Figure 9. West Virginia employment in mining, logging, and construction; mining and logging; and construction, in thousands, January 2007–December 2016
Date	Mining and logging	Construction	Mining, logging, and construction
Jan 2007	28.3	40.9	69.2
Feb 2007	28.2	39.3	67.5
Mar 2007	28.2	40.5	68.7
Apr 2007	28.3	39.1	67.4
May 2007	28.4	39.0	67.4
Jun 2007	28.7	38.9	67.6
Jul 2007	28.9	38.6	67.5
Aug 2007	29.2	38.3	67.5
Sep 2007	28.8	38.1	66.9
Oct 2007	28.8	38.3	67.1
Nov 2007	28.7	38.2	66.9
Dec 2007	28.8	38.4	67.2
Jan 2008	28.9	39.5	68.4
Feb 2008	29.1	39.3	68.4
Mar 2008	29.4	38.5	67.9
Apr 2008	30.0	38.6	68.6
May 2008	30.7	38.4	69.1
Jun 2008	31.1	38.1	69.2
Jul 2008	31.4	38.7	70.1
Aug 2008	31.8	38.9	70.7
Sep 2008	32.4	39.3	71.7
Oct 2008	33.1	39.5	72.6
Nov 2008	33.1	39.5	72.6
Dec 2008	33.0	38.9	71.9
Jan 2009	32.8	37.0	69.8
Feb 2009	32.3	37.3	69.6
Mar 2009	32.0	37.0	69.0
Apr 2009	31.1	33.8	64.9
May 2009	30.2	34.5	64.7
Jun 2009	29.3	33.4	62.7
Jul 2009	28.6	33.0	61.6
Aug 2009	28.4	32.7	61.1
Sep 2009	28.4	32.2	60.6
Oct 2009	28.2	32.4	60.6
Nov 2009	28.2	32.7	60.9
Dec 2009	28.5	33.8	62.3
Jan 2010	28.4	32.2	60.6
Feb 2010	28.7	31.5	60.2
Mar 2010	29.0	33.1	62.1
Apr 2010	29.4	32.8	62.2
May 2010	29.7	32.4	62.1
Jun 2010	30.0	32.8	62.8
Jul 2010	30.6	33.0	63.6
Aug 2010	30.8	33.1	63.9
Sep 2010	30.9	33.6	64.5
Oct 2010	31.0	33.7	64.7
Nov 2010	31.3	33.0	64.3
Dec 2010	31.4	31.9	63.3
Jan 2011	31.7	31.3	63.0
Feb 2011	32.4	31.7	64.1
Mar 2011	32.4	31.9	64.3
Apr 2011	32.8	32.2	65.0
May 2011	33.2	32.7	65.9
Jun 2011	33.6	32.7	66.3
Jul 2011	33.9	33.4	67.3
Aug 2011	34.3	33.4	67.7
Sep 2011	34.6	33.3	67.9
Oct 2011	34.8	33.5	68.3
Nov 2011	35.0	34.0	69.0
Dec 2011	35.5	35.4	70.9
Jan 2012	35.4	35.8	71.2
Feb 2012	35.3	36.4	71.7
Mar 2012	35.0	36.5	71.5
Apr 2012	34.2	36.1	70.3
May 2012	33.9	35.5	69.4
Jun 2012	33.5	35.9	69.4
Jul 2012	33.1	35.5	68.6
Aug 2012	32.8	35.6	68.4
Sep 2012	32.7	35.6	68.3
Oct 2012	32.4	35.3	67.7
Nov 2012	32.1	34.2	66.3
Dec 2012	31.9	35.0	66.9
Jan 2013	31.8	35.5	67.3
Feb 2013	31.9	35.7	67.6
Mar 2013	31.9	35.1	67.0
Apr 2013	32.0	35.0	67.0
May 2013	32.3	35.0	67.3
Jun 2013	32.2	33.8	66.0
Jul 2013	32.0	34.5	66.5
Aug 2013	31.9	34.3	66.2
Sep 2013	31.5	33.9	65.4
Oct 2013	31.3	33.6	64.9
Nov 2013	31.1	33.6	64.7
Dec 2013	30.9	33.2	64.1
Jan 2014	30.5	33.2	63.7
Feb 2014	30.6	32.7	63.3
Mar 2014	30.6	33.4	64.0
Apr 2014	30.7	33.9	64.6
May 2014	30.6	34.1	64.7
Jun 2014	30.5	34.0	64.5
Jul 2014	30.2	33.9	64.1
Aug 2014	30.1	33.8	63.9
Sep 2014	30.0	34.2	64.2
Oct 2014	29.6	34.3	63.9
Nov 2014	29.5	33.8	63.3
Dec 2014	28.8	33.8	62.6
Jan 2015	28.7	33.2	61.9
Feb 2015	28.0	33.3	61.3
Mar 2015	27.7	33.0	60.7
Apr 2015	27.3	33.1	60.4
May 2015	27.0	34.0	61.0
Jun 2015	25.9	33.0	58.9
Jul 2015	25.5	32.4	57.9
Aug 2015	24.9	32.2	57.1
Sep 2015	24.9	31.3	56.2
Oct 2015	24.6	30.9	55.5
Nov 2015	23.9	31.2	55.1
Dec 2015	23.3	31.4	54.7
Jan 2016	21.8	31.1	52.9
Feb 2016	21.6	31.1	52.7
Mar 2016	21.2	32.1	53.3
Apr 2016	20.8	31.4	52.2
May 2016	19.9	30.0	49.9
Jun 2016	19.8	28.8	48.6
Jul 2016	19.5	29.2	48.7
Aug 2016	19.6	29.0	48.6
Sep 2016	19.6	28.6	48.2
Oct 2016	19.9	28.9	48.8
Nov 2016	20.1	29.4	49.5
Dec 2016	20.5	30.2	50.7
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.