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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
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