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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	(p)717.6
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	(p)20.4
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	(p)37.6
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	(p)44.7
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	(p)121.0
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	(p)7.5
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	(p)26.1
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	(p)73.0
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	(p)146.3
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	(p)71.4
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	(p)23.8
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	(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	(p)782,661
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	(p)746,368
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	(p)36,293
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	(p)4.6
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised