03/27/2024
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UnemploymentRALEIGH — The state’s seasonally adjusted August unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from July’s revised rate.  The national rate remained unchanged at 4.9 percent. 

North Carolina’s August 2016 unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points lower than a year ago.  The number of people employed decreased 12,616 over the month to 4,588,792 and increased 96,272 over the year. The number of people unemployed decreased 3,808 over the month to 221,746, and decreased 49,242 over the year.    

Seasonally adjusted Total Nonfarm industry employment, as gathered through the monthly establishment survey, decreased 14,100 to 4,327,200 in August. The major industries with the largest over-the-month increases were Education & Health Services at 1,900, followed by Manufacturing, 1,400; and Other Services, 200.  Major industries experiencing decreases were Government, 11,000; Leisure & Hospitality Services, 2,300; Financial Activities, 1,600; Professional & Business Services, 1,300; Information, 1,000; Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 300; and Construction, 100. Mining & Logging employment remained unchanged over the month.   

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