03/28/2024
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RALEIGH — The state’s seasonally adjusted December unemployment rate was 4.5 percent, increasing 0.2 of a percentage point from November’s revised rate.  The national rate remained unchanged at 4.1 percent.

North Carolina’s December 2017 unemployment rate decreased 0.7 of a percentage point from a year ago.  The number of people employed decreased 12,081 over the month to 4,727,107 and increased 63,522 over the year. The number of people unemployed increased 8,755 over the month to 222,116 and decreased 34,736 over the year.

Seasonally adjusted Total Non-farm industry employment, as gathered through the monthly establishment survey, increased 12,500 to 4,457,700 in December.  The major industries with the largest over-the-month increases were Professional & Business Services at 3,600, followed by Financial Activities, 2,800; Leisure & Hospitality Services, 2,600; Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 1,600; Construction, 1,300; Other Services, 900; and Manufacturing, 700. Major industries experiencing decreases were Education & Health Services, 700; and Government, 300. Information and Mining & Logging industry employment remained unchanged over the month.

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