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West Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	West Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	695.9	700.5	704.6	708.4	711.3	713.8	704.8	708.9	716.6	720.9	723.7	723.4	711.1
2024	707.7	712.9	715.3	718.4	728.8	720.1	714.1	716.7	720.4	(p)724.1
Mining & Logging
2023	20.7	21.0	21.1	21.2	21.3	21.5	21.6	21.5	21.3	21.3	21.2	20.9	21.2
2024	20.7	20.9	21.1	21.2	21.5	21.8	22.1	22.1	22.1	(p)22.1
Construction
2023	29.7	29.7	30.5	32.1	32.5	33.2	33.7	34.2	35.4	36.1	35.2	35.1	33.1
2024	31.3	31.3	33.0	33.3	33.4	33.7	34.4	35.9	35.8	(p)36.1
Manufacturing
2023	45.8	46.0	46.3	46.1	46.0	46.4	46.4	46.1	46.1	46.0	46.1	46.0	46.1
2024	45.6	46.1	45.2	45.2	45.9	45.2	45.3	45.3	45.1	(p)45.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	122.0	121.3	121.3	122.2	122.7	122.5	121.8	121.8	122.3	123.2	125.3	125.7	122.7
2024	120.7	120.7	120.9	121.1	121.5	120.6	119.6	119.2	119.5	(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	7.9
2024	7.8	7.7	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	(p)7.7
Financial Activities
2023	25.2	25.3	25.3	25.7	25.6	25.7	25.9	25.9	26.0	26.1	26.5	26.4	25.8
2024	26.2	25.9	25.7	26.1	26.1	26.0	26.1	26.3	26.1	(p)25.9
Professional & Business Services
2023	71.5	71.9	72.5	72.9	72.9	73.6	73.5	73.3	73.1	73.5	73.5	72.9	72.9
2024	72.6	72.5	73.1	73.7	73.4	73.4	74.0	73.7	73.2	(p)73.0
Educational & Health Services
2023	130.4	131.5	132.3	131.9	132.4	132.5	132.1	133.0	134.3	135.2	136.2	136.8	133.2
2024	136.0	137.6	137.4	138.1	139.0	139.7	139.5	139.6	140.3	(p)140.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	69.2	69.7	70.4	71.5	72.9	74.8	74.0	73.6	72.5	71.9	70.8	70.9	71.9
2024	69.3	69.7	69.5	71.0	73.0	75.7	75.7	75.4	73.2	(p)72.5
Other Services
2023	23.5	23.4	23.6	23.8	24.0	24.4	24.3	23.9	24.1	24.2	24.5	24.1	24.0
2024	23.8	23.8	24.1	23.9	23.8	24.3	24.5	24.0	24.3	(p)24.2
Government
2023	149.9	152.7	153.4	153.1	153.2	151.3	143.7	147.9	153.7	155.7	156.5	156.7	152.3
2024	153.7	156.7	157.5	157.1	163.5	152.0	145.2	147.5	153.2	(p)155.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases State Employment and Unemployment

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	West Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	770,042	776,427	775,375	781,066	783,608	797,900	792,996	794,437	793,407	793,052	787,082	782,306	785,642
2024	782,473	783,905	784,863	784,474	789,339	800,486	798,106	788,853	791,620	(p)787,060
Employment
2023	738,731	744,294	744,478	753,573	755,635	764,986	761,613	759,161	763,895	763,662	758,291	751,507	754,986
2024	745,234	744,832	746,532	754,471	759,464	764,453	760,915	754,273	760,327	(p)758,575
Unemployment
2023	31,311	32,133	30,897	27,493	27,973	32,914	31,383	35,276	29,512	29,390	28,791	30,799	30,656
2024	37,239	39,073	38,331	30,003	29,875	36,033	37,191	34,580	31,293	(p)28,485
Unemployment Rate
2023	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.5	3.6	4.1	4.0	4.4	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.9
2024	4.8	5.0	4.9	3.8	3.8	4.5	4.7	4.4	4.0	(p)3.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases State Employment and Unemployment

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West Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted