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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Nonfarm

2023

706.2 708.2 707.9 708.2 708.6 711.5 709.1 710.9 712.9 714.0 717.1 720.5

2024

720.3 721.6 720.0 718.6 720.7 717.9 717.0 718.9 (p)719.3      

Mining & Logging

2023

20.9 21.1 21.2 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.6 21.6 21.5 21.1 21.5 21.1

2024

20.8 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.5 21.7 21.9 22.0 (p)22.0      

Construction

2023

33.2 33.8 32.6 32.5 31.9 31.8 32.0 32.4 33.3 34.0 33.6 34.8

2024

34.0 34.6 34.8 34.1 33.7 33.4 33.8 34.3 (p)33.9      

Manufacturing

2023

46.1 46.2 46.4 46.2 46.1 46.1 45.9 45.9 46.1 45.8 46.0 46.2

2024

46.4 46.5 45.5 45.4 45.5 44.8 44.9 45.0 (p)44.9      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

122.8 123.1 122.8 123.4 123.3 123.2 122.7 122.7 122.7 122.6 122.7 122.4

2024

121.8 121.9 121.7 121.7 121.2 120.8 120.1 120.2 (p)120.6      

Information

2023

8.0 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.9 7.9

2024

7.9 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.7 (p)7.6      

Financial Activities

2023

25.3 25.5 25.4 25.7 25.5 25.6 25.8 25.8 25.9 26.1 26.4 26.4

2024

26.5 26.3 26.0 26.1 26.0 25.9 25.9 26.0 (p)26.1      

Professional & Business Services

2023

72.6 72.6 72.8 72.7 72.9 73.5 73.1 73.0 73.1 73.0 73.4 73.6

2024

74.3 73.7 73.5 72.9 72.8 72.9 72.8 73.4 (p)73.8      

Educational & Health Services

2023

130.8 131.2 131.9 132.2 132.7 133.6 133.1 133.3 133.7 134.7 135.7 136.4

2024

136.3 137.0 137.3 138.3 139.1 140.6 140.2 139.9 (p)140.3      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

71.9 71.9 72.0 71.9 71.7 71.9 71.5 71.4 71.7 71.2 71.9 72.5

2024

72.9 73.1 72.0 72.1 72.0 72.2 72.4 72.6 (p)72.5      

Other Services

2023

24.0 23.9 23.8 23.6 23.9 24.2 24.0 23.9 24.1 24.1 24.2 24.1

2024

24.0 24.0 24.3 24.0 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.1 (p)24.2      

Government

2023

150.6 150.9 151.1 150.9 151.5 152.3 151.6 153.2 153.0 153.7 153.8 155.1

2024

155.4 155.6 155.9 155.0 157.2 153.9 153.1 153.7 (p)153.4      

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

2023

779,420 780,062 780,833 781,902 783,338 785,054 786,914 788,595 789,914 790,637 790,471 790,224

2024

790,871 790,451 790,500 789,625 789,151 788,650 789,016 788,135 (p)788,286      

Employment

2023

751,520 752,837 753,808 754,458 754,842 755,159 755,514 755,868 756,235 756,448 756,392 756,321

2024

756,840 756,377 756,201 756,035 756,142 755,974 755,937 755,272 (p)754,941      

Unemployment

2023

27,900 27,225 27,025 27,444 28,496 29,895 31,400 32,727 33,679 34,189 34,079 33,903

2024

34,031 34,074 34,299 33,590 33,009 32,676 33,079 32,863 (p)33,345      

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3

2024

4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.2 (p)4.2      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary