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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	698.4	704.3	705.2	702.2	705.3	709.7	(p)714.5
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	21.5	22.1	22.5	22.5	22.4	22.2	(p)22.1
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	30.6	31.5	32.8	33.2	34.0	34.2	(p)35.3
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	45.4	45.7	45.9	46.1	45.7	45.4	(p)45.2
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	122.2	122.5	121.7	121.7	121.3	120.9	(p)121.6
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	8.0	7.8	7.8	7.9	8.0	7.8	(p)7.7
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	25.3	25.6	25.7	25.8	26.2	25.7	(p)25.8
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	72.5	72.4	72.9	73.2	72.9	73.3	(p)74.2
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	129.3	130.0	129.7	129.9	130.6	131.5	(p)132.5
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	68.6	71.8	74.3	74.1	72.7	70.2	(p)69.6
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	24.9	25.0	25.5	25.5	25.9	25.9	(p)26.1
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	150.1	149.9	146.4	142.3	145.6	152.6	(p)154.4
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
2022	776,175	782,675	779,081	783,246	788,108	799,544	792,644	789,158	785,475	787,989	780,781	776,499	785,115
2023	774,274	775,152	775,664	780,798	784,158	798,558	793,974	798,062	796,984	(p)793,609
Employment
2022	740,134	745,460	746,351	754,563	760,720	765,180	760,006	755,373	759,974	761,435	753,990	750,246	754,453
2023	741,685	746,583	747,943	754,033	757,948	767,339	764,067	763,150	766,530	(p)764,107
Unemployment
2022	36,041	37,215	32,730	28,683	27,388	34,364	32,638	33,785	25,501	26,554	26,791	26,253	30,662
2023	32,589	28,569	27,721	26,765	26,210	31,219	29,907	34,912	30,454	(p)29,502
Unemployment Rate
2022	4.6	4.8	4.2	3.7	3.5	4.3	4.1	4.3	3.2	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.9
2023	4.2	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.9	3.8	4.4	3.8	(p)3.7
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