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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
2025	104.5	105.5	106.1	105.7	106.9	106.7	105.3	105.4	104.9	105.8	106.3	106.1	105.8
2026	(p)104.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	5.7	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.2	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.7	6.0
2026	(p)5.6
Manufacturing
2025	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
2026	(p)3.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.3	16.2	16.0	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.2
2026	(p)16.0
Information
2025	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
2026	(p)1.0
Financial Activities
2025	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.1	5.1
2026	(p)5.1
Professional & Business Services
2025	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.6	12.4	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.7
2026	(p)12.8
Educational & Health Services
2025	24.2	24.4	24.7	24.6	24.7	24.5	24.3	24.5	24.5	24.7	24.9	24.9	24.6
2026	(p)24.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	8.8	8.9	9.0	9.2	9.5	9.6	9.4	9.4	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.0	9.2
2026	(p)8.7
Other Services
2025	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.9	3.9
2026	(p)3.8
Government
2025	23.4	23.6	23.8	23.6	23.9	23.7	22.8	23.1	23.3	23.4	23.7	23.5	23.5
2026	(p)23.1
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
2025	88,786	88,347	88,370	89,815	89,650	91,950	91,423	91,047	90,652	(1)-	90,286	(p)89,507
2026	(p)86,825
Employment
2025	84,839	84,732	84,851	86,610	86,548	88,166	87,921	87,024	86,684	(1)-	86,078	(p)85,528
2026	(p)82,631
Unemployment
2025	3,947	3,615	3,519	3,205	3,102	3,784	3,502	4,023	3,968	(1)-	4,208	(p)3,979
2026	(p)4,194
Unemployment Rate
2025	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.6	3.5	4.1	3.8	4.4	4.4	(1)-	4.7	(p)4.4
2026	(p)4.8
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary
The Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam Counties in West Virginia.