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
2024	141.9	142.7	143.9	144.6	145.6	142.9	142.4	143.5	144.6	145.8	146.5	146.2	144.2
2025	142.0	144.0	(p)144.8
Manufacturing
2024	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.7
2025	12.4	12.5	(p)12.4
Professional & Business Services
2024	12.4	12.5	12.6	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.6	12.7
2025	12.6	12.7	(p)12.8
Educational & Health Services
2024	32.5	32.7	33.0	32.9	33.1	33.1	33.4	33.6	33.6	33.8	34.0	34.0	33.3
2025	33.9	33.9	(p)34.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	14.4	14.4	14.6	14.7	15.0	15.1	14.8	14.9	14.8	14.6	14.8	14.8	14.7
2025	14.0	14.2	(p)14.6
Government
2024	24.4	24.9	25.0	25.1	25.8	22.7	22.0	23.2	24.4	25.1	25.3	25.3	24.4
2025	23.7	24.9	(p)25.0
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
2024	(1)155,594	(1)156,361	(1)157,105	(1)157,691	(1)157,780	(1)158,180	(1)158,812	(1)157,808	(1)158,053	(1)157,852	(1)156,620	(1)156,505	(1)157,363
2025	156,162	157,193	(p)157,432
Employment
2024	(1)147,175	(1)147,596	(1)148,962	(1)150,650	(1)150,562	(1)149,637	(1)149,999	(1)149,614	(1)150,803	(1)150,893	(1)149,465	(1)149,139	(1)149,541
2025	147,253	148,830	(p)149,362
Unemployment
2024	(1)8,419	(1)8,765	(1)8,143	(1)7,041	(1)7,218	(1)8,543	(1)8,813	(1)8,194	(1)7,250	(1)6,959	(1)7,155	(1)7,366	(1)7,822
2025	8,909	8,363	(p)8,070
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)5.4	(1)5.6	(1)5.2	(1)4.5	(1)4.6	(1)5.4	(1)5.5	(1)5.2	(1)4.6	(1)4.4	(1)4.6	(1)4.7	(1)5.0
2025	5.7	5.3	(p)5.1
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (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.