The state’s seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate was 4.2 percent, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from May’s revised rate.

The national rate increased 0.2 of a percentage point to 4 percent.

North Carolina’s June 2018 unemployment rate decreased 0.2 of a percentage point from a year ago. The number of people employed increased 13,721 over the month to 4.79 million and increased 67,608 over the year. The number of people unemployed decreased 4,079 over the month to 209,552, and decreased 8,046 over the year.

Seasonally adjusted total nonfarm industry employment, as gathered through the monthly establishment survey, increased 13,200 to 4.52 million in June. The major industries with the largest over-the-month increases were leisure and hospitality services at 4,000, followed by education and health services, 2,700; trade, transportation and utilities, 2,600; government, 1,900; financial activities, 1,800; other services, 1,100; construction, 900; information, 800; and mining and logging, 100.

Major industries experiencing decreases were professional and business services, 1,700; and manufacturing, 1,000.

Since June 2017, total nonfarm jobs gained 103,400 with the total private sector growing by 98,200 and government increasing by 5,200, the largest over-the-year increase among major industries was professional and business services at 21,500, followed by trade, transportation and utilities, 19,600; education and health services, 14,600; leisure and hospitality services, 11,300; construction, 9,400; manufacturing, 7,600; financial activities, 6,100; information, 5,700; government, 5,200; other services, 2,200; and mining and logging, 200.

The next unemployment update is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, when the county unemployment rates for June 2018 will be released.

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