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Wilmington

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2023
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Nov 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Construction Trades Occupations in North Carolina’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2017

Wilmington, NC Economy at a Glance:

Wilmington, NC

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		157.3	158.1	158.5	157.8	(p)157.4	(p)160.6
Employment(1)		151.8	153.5	152.8	152.4	(p)152.8	(p)155.0
Unemployment(1)		5.4	4.7	5.6	5.4	(p)4.6	(p)5.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.5	3.0	3.6	3.4	(p)2.9	(p)3.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		139.7	140.6	141.9	142.9	(p)143.0
12-month % change		2.9	4.2	3.7	4.1	(p)3.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		10.0	10.1	10.2	10.3	(p)10.3
12-month % change		2.0	3.1	4.1	4.0	(p)4.0
Manufacturing(3)		6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	(p)6.1
12-month % change		5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	(p)3.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		26.0	25.9	26.2	26.7	(p)27.0
12-month % change		-0.4	1.2	1.2	1.1	(p)0.0
Information(3)		2.7	2.6	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
12-month % change		3.8	0.0	3.8	3.8	(p)3.8
Financial Activities(3)		6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	(p)6.7
12-month % change		1.5	1.5	1.5	3.1	(p)3.1
Professional and Business Services(3)		19.2	19.5	19.4	18.7	(p)18.8
12-month % change		6.1	6.6	2.6	-3.6	(p)-4.1
Education and Health Services(3)		23.0	23.0	23.3	23.7	(p)23.7
12-month % change		2.7	3.6	4.0	6.3	(p)6.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		21.5	21.4	21.5	21.8	(p)21.7
12-month % change		4.9	9.2	7.5	13.0	(p)10.2
Other Services(3)		6.2	6.2	6.3	6.4	(p)6.3
12-month % change		3.3	5.1	5.0	6.7	(p)5.0
Government(3)		18.4	19.2	19.5	19.8	(p)19.7
12-month % change		2.8	3.2	3.7	3.7	(p)3.1
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary