1. NCET North Carolina Pg. 1 Prepared by: Roberto Gallardo Assistant Extension Professor November 2012 StateCountyMetro Status North CarolinaGreeneMetropolitan North CarolinaPittMetropolitan North CarolinaWilsonSmall City

2. Pre-Defined* Clusters Pg. 2 NCET – North Carolina Pre-Defined ClustersCodeNo. Industries Advanced Materials ManufacturingAdv. Mat.132 Agribusiness, Food Processing & TechnologyAg. Business78 Apparel & TextilesApparel63 Arts, Ent., Recreation and Visitor IndustriesAER57 Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences)Biomedical45 Business & Financial ServicesBusiness & Financial85 Chemicals & Chemical Based Products ManufacturingChemicals79 Computer & Electronic Product ManufacturingComputer30 Defense & SecurityDefense37 Education & Knowledge CreationEducation28 Electrical Equip., Appliance and Component ManufacturingElectrical22 Energy (Fossil & Renewable)Energy71 Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingFabricated Metal39 Forest & Wood ProductsForest60 Glass & CeramicsGlass17 Information Technology & TelecommunicationsIT Telecomm57 Machinery ManufacturingMachinery49 Mining 23 Primary Metal ManufacturingPrimary Metal25 Printing & PublishingPrinting38 Transportation & LogisticsTransp. & Logistics47 Transportation Equipment ManufacturingTransp. Equip.30 Last Updated: October 2012 *For a list of six-digit NAICS codes industries within each cluster see separate file Source: EMSI Complete employment – 2012.2

3. 2002-2007 % Change Jobs 2007 LQ Bubble size represents cluster’s average earnings in 2012 ; Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2012.2 NCET – North Carolina (2002-2007) Pg. 3 Education Electrical Transp. & Logistics Primary Metal Transp. Equipment Business & Financial Chemicals

4. 2007-2012 % Change Jobs 2012 LQ Bubble size represents cluster’s average earnings in 2012; Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2012.2 Pg. 4 Machinery Transp. Equipment Energy Chemicals Business & Financial Agribusiness Biomedical Primary Metal Education Transp. & Logistics Mining NCET – North Carolina (2007-2012) Advanced Materials Fabricated Metal IT Telecomm. Apparel

5. NCET – North Carolina 2002-2007 NCET2007 LQ2002 Jobs2007 Jobs02-07 Job Ch.2012 Avg. EarningsType Education2.429,55011,01115.30$50,562Stars Biomedical2.248,53610,17219.17$47,912Stars Business & Financial2.159,3509,7744.53$36,718Stars Ag. Business1.536,5056,9496.83$35,306Stars Chemicals1.275,6185,7662.63$73,016Stars Adv. Mat.1.185,7175,368-6.10$71,209Mature Energy0.813,1973,69715.64$36,226Emerging Defense0.732,3133,32043.54$30,843Emerging AER0.633,0702,871-6.48$16,247Transforming IT Telecomm0.602,0082,70534.71$50,979Emerging Transp. & Logistics0.522,0612,35714.36$33,604Emerging Apparel0.443,5732,006-43.86$36,685Transforming Printing0.371,9241,671-13.15$28,483Transforming Forest0.321,7061,472-13.72$48,461Transforming Fabricated Metal0.291,3741,301-5.31$55,992Transforming Machinery0.251,3551,145-15.50$53,490Transforming Computer0.187667984.18$49,988Emerging Transp. Equip.0.161,056719-31.91$50,562Transforming Glass0.09903425-52.93$65,970Transforming Electrical0.04171941041.18$72,868Emerging Mining0.04194178-8.25$29,602Transforming Primary Metal0.025811089.66$67,391Emerging *Clusters were ranked in descending order based on their 2007 LQ Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2012.2 Bubble Chart Results Pg. 5

6. *Clusters were ranked in descending order based on their 2012 LQ Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2012.2 Bubble Chart Results Pg. 6 NCET2012 LQ2007 Jobs2012 Jobs07-12 Job Ch.2012 Avg. EarningsType Education2.6911,01111,1681.43$50,562Stars Biomedical2.6310,17210,9107.26$47,912Stars Business & Financial2.369,774 0.00$36,718Transforming Ag. Business1.616,9496,685-3.80$35,306Mature Chemicals1.535,7666,3329.82$73,016Stars Adv. Mat.1.495,3686,18815.28$71,209Stars Energy0.873,6973,600-2.62$36,226Transforming AER0.702,8712,9011.04$16,247Emerging Transp. & Logistics0.532,3572,208-6.32$33,604Transforming Defense0.523,3202,153-35.15$30,843Transforming IT Telecomm0.462,7051,929-28.69$50,979Transforming Fabricated Metal0.341,3011,3967.30$55,992Emerging Forest0.301,4721,234-16.17$48,461Transforming Apparel0.262,0061,094-45.46$36,685Transforming Printing0.251,6711,034-38.12$28,483Transforming Machinery0.231,145955-16.59$53,490Transforming Computer0.197988020.50$49,988Emerging Transp. Equip.0.11719463-35.61$50,562Transforming Glass0.07425306-28.00$65,970Transforming Mining0.0617826548.88$29,602Emerging Electrical0.0619423621.65$72,868Emerging Primary Metal0.0311014027.27$67,391Emerging NCET – North Carolina 2007-2012

7. Pg. 7 2012 Expenditures & Leakage* *Only top 20 industries used to calculate the leakage Sorted in descending order based on total expenditures Source: EMSI Complete Employment – 2011.4 NCET – North Carolina