RALEIGH — The state’s seasonally adjusted January unemployment rate was 4.5 percent, remaining unchanged from December’s revised rate. The national rate remained unchanged at 4.1 percent.
North Carolina’s January 2018 unemployment rate decreased 0.4 of a percentage point from a year ago. The number of people employed increased 3,505 over the month to 4,747,769 and increased 85,879 over the year. The number of people unemployed increased 407 over the month to 222,256 and decreased 20,263 over the year.
Seasonally adjusted Total Non-farm industry employment, as gathered through the monthly establishment survey, increased 8,700 to 4,457,900 in January. The major industries with the largest over-the-month increases were Professional & Business Services at 3,000, followed by Leisure & Hospitality Services, 2,100; Construction, 1,800; Government, 1,100; Manufacturing, 1,100; Education & Health Services, 800; Financial Activities, 800; and Mining & Logging, 100. Major industries experiencing decreases were Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 1,000; Other Services, 1,000; and Information, 100.
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