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Morgantown, 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
Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2022

68.7 69.6 70.1 70.6 71.3 68.8 68.5 69.0 70.1 71.3 71.6 70.9 70.0

2023

68.8 70.2 70.5 70.7 70.7 68.6 68.9 (p)69.9          

Manufacturing

2022

3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.7

2023

2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 (p)2.1          

Professional & Business Services

2022

8.0 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.3

2023

8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 (p)8.7          

Educational & Health Services

2022

16.1 16.2 16.3 16.3 16.3 16.3 16.4 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.4

2023

16.6 16.8 16.7 16.7 16.8 16.9 16.8 (p)16.9          

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

6.4 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.9

2023

6.5 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.7 (p)6.7          

Government

2022

17.3 17.9 18.1 17.9 18.2 16.2 16.0 16.8 17.7 18.3 18.9 18.4 17.6

2023

17.4 18.4 18.5 18.5 18.3 15.9 16.2 (p)16.8          

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

70,541 71,283 71,114 71,507 71,670 71,610 71,093 70,998 71,024 71,936 70,746 70,277 71,150

2023

69,543 70,447 70,758 71,372 71,315 70,614 70,841 (p)71,860          

Employment

2022

67,691 68,274 68,461 69,085 69,321 68,651 68,330 68,158 68,967 69,778 68,617 68,214 68,629

2023

67,074 68,366 68,713 69,349 69,268 68,143 68,527 (p)69,255          

Unemployment

2022

2,850 3,009 2,653 2,422 2,349 2,959 2,763 2,840 2,057 2,158 2,129 2,063 2,521

2023

2,469 2,081 2,045 2,023 2,047 2,471 2,314 (p)2,605          

Unemployment Rate

2022

4.0 4.2 3.7 3.4 3.3 4.1 3.9 4.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.5

2023

3.6 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.5 3.3 (p)3.6          

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Monongalia and Preston Counties in West Virginia.