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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
2021	101.4	102.0	103.2	103.4	103.5	104.1	104.0	103.8	103.6	103.7	103.8	104.8	103.4
2022	102.2	103.0	104.1	104.8	105.7	105.7	(p)104.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	6.3	6.4	6.7	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.3	6.5
2022	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.2	6.1	(p)6.1
Manufacturing
2021	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
2022	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	(p)3.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	16.7	16.6	16.7	16.6	16.8	16.8	16.8	16.7	16.7	16.6	16.9	17.4	16.8
2022	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.7	16.6	16.7	(p)16.8
Information
2021	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
2022	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	(p)1.5
Financial Activities
2021	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7
2022	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.8	(p)6.7
Professional & Business Services
2021	12.3	12.3	12.5	12.7	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.7	12.5	12.7	12.6
2022	12.3	12.4	12.7	13.0	12.6	13.2	(p)13.0
Educational & Health Services
2021	20.9	21.2	21.2	21.2	21.1	21.2	21.2	21.2	21.2	21.1	21.0	21.5	21.2
2022	21.2	21.5	21.8	21.7	21.9	21.9	(p)21.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	7.5	7.6	7.8	7.9	8.2	8.5	8.6	8.6	8.4	8.5	8.5	8.6	8.2
2022	8.1	8.4	8.5	8.8	8.8	9.0	(p)9.0
Other Services
2021	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7
2022	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	(p)3.8
Government
2021	22.9	23.1	23.4	23.6	23.6	23.6	23.0	23.2	23.3	23.3	23.5	23.4	23.3
2022	23.2	23.2	23.5	23.4	24.5	23.6	(p)23.0
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
2021	(1)91,320	(1)92,191	(1)91,628	(1)92,616	(1)92,391	(1)94,212	(1)94,130	(1)93,037	(1)91,475	(1)91,053	(1)90,521	(1)90,963	(1)92,128
2022	91,178	91,564	91,084	91,785	91,971	(p)94,256
Employment
2021	(1)84,915	(1)85,725	(1)85,650	(1)86,786	(1)87,014	(1)88,623	(1)89,176	(1)88,274	(1)87,731	(1)87,596	(1)87,315	(1)87,699	(1)87,209
2022	87,064	87,383	87,362	88,363	88,754	(p)90,294
Unemployment
2021	(1)6,405	(1)6,466	(1)5,978	(1)5,830	(1)5,377	(1)5,589	(1)4,954	(1)4,763	(1)3,744	(1)3,457	(1)3,206	(1)3,264	(1)4,919
2022	4,114	4,181	3,722	3,422	3,217	(p)3,962
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)7.0	(1)7.0	(1)6.5	(1)6.3	(1)5.8	(1)5.9	(1)5.3	(1)5.1	(1)4.1	(1)3.8	(1)3.5	(1)3.6	(1)5.3
2022	4.5	4.6	4.1	3.7	3.5	(p)4.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (p) Preliminary
The Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam Counties in West Virginia.