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2020 Year-End Employment Trends 2020 EMPLOYMENT 15 <br /> 0.1 Mining -1.8 SECTOR ANALYSIS <br /> 5.2 Construction -2.0 The sector employment analysis presented on this page is based on the <br /> new North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). <br /> 5.5 Durables -7.2 Seasonally adjusted nonagricultural employment in North Carolina <br /> 4.6 reached 4,403,200 persons in December 2020, a decrease of 4.2 percent <br /> Nondurables -5.9 over the employment level in December 2019. The state lost 190,700 <br /> 4.3 Wholesale Trade -0.5 net jobs during the year. <br /> 11.3 Retail Trade -0.4 Eleven of the state's 14 nonagricultural sectors of the economy <br /> experienced employment decreases during 2020. The sectors with the <br /> 3.9 TWU 5.7 largest employment decreases in 2020 were hospitality and leisure <br /> c 1.7 Information -5.3 services at 20.8 percent, durable goods manufacturing at 7.2 percent, <br /> 5.9 FIRE 0.4 and information at 5.3 percent. <br /> W 2020 Employment Highlights <br /> H14.9 B&P Services 1.6 Year-End* Percent <br /> Total Establishment Change <br /> y, Employment 4,403.2 -4.2 <br /> Mining 5.5 -1.8 <br /> 13.5 E&H Services -4.8 Construction 226.8 -2.0 <br /> Manufacturing 447.5 -6.6 <br /> a Durable Goods 243.5 -7.2 <br /> Nondurable Goods 204.0 -5.9 <br /> 9.5 H&L Services -20.8 Wholesale Trade 188.0 -0.5 <br /> Retail Trade 498.0 -0.4 <br /> 3.6 Other Services -2.5 TWU 171.7 5.7 <br /> Information 73.8 -5.3 <br /> FIRE 260.6 0.4 <br /> B&P Services 654.6 1.6 <br /> 16.0 E&H Services 592.7 -4.8 <br /> Government -3.8 H&L Services 418.3 -20.8 <br /> Other Services 158.5 -2.5 <br /> Government 707.2 -3.8 <br /> Percent of Sector Employment Growth 'thousands of persons <br />