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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
2023	108.1	108.5	108.6	109.6	109.4	110.4	109.5	109.0	109.7	110.3	110.9	111.0	109.6
2024	109.0	109.6	109.9	110.2	112.0	111.6	111.5	111.8	111.1	(p)111.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	6.6	6.7	6.8	6.9	7.0	7.1	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.2	6.9	7.1
2024	6.5	6.6	6.8	7.0	7.2	7.4	7.6	7.7	7.6	(p)7.6
Manufacturing
2023	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	2.9	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1
2024	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	(p)3.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	17.1	17.0	16.8	16.9	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.0	17.1	17.5	17.8	17.1
2024	16.9	17.0	17.1	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.1	16.9	(p)17.1
Information
2023	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
2024	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
Financial Activities
2023	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
2024	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	(p)5.3
Professional & Business Services
2023	14.5	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.0	14.0	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.6	13.7	13.9
2024	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.6	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.6	(p)13.6
Educational & Health Services
2023	21.7	21.9	22.0	22.1	22.0	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.5	22.7	22.8	22.9	22.3
2024	22.9	23.2	23.1	23.2	23.4	23.4	23.5	23.5	23.5	(p)23.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	9.1	9.3	9.4	9.6	9.9	10.0	9.9	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6
2024	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.5	(p)9.4
Other Services
2023	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.1
2024	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	(p)4.2
Government
2023	25.1	25.3	25.3	25.7	25.5	25.7	25.1	25.5	25.6	25.8	26.0	26.0	25.6
2024	25.8	25.9	26.1	25.9	27.0	26.1	25.7	25.9	26.0	(p)26.2
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
2023	90,701	90,939	90,928	91,873	91,878	94,139	94,429	94,001	92,837	92,733	91,822	90,989	92,273
2024	91,609	91,771	92,099	92,655	93,228	94,660	94,977	93,741	93,349	(p)92,543
Employment
2023	87,300	87,459	87,535	88,788	88,693	90,477	90,903	89,983	89,434	89,310	88,553	87,605	88,837
2024	87,479	87,460	87,814	89,235	89,785	90,563	90,764	89,771	89,709	(p)89,219
Unemployment
2023	3,401	3,480	3,393	3,085	3,185	3,662	3,526	4,018	3,403	3,423	3,269	3,384	3,436
2024	4,130	4,311	4,285	3,420	3,443	4,097	4,213	3,970	3,640	(p)3,324
Unemployment Rate
2023	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.4	3.5	3.9	3.7	4.3	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.7
2024	4.5	4.7	4.7	3.7	3.7	4.3	4.4	4.2	3.9	(p)3.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam Counties in West Virginia.