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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

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 (p)713.8            

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 (p)22.0            

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 (p)34.4            

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 (p)45.3            

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 (p)120.1            

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 (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 (p)26.1            

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 (p)73.9            

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 (p)139.2            

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 (p)75.4            

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 (p)24.5            

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 (p)145.2            

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

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 (p)797,954            

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 (p)760,742            

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 (p)37,212            

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 (p)4.7            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary