
12-month % change |
|
0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | (p)0.5 |
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