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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
2020	108.5	108.3	107.5	94.7	96.4	101.6	99.4	100.4	100.9	101.6	102.8	102.0	102.0
2021	100.3	100.7	101.6	101.8	102.8	(p)103.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	6.5	6.2	6.2	5.0	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.6	5.9	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.8
2021	5.3	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.5	(p)5.6
Manufacturing
2020	3.2	3.1	3.2	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
2021	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	(p)3.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	17.6	17.4	17.2	15.0	15.6	16.4	16.4	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.8	16.8	16.6
2021	16.3	16.2	16.4	16.4	16.6	(p)16.6
Information
2020	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.4
2021	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
Financial Activities
2020	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7
2021	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.6	(p)6.7
Professional & Business Services
2020	13.3	13.5	13.4	12.4	12.4	12.8	12.5	12.6	12.4	12.6	12.8	12.7	12.8
2021	12.6	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.6	(p)12.8
Educational & Health Services
2020	21.3	21.6	21.3	19.5	19.6	20.2	20.3	20.6	20.7	21.0	21.4	21.1	20.7
2021	21.2	21.1	21.2	21.1	21.5	(p)21.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	9.7	9.8	9.5	5.1	5.9	7.9	8.1	7.9	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.7	8.0
2021	7.5	7.6	7.8	8.1	8.5	(p)8.6
Other Services
2020	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6
2021	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	(p)3.7
Government
2020	24.5	24.4	24.5	23.6	22.9	23.9	22.2	22.6	22.8	23.0	23.6	23.5	23.5
2021	22.9	23.3	23.5	23.6	23.5	(p)23.3
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
2020	(1)94,234	(1)94,633	(1)93,189	(1)92,281	(1)94,010	(1)94,963	(1)93,777	(1)93,536	(1)92,727	(1)92,484	(1)92,789	(1)92,444	(1)93,422
2021	91,716	92,605	91,884	93,544	93,434	(p)94,687
Employment
2020	(1)89,200	(1)89,535	(1)87,706	(1)76,310	(1)81,178	(1)84,280	(1)83,777	(1)84,568	(1)84,821	(1)85,716	(1)85,998	(1)85,404	(1)84,874
2021	84,881	85,947	85,950	87,595	88,229	(p)89,572
Unemployment
2020	(1)5,034	(1)5,098	(1)5,483	(1)15,971	(1)12,832	(1)10,683	(1)10,000	(1)8,968	(1)7,906	(1)6,768	(1)6,791	(1)7,040	(1)8,548
2021	6,835	6,658	5,934	5,949	5,205	(p)5,115
Unemployment Rate
2020	(1)5.3	(1)5.4	(1)5.9	(1)17.3	(1)13.6	(1)11.2	(1)10.7	(1)9.6	(1)8.5	(1)7.3	(1)7.3	(1)7.6	(1)9.1
2021	7.5	7.2	6.5	6.4	5.6	(p)5.4
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (p) Preliminary
The Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam Counties in West Virginia.