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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
2025	713.7	718.1	718.3	717.4	719.5	717.3	718.8	718.9	717.4	717.1	716.4	716.3
2026	716.9	715.4	(p)716.0
Mining & Logging
2025	21.0	20.8	20.5	20.5	20.5	20.4	20.3	20.3	20.2	20.1	20.2	20.3
2026	20.4	20.4	(p)20.1
Construction
2025	32.7	34.1	34.8	35.1	35.6	35.0	35.0	35.3	35.4	35.5	35.6	35.5
2026	37.6	36.6	(p)36.5
Manufacturing
2025	45.6	45.6	45.4	45.6	45.4	45.2	45.2	45.1	45.0	45.0	44.9	45.0
2026	44.9	44.9	(p)45.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	121.8	121.9	122.2	121.7	121.7	121.6	121.6	121.6	121.3	121.9	120.9	120.8
2026	120.8	120.5	(p)120.7
Information
2025	7.6	7.7	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.6	7.6
2026	7.5	7.5	(p)7.4
Financial Activities
2025	25.9	26.0	25.9	25.8	25.8	25.8	25.9	26.0	26.2	26.4	26.3	26.1
2026	26.1	26.4	(p)26.0
Professional & Business Services
2025	71.8	71.9	72.0	72.0	72.2	72.3	72.7	72.4	72.0	72.9	72.7	73.2
2026	72.6	72.3	(p)72.5
Educational & Health Services
2025	144.1	144.7	145.2	144.5	144.6	144.7	144.9	145.4	145.4	146.0	146.3	146.2
2026	146.4	147.1	(p)147.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	71.4	72.0	72.0	72.0	71.9	71.8	72.4	72.7	72.5	71.6	71.7	71.6
2026	71.1	70.6	(p)70.4
Other Services
2025	24.1	24.3	24.3	24.2	24.0	24.1	24.0	24.1	24.0	23.7	23.8	23.9
2026	23.8	23.8	(p)23.9
Government
2025	147.7	149.1	148.5	148.4	150.2	148.7	149.2	148.4	147.8	146.3	146.4	146.1
2026	145.7	145.3	(p)145.8
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
2025	(r)782,497	(r)781,590	(r)780,816	(r)780,258	(r)779,991	(r)780,168	(r)780,875	(r)781,869	(r)782,955	(1)-	(r)783,871	(r)783,736
2026	782,645	782,051	(p)779,150
Employment
2025	(r)752,452	(r)751,540	(r)750,679	(r)749,868	(r)749,170	(r)748,682	(r)748,330	(r)748,018	(r)747,785	(1)-	(r)747,510	(r)747,512
2026	746,354	745,504	(p)743,983
Unemployment
2025	(r)30,045	(r)30,050	(r)30,137	(r)30,390	(r)30,821	(r)31,486	(r)32,545	(r)33,851	(r)35,170	(1)-	(r)36,361	(r)36,224
2026	36,291	36,547	(p)35,167
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)3.8	(r)3.8	(r)3.9	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)4.0	(r)4.2	(r)4.3	(r)4.5	(1)-	(r)4.6	(r)4.6
2026	4.6	4.7	(p)4.5
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised