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North Carolina Alamance County Alexander County Alleghany County Anson County Ashe County Avery County Beaufort County Bertie County Bladen County Brunswick County Buncombe County Burke County Cabarrus County Caldwell County Camden County Carteret County Caswell County Catawba County Chatham County Cherokee County Chowan County Clay County Cleveland County Columbus County Craven County Cumberland County Currituck County Dare County Davidson County Davie County Duplin County Durham County Edgecombe County Forsyth County Franklin County Gaston County Gates County Graham County Granville County Greene County Guilford County Halifax County Harnett County Haywood County Henderson County Hertford County Hoke County Hyde County Iredell County Jackson County Johnston County Jones County Lee County Lenoir County Lincoln County McDowell County Macon County Madison County Martin County Mecklenburg County Mitchell County Montgomery County Moore County Nash County New Hanover County Northampton County Onslow County Orange County Pamlico County Pasquotank County Pender County Perquimans County Person County Pitt County Polk County Randolph County Richmond County Robeson County Rockingham County Rowan County Rutherford County Sampson County Scotland County Stanly County Stokes County Surry County Swain County Transylvania County Tyrrell County Union County Vance County Wake County Warren County Washington County Watauga County Wayne County Wilkes County Wilson County Yadkin County Yancey County All Others/County Not Assigned

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1999 1998 1997

Occupational Category	Job Orders	Job Openings	Job Placements
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishery	4,460	35,914	17,289
Benchwork	8,110	22,986	13,836
Clerical and Sales	43,903	79,325	27,026
Machine Trade	14,133	28,522	14,936
Miscellaneous Work	21,963	59,430	37,107
Processing	4,224	22,727	14,853
Professional, Technical & Managerial	37,744	47,656	8,262
Services	32,376	66,498	22,286
Structural Work	20,715	38,468	11,715

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Wage Range	Openings
Less Than $5.15	4,464
$5.15 - $6.50	82,111
$6.51 - $8.50	94,006
$8.51 - $10.00	32,721
$10.01 - $12.50	18,982
$12.51 - $15.00	8,525
More Than $15.00	6,810

The Minimum wage increased to $5.15 Sept. 1, 1997.