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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
2022	680.3	686.2	691.3	696.2	708.6	695.1	691.3	693.1	698.6	704.3	709.1	698.8	696.1
2023	685.2	689.3	694.0	(p)699.7
Mining & Logging
2022	19.0	19.2	19.3	19.5	19.7	19.8	20.0	20.2	20.2	20.5	20.5	20.9	19.9
2023	20.5	20.7	21.0	(p)21.3
Construction
2022	29.0	29.4	30.4	31.7	32.4	33.1	32.8	32.8	33.0	34.0	33.2	32.9	32.1
2023	29.1	28.0	28.6	(p)30.7
Manufacturing
2022	45.3	45.5	45.8	46.8	47.2	47.3	46.5	46.2	46.3	46.2	46.1	45.7	46.2
2023	45.4	45.1	45.4	(p)45.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	122.3	122.0	121.9	122.1	121.9	120.8	121.6	121.2	121.8	122.8	123.4	124.7	122.2
2023	121.5	121.1	122.0	(p)122.5
Information
2022	7.5	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.7
2023	7.6	7.7	7.7	(p)8.0
Financial Activities
2022	25.0	25.0	25.2	25.4	25.4	25.4	25.5	25.6	25.5	25.7	25.5	25.4	25.4
2023	25.1	24.8	25.3	(p)25.4
Professional & Business Services
2022	69.9	70.6	71.4	72.5	72.6	72.1	72.5	72.3	72.2	73.0	71.1	69.7	71.7
2023	68.8	69.7	70.7	(p)72.5
Educational & Health Services
2022	126.5	127.3	127.7	127.6	127.6	126.5	126.5	127.1	128.6	129.5	129.4	129.5	127.8
2023	129.4	130.8	130.2	(p)129.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	66.2	67.5	68.6	69.6	71.4	72.6	73.1	72.3	70.1	70.0	67.6	66.9	69.7
2023	66.3	66.3	67.7	(p)68.7
Other Services
2022	23.2	23.3	23.8	24.1	24.2	24.0	24.2	24.1	23.7	24.2	24.3	24.5	24.0
2023	24.3	24.7	24.7	(p)24.9
Government
2022	146.4	148.7	149.4	149.1	158.4	145.8	140.8	143.5	149.5	150.7	160.2	150.8	149.4
2023	147.2	150.4	150.7	(p)151.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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
2022	(r)776,175	(r)782,675	(r)779,081	(r)783,246	(r)788,108	(r)799,544	(r)792,644	(r)789,158	(r)785,475	(r)787,989	(r)780,781	(r)776,499	(r)785,115
2023	774,274	775,152	775,664	(p)781,040
Employment
2022	(r)740,134	(r)745,460	(r)746,351	(r)754,563	(r)760,720	(r)765,180	(r)760,006	(r)755,373	(r)759,974	(r)761,435	(r)753,990	(r)750,246	(r)754,453
2023	741,685	746,583	747,943	(p)754,273
Unemployment
2022	(r)36,041	(r)37,215	(r)32,730	(r)28,683	(r)27,388	(r)34,364	(r)32,638	(r)33,785	(r)25,501	(r)26,554	(r)26,791	(r)26,253	(r)30,662
2023	32,589	28,569	27,721	(p)26,767
Unemployment Rate
2022	(r)4.6	(r)4.8	(r)4.2	(r)3.7	(r)3.5	(r)4.3	(r)4.1	(r)4.3	(r)3.2	(r)3.4	(r)3.4	(r)3.4	(r)3.9
2023	4.2	3.7	3.6	(p)3.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised