Area Cross State Estimates North Carolina Major Metropolitan Estimates Asheville Charlotte Gastonia Concord Durham Fayetteville

le Greensboro High Point Hickory Lenoir Morganton Raleigh Cary Wilmington Winston Salem

Total Employment

Employment Per 1000 **

Location Quotient **

Average Hourly Wage

Average Annual Wage

3,070

0.81

1.29

$12.73

$26,470

150 810 260 140 270 80 490 190 60

0.89 1 0.97 1.1 0.8 0.57 1 1.38 0.31

1.41 1.6 1.55 1.76 1.28 0.91 1.6 2.2 0.5

$14.82 $13.36 * $11.26 $12.01 $11.40 $14.02 $12.46 $13.45

$30,830 $27,790 * $23,410 $24,970 $23,720 $29,150 $25,910 $27,980

** Employment Per 1000 ** Location Quotient

The number of jobs (employment) in the given occupation per 1000 jobs in the given area A Location Quotient for an industry is the simple ratio of the percentage of local employment in the industry divided by the percentage of national employment in the industry. For an industry to be highly specialized, the location quotient should be higher than 1.4. A location quotient between 0.7 and 1.4 is considered medium concentration, whilst a location quotient below 0.7 is considered to have a low concentration.