Morgantown, WV: 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
Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2012

64.1 66.2 67.2 67.6 67.9 64.3 65.1 65.8 68.1 68.8 69.0 68.7 66.9

2013

65.5 67.8 68.5 (P) 68.9                  

Manufacturing

 

2012

4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1

2013

4.1 4.1 4.1 (P) 4.1                  

Professional & Business Services

 

2012

5.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5

2013

5.5 5.5 5.6 (P) 5.6                  

Educational & Health Services

 

2012

13.0 13.0 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.1 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.5 13.2

2013

13.5 13.8 13.7 (P) 13.6                  

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2012

6.3 6.6 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0

2013

6.7 6.8 7.0 (P) 7.2                  

Government

 

2012

17.0 18.9 19.3 19.1 19.3 15.6 16.3 16.5 18.6 19.2 19.4 19.2 18.2

2013

17.2 19.1 19.3 (P) 19.2                  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2012

(1) 64,336 (1) 66,125 (1) 66,212 (1) 67,271 (1) 68,051 (1) 66,079 (1) 66,678 (1) 66,402 (1) 68,585 (1) 68,674 (1) 68,164 (1) 67,974 (1) 67,046

2013

66,158 67,710 (P) 67,397                    

Employment

 

2012

(1) 60,590 (1) 62,297 (1) 62,777 (1) 63,912 (1) 64,415 (1) 62,253 (1) 63,220 (1) 62,731 (1) 65,088 (1) 65,462 (1) 65,033 (1) 64,436 (1) 63,518

2013

62,118 63,932 (P) 64,139                    

Unemployment

 

2012

(1) 3,746 (1) 3,828 (1) 3,435 (1) 3,359 (1) 3,636 (1) 3,826 (1) 3,458 (1) 3,671 (1) 3,497 (1) 3,212 (1) 3,131 (1) 3,538 (1) 3,528

2013

4,040 3,778 (P) 3,258                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2012

(1) 5.8 (1) 5.8 (1) 5.2 (1) 5.0 (1) 5.3 (1) 5.8 (1) 5.2 (1) 5.5 (1) 5.1 (1) 4.7 (1) 4.6 (1) 5.2 (1) 5.3

2013

6.1 5.6 (P) 4.8                    

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals.
(P) Preliminary

The Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Monongalia and Preston Counties in West Virginia.