The state’s seasonally adjusted October unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, decreasing 0.2 of a percentage point from September’s revised rate. The national rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent.
North Carolina’s October 2018 unemployment rate decreased 0.9 of a percentage point from a year ago. The number of people employed increased 5,244 over the month to 4,810,957 and increased 63,798 over the year. The number of people unemployed decreased 5,911 over the month to 181,435 and decreased 39,887 over the year.
Seasonally adjusted Total Nonfarm industry employment, as gathered through the monthly establishment survey, increased 27,900 to 4,538,900 in October. The major industries with the largest over-the-month increases were Leisure & Hospitality Services at 11,500, followed by Professional & Business Services, 7,000; Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 4,500; Education & Health Services, 3,800; Financial Activities, 1,800; Other Services, 900; Construction, 600; and Manufacturing, 400. Major industries experiencing decreases were Government, 2,300; Information, 200; and Mining & Logging, 100.
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