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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2024	715.9	718.3	718.8	716.7	726.4	715.6	715.3	715.9	715.6	715.7	716.3	716.1
2025	713.7	717.9	(p)716.8
Mining & Logging
2024	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.3	21.4	21.4	21.3	21.1	20.9	20.7	21.4	21.4
2025	21.2	21.0	(p)20.9
Construction
2024	34.5	35.2	34.5	33.8	33.8	33.7	33.2	33.3	33.6	33.4	33.0	33.1
2025	33.7	35.3	(p)34.9
Manufacturing
2024	46.6	46.7	46.4	46.3	46.2	45.7	45.6	45.9	45.8	46.1	46.0	46.1
2025	46.3	46.5	(p)46.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	122.9	123.1	123.3	123.4	123.0	123.2	123.3	123.4	123.1	123.3	123.0	122.5
2025	122.6	123.1	(p)122.8
Information
2024	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0
2025	8.0	8.0	(p)7.8
Financial Activities
2024	26.0	26.0	26.0	25.7	25.8	25.8	25.8	25.9	25.9	25.8	25.6	25.5
2025	25.6	25.6	(p)25.6
Professional & Business Services
2024	72.0	72.3	72.5	72.2	72.4	72.3	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.3	71.1	71.0
2025	71.2	71.7	(p)70.8
Educational & Health Services
2024	137.6	138.3	139.1	139.5	140.0	140.6	141.8	142.3	142.6	142.8	143.3	143.8
2025	143.7	143.5	(p)143.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	72.3	72.4	72.3	71.7	71.6	71.6	71.4	71.2	71.1	71.0	71.0	70.9
2025	69.6	69.7	(p)70.8
Other Services
2024	24.2	24.4	24.1	23.9	23.9	24.0	24.1	24.0	23.9	23.7	23.7	23.9
2025	23.2	24.2	(p)24.3
Government
2024	150.5	150.5	151.3	151.1	160.5	149.5	149.4	149.3	149.2	149.7	150.2	149.9
2025	148.6	149.3	(p)148.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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
2024	(r)789,473	(r)789,181	(r)789,013	(r)788,855	(r)788,691	(r)788,386	(r)787,644	(r)786,566	(r)785,405	(r)784,418	(r)784,153	(r)784,253
2025	783,524	781,784	(p)780,129
Employment
2024	(r)756,995	(r)757,046	(r)757,051	(r)756,912	(r)756,649	(r)756,192	(r)755,340	(r)754,266	(r)753,232	(r)752,427	(r)752,252	(r)752,355
2025	751,832	751,042	(p)750,196
Unemployment
2024	(r)32,478	(r)32,135	(r)31,962	(r)31,943	(r)32,042	(r)32,194	(r)32,304	(r)32,300	(r)32,173	(r)31,991	(r)31,901	(r)31,898
2025	31,692	30,742	(p)29,933
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.0	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1
2025	4.0	3.9	(p)3.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised