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
2023	132.8	133.2	134.0	134.8	134.9	133.4	132.3	134.1	136.2	137.4	138.0	138.4	135.0
2024	135.5	135.7	(p)136.5
Manufacturing
2023	11.9	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2
2024	12.3	12.3	(p)12.3
Professional & Business Services
2023	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.3	12.3
2024	12.0	12.0	(p)11.9
Educational & Health Services
2023	29.5	29.7	29.7	29.7	30.0	29.8	29.9	30.1	30.3	30.3	30.4	30.6	30.0
2024	30.6	30.6	(p)30.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	13.8	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	14.2	14.0	14.1	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.3	14.0
2024	14.0	13.9	(p)14.0
Government
2023	23.2	23.8	23.8	23.6	23.3	21.6	20.8	22.2	23.5	24.1	24.3	24.6	23.2
2024	23.9	24.3	(p)24.5
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
2023	(1)142,309	(1)142,861	(1)143,323	(1)144,023	(1)143,837	(1)144,806	(1)144,557	(1)145,607	(1)145,508	(1)145,644	(1)144,778	(1)144,095	(1)144,279
2024	144,829	145,064	(p)145,942
Employment
2023	(1)135,882	(1)136,261	(1)137,089	(1)138,530	(1)138,034	(1)137,992	(1)138,051	(1)138,881	(1)139,578	(1)139,900	(1)139,256	(1)138,246	(1)138,142
2024	137,560	137,420	(p)138,405
Unemployment
2023	(1)6,427	(1)6,600	(1)6,234	(1)5,493	(1)5,803	(1)6,814	(1)6,506	(1)6,726	(1)5,930	(1)5,744	(1)5,522	(1)5,849	(1)6,137
2024	7,269	7,644	(p)7,537
Unemployment Rate
2023	(1)4.5	(1)4.6	(1)4.3	(1)3.8	(1)4.0	(1)4.7	(1)4.5	(1)4.6	(1)4.1	(1)3.9	(1)3.8	(1)4.1	(1)4.3
2024	5.0	5.3	(p)5.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024. (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.