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EMPLOYMENT

Median family income: $46,200
Per capita personal income: $25,342
Unemployment rate: 4.4%
(source, NC Dept of Commerce, 2003)

EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR (# of firms)
Agriculture: 58
Utilities: 6
Construction: 269
Finance/Insurance/Real estate: 193
Information: 39
Manufacturing: 80
Retail trade: 399
Wholesale trade: 84
Services: 996
Transportation: 83

LARGEST MANUFACTURERS with employment numbers

NADEP	Machinery & Equipment	4133
Moen Inc	Plumbing Fixture Fittings	1000
Hatteras Yachts	Boating Building & Repair	925
B S H Home Appliances	Household Appliances	650
Weyerhaeuser Co	Pulp Mills	528
Maola Milk & Ice Cream	Ice Cream	480
Amital Spinning Corp	Yarn Spinning Mills	175
Chatsworth Products Inc	Fabricated Metal Products	166
Wheatstone Corp	Household Audio & Video	90
Sun Journal Inc	Newspapers, Publishing	81
Eastern Building Components	Structural Wood Members	75
Aylward Enterprises Inc	Packaging Machinery	62

MAJOR EMPLOYERS

PUBLIC SECTOR
Naval Aviation Depot	4133
Craven County Schools	1885
Craven Regional Medical	1740
Craven County	630
City of New Bern	400
Neuse Center for Mental Health	325
Marine Corps Community Services	264
Craven Community College	159

PRIVATE SECTOR
PCS Phosphate	1037
Moen	1000
Hatteras Yachts	925
BSH Home Appliances	650
Weyerhaeuser Co	528
Maola Milk & Ice Cream	480
Wal-Mart	377
Howell's Child Care	282
East Carolina Internal Medicine	215
Sprint	200
Coastal Carolina Health Care	180
Amital Spinning Corp	175
Trader Construction Co	175
Chatsworth Products	166
Lowe's of New Bern	144
Cheraton Grand New Bern	112
Fairfield Harbour Golf Club	100
New Bern Building Supply	99
Wheatstone Corp	90


			Waldeane Giacobbe 312 South Front Street New Bern, NC 28560	Office: (252) 633-3069 Toll Free: (877) 639-2376