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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

2023

70.9 71.8 71.9 72.5 72.6 71.5 69.9 71.0 72.6 73.2 73.6 73.4 72.1

2024

71.4 72.1 72.0 72.8 71.6 70.5 70.5 71.1 72.8 (p)73.8      

Manufacturing

2023

2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

2024

2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 (p)1.8      

Professional & Business Services

2023

8.6 8.6 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.7

2024

8.5 8.5 8.5 8.7 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.6 (p)8.6      

Educational & Health Services

2023

17.0 17.2 17.4 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.9 17.9 18.1 18.2 18.3 17.7

2024

18.3 18.5 18.5 18.5 18.7 18.7 18.8 18.8 18.9 (p)19.1      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

6.8 7.0 6.9 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2

2024

7.0 7.1 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.2 (p)7.2      

Government

2023

17.8 18.4 18.5 18.5 18.6 17.2 16.0 16.7 17.9 18.3 18.5 18.3 17.9

2024

17.6 18.2 18.3 18.3 17.0 15.6 15.5 15.6 17.1 (p)17.7      

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

2023

69,760 70,609 70,399 71,204 71,276 71,516 70,649 71,353 71,842 72,030 71,420 70,690 71,062

2024

70,233 70,562 70,629 71,257 69,734 70,139 70,284 69,889 71,421 (p)71,558      

Employment

2023

67,389 68,270 68,122 69,125 69,093 68,918 68,224 68,724 69,594 69,762 69,247 68,367 68,736

2024

67,589 67,879 67,789 69,052 67,502 67,401 67,540 67,345 69,123 (p)69,450      

Unemployment

2023

2,371 2,339 2,277 2,079 2,183 2,598 2,425 2,629 2,248 2,268 2,173 2,323 2,326

2024

2,644 2,683 2,840 2,205 2,232 2,738 2,744 2,544 2,298 (p)2,108      

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.4 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.3

2024

3.8 3.8 4.0 3.1 3.2 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.2 (p)2.9      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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