West Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
|
West Virginia |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2022 |
694.3 |
697.0 |
697.9 |
697.3 |
697.0 |
694.0 |
693.8 |
693.9 |
694.8 |
696.1 |
702.5 |
694.9 |
2023 |
698.0 |
699.1 |
699.6 |
698.5 |
699.6 |
700.7 |
703.6 |
704.6 |
|
|
|
|
Mining & Logging |
|
2022 |
19.0 |
19.3 |
19.3 |
19.4 |
19.6 |
19.8 |
20.0 |
20.2 |
20.4 |
20.4 |
20.7 |
21.1 |
2023 |
20.7 |
20.8 |
21.0 |
21.5 |
21.9 |
22.2 |
22.2 |
22.1 |
|
|
|
|
Construction |
|
2022 |
33.6 |
33.7 |
33.3 |
32.4 |
31.5 |
30.8 |
30.5 |
30.4 |
30.2 |
31.9 |
32.0 |
32.6 |
2023 |
31.7 |
31.0 |
30.9 |
31.1 |
31.4 |
31.9 |
32.3 |
33.0 |
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing |
|
2022 |
45.6 |
45.7 |
45.9 |
47.0 |
47.2 |
47.1 |
46.2 |
45.8 |
46.2 |
46.1 |
45.8 |
45.7 |
2023 |
46.1 |
45.7 |
45.7 |
45.5 |
45.6 |
45.5 |
45.7 |
45.6 |
|
|
|
|
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2022 |
124.0 |
124.1 |
123.8 |
123.7 |
122.9 |
122.0 |
122.3 |
122.2 |
122.2 |
121.8 |
120.4 |
120.8 |
2023 |
122.4 |
122.9 |
123.3 |
123.0 |
122.7 |
122.5 |
122.3 |
121.9 |
|
|
|
|
Information |
|
2022 |
7.5 |
7.7 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
7.7 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
7.7 |
7.7 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
2023 |
7.7 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
7.9 |
7.7 |
7.7 |
7.9 |
8.0 |
|
|
|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2022 |
25.3 |
25.3 |
25.3 |
25.5 |
25.3 |
25.3 |
25.4 |
25.5 |
25.5 |
25.7 |
25.5 |
25.5 |
2023 |
25.3 |
25.1 |
25.4 |
25.3 |
25.4 |
25.4 |
25.6 |
26.0 |
|
|
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2022 |
71.1 |
71.5 |
71.8 |
72.1 |
72.5 |
72.1 |
71.9 |
72.1 |
72.3 |
72.3 |
71.5 |
70.6 |
2023 |
70.8 |
71.1 |
71.3 |
71.5 |
71.7 |
71.5 |
71.7 |
71.9 |
|
|
|
|
Educational & Health Services |
|
2022 |
126.9 |
127.1 |
127.3 |
127.7 |
127.8 |
127.7 |
127.8 |
127.8 |
128.4 |
128.6 |
128.7 |
128.8 |
2023 |
129.7 |
130.5 |
130.0 |
129.6 |
130.1 |
130.2 |
130.7 |
131.0 |
|
|
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2022 |
69.4 |
70.5 |
70.4 |
70.1 |
70.0 |
69.7 |
69.8 |
69.6 |
69.4 |
69.0 |
68.7 |
68.9 |
2023 |
70.3 |
70.1 |
70.2 |
69.7 |
69.9 |
70.8 |
70.6 |
69.9 |
|
|
|
|
Other Services |
|
2022 |
23.7 |
23.8 |
24.0 |
24.0 |
24.0 |
23.7 |
23.9 |
23.9 |
23.7 |
24.2 |
24.3 |
24.5 |
2023 |
24.5 |
24.9 |
24.9 |
24.9 |
25.1 |
25.1 |
25.2 |
25.4 |
|
|
|
|
Government |
|
2022 |
148.2 |
148.3 |
149.0 |
147.6 |
148.4 |
148.1 |
148.2 |
148.6 |
148.8 |
148.4 |
157.1 |
148.6 |
2023 |
148.8 |
149.2 |
149.1 |
148.5 |
148.1 |
147.9 |
149.4 |
149.8 |
|
|
|
|
Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
|
West Virginia |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Labor Force |
|
2022 |
782,880 |
784,581 |
785,927 |
786,667 |
786,778 |
786,407 |
785,694 |
784,920 |
784,352 |
784,125 |
784,180 |
784,323 |
2023 |
784,041 |
782,723 |
782,365 |
782,182 |
782,365 |
783,112 |
784,058 |
786,432 |
|
|
|
|
Employment |
|
2022 |
753,003 |
755,664 |
757,359 |
757,846 |
757,211 |
755,815 |
754,091 |
752,630 |
751,923 |
751,868 |
752,180 |
752,464 |
2023 |
753,125 |
753,910 |
755,499 |
756,217 |
756,819 |
757,286 |
757,576 |
758,168 |
|
|
|
|
Unemployment |
|
2022 |
29,877 |
28,917 |
28,568 |
28,821 |
29,567 |
30,592 |
31,603 |
32,290 |
32,429 |
32,257 |
32,000 |
31,859 |
2023 |
30,916 |
28,813 |
26,866 |
25,965 |
25,546 |
25,826 |
26,482 |
28,264 |
|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
|
2022 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
2023 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
|
|
|
|
United States Department of Labor
