RALEIGH — The state’s seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, decreasing 0.2 of a percentage point from May’s revised rate. The national rate increased 0.2 of a percentage point to 4.9 percent.
North Carolina’s June 2016 unemployment rate was 0.9 of a percentage point lower than a year ago. The number of people employed decreased 3,774 over the month to 4,614,725 and increased 133,046 over the year. The number of people unemployed decreased 10,900 over the month to 239,440, and decreased 35,598 over the year.
Seasonally adjusted Total Nonfarm industry employment, as gathered through the monthly establishment survey, increased 19,400 to 4,329,200 in June. The major industries with the largest over-the-month increases were Government at 9,000, followed by Manufacturing, 4,200; Leisure & Hospitality Services, 3,000; Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 2,100; Professional & Business Services, 1,800; Construction, 1,500; Information, 400; Education & Health Services, 300; and Mining & Logging, 100. Major industries experiencing decreases were Financial Activities, 1,600; and Other Services, 1,400.
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