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Charleston, 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	Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2018	109.5	109.8	110.2	110.6	112.5	111.9	110.6	110.9	110.7	110.6	110.5	110.2	110.7
2019	108.1	108.7	109.4	109.6	110.3	111.1	110.1	110.6	110.2	110.2	110.1	(p)109.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2018	6.6	6.6	6.8	7.1	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.2	6.9	7.1
2019	6.8	6.7	6.9	6.9	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	6.9	(p)6.6
Manufacturing
2018	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
2019	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	(p)3.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	18.3	18.2	18.2	18.1	18.3	18.3	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.3	18.6	18.6	18.3
2019	17.8	17.7	17.7	17.9	17.9	17.7	17.7	17.7	17.6	17.7	17.8	(p)18.1
Information
2018	1.6	1.6	1.3	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
2019	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	(p)1.5
Financial Activities
2018	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1
2019	7.1	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.1	(p)7.0
Professional & Business Services
2018	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.5	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.4	14.2	14.4
2019	14.0	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.5	(p)14.3
Educational & Health Services
2018	20.8	20.9	21.0	20.9	20.8	20.8	20.5	20.6	20.8	20.9	20.9	21.2	20.8
2019	21.0	21.0	21.1	21.0	21.2	21.4	21.5	21.7	21.6	21.8	21.9	(p)22.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	9.8	9.8	10.0	10.1	10.4	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.2	10.0	9.8	9.8	10.1
2019	9.4	9.5	9.7	9.9	10.2	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.1	10.0	9.9	(p)9.8
Other Services
2018	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0
2019	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	(p)3.9
Government
2018	23.7	23.8	24.1	23.9	25.0	24.2	23.2	23.4	23.4	23.2	23.4	23.3	23.7
2019	22.9	23.2	23.4	23.2	23.2	23.5	22.4	22.7	22.9	22.8	23.0	(p)22.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2018	92,421	93,349	93,068	93,177	93,324	95,007	93,818	92,734	92,337	92,340	91,279	91,069	92,827
2019	91,311	92,163	91,558	91,967	92,248	95,129	94,779	94,283	93,947	93,983	93,101	(p)92,948
Employment
2018	86,845	87,293	87,208	88,009	88,551	89,869	88,957	87,946	87,962	87,931	86,946	86,600	87,843
2019	85,882	86,636	86,831	88,129	88,253	90,650	90,571	90,000	90,001	89,810	88,677	(p)88,567
Unemployment
2018	5,576	6,056	5,860	5,168	4,773	5,138	4,861	4,788	4,375	4,409	4,333	4,469	4,984
2019	5,429	5,527	4,727	3,838	3,995	4,479	4,208	4,283	3,946	4,173	4,424	(p)4,381
Unemployment Rate
2018	6.0	6.5	6.3	5.5	5.1	5.4	5.2	5.2	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.9	5.4
2019	5.9	6.0	5.2	4.2	4.3	4.7	4.4	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.8	(p)4.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam Counties in West Virginia.