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Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

132.8 133.2 134.0 134.8 134.9 133.4 132.3 134.1 136.2 137.4 138.0 138.4 135.0

2024

135.5 (p)135.6                      

Manufacturing

2023

11.9 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.2 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.4 12.3 12.3 12.2

2024

12.3 (p)12.3                      

Professional & Business Services

2023

12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.4 12.4 12.2 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.3

2024

12.0 (p)12.0                      

Educational & Health Services

2023

29.5 29.7 29.7 29.7 30.0 29.8 29.9 30.1 30.3 30.3 30.4 30.6 30.0

2024

30.6 (p)30.7                      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

13.8 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.9 14.2 14.0 14.1 14.0 14.1 14.1 14.3 14.0

2024

14.0 (p)13.7                      

Government

2023

23.2 23.8 23.8 23.6 23.3 21.6 20.8 22.2 23.5 24.1 24.3 24.6 23.2

2024

23.9 (p)24.2                      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

143,787 143,945 144,417 145,246 146,460 147,740 147,459 148,925 147,727 147,476 146,431 (p)146,315  

2024

(p)145,259                        

Employment

2023

137,349 137,784 138,649 139,895 140,860 141,137 141,097 142,147 141,613 141,719 140,895 (p)140,421  

2024

(p)137,989                        

Unemployment

2023

6,438 6,161 5,768 5,351 5,600 6,603 6,362 6,778 6,114 5,757 5,536 (p)5,894  

2024

(p)7,270                        

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.5 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.8 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.8 (p)4.0  

2024

(p)5.0                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.