03/29/2024
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RALEIGH — The state’s seasonally adjusted April unemployment rate was 4.7 percent, decreasing 0.2 of a percentage point from March’s revised rate.  The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 4.4 percent.

North Carolina’s April 2017 unemployment rate decreased 0.3 of a percentage point from a year ago.  The number of people employed increased 3,721 over the month to 4,710,797 and increased 108,587 over the year. The number of people unemployed decreased 8,930 over the month to 234,768 and decreased 8,984 over the year.    

Seasonally adjusted Total Non-farm industry employment, as gathered through the monthly establishment survey, decreased 7,000 to 4,380,500 in April.  The major industries with the largest over-the-month increases were Professional & Business Services at 2,000, followed by Education & Health Services, 1,300; Other Services, 1,000; Information, 200; and Mining & Logging, 100. Major industries experiencing decreases were Government, 3,800; Construction, 3,600; Trade, Transportation & Utilities, 2,000; Financial Activities, 1,400; Manufacturing, 700; and Leisure & Hospitality Services, 100.     

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