LABOR
MARKET OVERVIEW
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Workforce Development Consortium
Success Through Partnership
Cape Fear Workforce Development Board
October 2014
Regional Labor Market Snapshot
Trending
5-Year
Percent Change
in Employment*
Cape Fear
Region
UNEMPLOYMENT*
August 2014
Cape Fear Total = 15,012
Cape Fear
7.1%
North Carolina
7.0%
United States
6.3%
REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT*
Cape Fear
7.1%
Employment & Wages by Supersector
1st Quarter 2014
Cape Fear Total = 196,248
2,952 Less People Working
in August than previous month
1,791 More People Working
than same period one year ago
CLAIMS-TAKING ACTIVITY
Initial Claims Total = 851
14% Decrease in Claims
in August over previous month
Benefits Paid Total = $1,486,926
9% Decrease in Payments
in August over previous month
Duration of Claims Down 2% to 15.9
in August over previous month
Establishments
Avg. Employment
Avg. Weekly Wage
INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING
Natural Resources & Mining
124
995
$573.00
BENEFITS
Construction
1,301
8,026
$741.00
Cape Fear Total = 1,696
Manufacturing
347
8,989
$1,375.00
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2,723
31,743
$685.00
D70 UcCl caSc 111 V^ldlllldlllb
in August over previous month
Information
165
3,032
$1,116.00
Financial Activities
1,301
6,921
$1,064.00
AVAILABLE JOBS
Professional & Business Services
2,289
18,478
$899.00
Education & Health Services
1,486
39,062
$723.00
12,562 Jobs Posted Online
over past 90 days
Leisure & Hospitality Services
1,357
21,563
$277.00
Other Services
877
3,813
$476.00
788 More Job Openings
than same period one year ago
Public Administration
142
9,985
$814.00
Note: All data produced in this publication are generated by LEAD unless otherwise stated.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted Online
‘August 2014 data are preliminary, while other 2014 data are revised. All other reported data have undergone annual revision.
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