Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: 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	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	141.1	143.1	144.5	145.3	146.2	144.9	143.2	144.9	145.2	145.7	145.9	145.4	144.6
2026	142.3	142.7	144.3	(p)145.6
Manufacturing
2025	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.5	12.6
2026	12.4	12.6	12.6	(p)12.6
Professional & Business Services
2025	12.3	12.5	12.6	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	13.0	13.0	12.8	12.7
2026	12.6	12.6	12.8	(p)12.8
Educational & Health Services
2025	33.6	33.7	33.9	33.9	34.1	34.1	34.1	34.3	34.2	34.0	34.2	34.3	34.0
2026	34.3	34.3	34.4	(p)34.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	14.2	14.5	14.7	15.0	15.2	15.2	14.9	15.2	14.9	14.7	14.6	14.4	14.8
2026	13.7	13.6	14.2	(p)14.5
Government
2025	23.9	24.8	24.8	24.9	25.1	23.4	22.2	22.9	23.8	24.1	24.2	24.2	24.0
2026	23.0	23.7	24.2	(p)24.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2025	(1)155,522	(1)156,279	(1)157,078	(1)158,122	(1)157,995	(1)159,132	(1)158,223	(1)158,305	(1)158,410	(2)-	(1)157,201	(1)156,276	(1)(3)157,504
2026	154,325	155,782	155,215	(p)156,365
Employment
2025	(1)146,943	(1)147,892	(1)149,138	(1)151,445	(1)150,958	(1)151,153	(1)150,155	(1)150,606	(1)151,228	(2)-	(1)150,193	(1)149,404	(1)(3)149,920
2026	146,485	147,271	148,252	(p)149,774
Unemployment
2025	(1)8,579	(1)8,387	(1)7,940	(1)6,677	(1)7,037	(1)7,979	(1)8,068	(1)7,699	(1)7,182	(2)-	(1)7,008	(1)6,872	(1)(3)7,584
2026	7,840	8,511	6,963	(p)6,591
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)5.5	(1)5.4	(1)5.1	(1)4.2	(1)4.5	(1)5.0	(1)5.1	(1)4.9	(1)4.5	(2)-	(1)4.5	(1)4.4	(1)(3)4.8
2026	5.1	5.5	4.5	(p)4.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.