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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
2024	705.6	711.5	716.8	717.1	730.5	717.9	710.3	714.6	718.1	722.8	723.3	721.3	717.5
2025	702.3	711.1	(p)713.5
Mining & Logging
2024	21.3	21.4	21.4	21.3	21.4	21.5	21.4	21.3	21.1	20.9	21.2	21.2	21.3
2025	20.9	20.9	(p)20.8
Construction
2024	31.0	31.8	32.4	33.3	34.1	34.8	34.7	34.7	35.1	35.6	34.5	33.8	33.8
2025	31.1	32.4	(p)33.5
Manufacturing
2024	46.3	46.5	46.4	46.1	46.1	46.0	45.9	46.0	45.9	46.3	46.1	46.1	46.1
2025	45.8	46.3	(p)46.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	122.4	121.7	122.1	122.4	122.6	122.6	122.4	122.4	122.5	123.8	125.3	125.6	123.0
2025	121.8	121.8	(p)122.0
Information
2024	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	7.9
2025	8.0	8.0	(p)7.8
Financial Activities
2024	25.9	25.8	25.9	25.7	25.9	25.9	25.8	26.0	25.9	25.8	25.6	25.5	25.8
2025	25.5	25.4	(p)25.5
Professional & Business Services
2024	70.8	71.8	72.4	72.6	72.8	72.7	71.9	72.1	71.7	72.1	71.4	70.5	71.9
2025	69.8	70.9	(p)70.4
Educational & Health Services
2024	137.1	138.5	139.6	139.3	139.7	139.6	140.8	142.2	142.8	143.2	144.3	144.7	141.0
2025	143.2	143.5	(p)143.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	69.6	70.1	70.9	71.0	72.8	74.7	73.8	73.2	71.8	71.6	69.9	69.8	71.6
2025	66.2	66.5	(p)68.3
Other Services
2024	23.8	24.0	24.0	23.9	24.0	24.3	24.3	24.1	23.8	23.8	24.0	24.0	24.0
2025	23.1	24.1	(p)24.1
Government
2024	149.6	152.0	153.9	153.8	163.3	148.0	141.5	144.7	149.6	151.8	153.0	152.1	151.1
2025	146.9	151.3	(p)151.3
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
2024	(r)780,842	(r)785,309	(r)784,309	(r)786,697	(r)789,909	(r)800,934	(r)797,162	(r)789,973	(r)789,838	(r)786,882	(r)776,768	(r)773,768	(r)786,866
2025	774,229	772,024	(p)770,653
Employment
2024	(r)744,932	(r)747,337	(r)748,967	(r)756,859	(r)760,503	(r)765,857	(r)761,691	(r)755,787	(r)761,166	(r)759,611	(r)749,112	(r)746,110	(r)754,828
2025	739,491	739,927	(p)740,085
Unemployment
2024	(r)35,910	(r)37,972	(r)35,342	(r)29,838	(r)29,406	(r)35,077	(r)35,471	(r)34,186	(r)28,672	(r)27,271	(r)27,656	(r)27,658	(r)32,038
2025	34,738	32,097	(p)30,568
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)4.6	(r)4.8	(r)4.5	(r)3.8	(r)3.7	(r)4.4	(r)4.4	(r)4.3	(r)3.6	(r)3.5	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)4.1
2025	4.5	4.2	(p)4.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised