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2021 Year-End Employment Trends 2021 EMPLOYMENT 17 <br /> 0.1 Mining 0.0 SECTOR ANALYSIS <br /> 5.1 Construction 1.2 The sector employment analysis presented on this page is based on the <br /> new North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). North <br /> 5.8 Durables 9.9 Carolina employment is expected to reach 4,614,900 persons by <br /> 4.5 December 2021, an increase of 5.4 percent over the employment level <br /> Nondurables -0.1 in December 2020. The state is expected to add 245,100 net jobs in <br /> 4.1 Wholesale Trade 1.3 2021. <br /> 10.9 Retail Trade 1.9 Twelve of the state's fourteen nonagricultural sectors of the economy <br /> are expected to experience employment increases during 2021. The <br /> 3.6 TWU 4.6 sectors with the expected strongest employment increases in 2021 are <br /> 1.9 Information 16.0 hospitality and leisure services and information,both at 16.0 percent. <br /> 5.8 FIRE 3.6 <br /> W 2021 Employment Highlights <br /> 14.1 B&P Services 6.2 Year-End* Percent <br /> C Total Establishment Change <br /> Employment 4,614.9 5.4 <br /> v E&H Services 6.1 Mining 5.6 0.0 <br /> 13.6 Construction 233.6 1.2 <br /> a H&L Services 16.0 Manufacturing 472.6 5.4 <br /> Durable Goods 266.3 9.9 <br /> Nondurable Goods 206.3 -0.1 <br /> 11.0 Wholesale Trade 189.9 1.3 <br /> 3.7 JRetail Trade 503.5 1.9 <br /> Other Services 7.5 TWU 165.3 4.6 <br /> Information 85.6 16.0 <br /> FIRE 268.9 3.6 <br /> 15.8 B&P Services 650.6 6.2 <br /> Government 3.1 E&H Services 629.2 6.1 <br /> H&L Services 506.8 16.0 <br /> Other Services 172.5 7.5 <br /> Government 730.8 3.1 <br /> Percent of Sector Employment Growth *thousands of persons <br />