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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
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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (p)5.4        

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 (p)13.7        

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 (p)23.5        

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 (p)9.7        

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 (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 (p)26.0        

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

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 (p)93,563        

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 (p)89,920        

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 (p)3,643        

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 (p)3.9        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam Counties in West Virginia.