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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
2025	702.4	712.3	717.5	718.2	723.8	719.4	713.8	717.5	720.1	723.0	722.3	719.8	717.5
2026	705.0	707.9	(p)712.4
Mining & Logging
2025	21.0	20.7	20.4	20.5	20.5	20.6	20.4	20.3	20.1	20.1	20.2	20.1	20.4
2026	20.1	20.2	(p)20.0
Construction
2025	29.2	31.3	33.4	35.1	36.4	36.2	36.2	36.8	37.1	37.4	36.4	35.6	35.1
2026	34.8	34.0	(p)34.6
Manufacturing
2025	45.4	45.4	45.4	45.5	45.4	45.6	45.4	45.1	45.0	45.1	45.0	44.9	45.3
2026	44.5	44.8	(p)45.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	120.9	120.8	121.2	120.7	121.1	121.0	121.0	121.2	120.8	122.4	123.2	123.5	121.5
2026	119.9	119.3	(p)120.0
Information
2025	7.6	7.7	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6
2026	7.5	7.4	(p)7.4
Financial Activities
2025	25.8	25.8	25.9	25.8	25.9	25.9	25.9	26.1	26.2	26.4	26.3	26.1	26.0
2026	25.9	26.2	(p)25.9
Professional & Business Services
2025	70.5	71.3	71.9	72.4	72.7	72.9	73.1	73.0	72.1	73.3	72.4	72.5	72.3
2026	71.4	71.0	(p)72.0
Educational & Health Services
2025	143.5	145.0	145.9	144.3	144.4	143.7	143.8	145.2	145.7	146.3	147.3	146.9	145.2
2026	145.9	147.3	(p)147.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	68.2	69.9	70.7	71.3	73.1	74.5	74.7	74.9	73.3	71.8	70.7	70.3	72.0
2026	67.6	67.3	(p)68.0
Other Services
2025	23.6	23.9	24.2	24.2	24.1	24.5	24.3	24.3	24.0	23.8	23.8	24.0	24.1
2026	23.7	23.6	(p)23.7
Government
2025	146.7	150.5	151.0	150.9	152.6	146.8	141.4	143.0	148.2	148.7	149.4	148.3	148.1
2026	143.7	146.8	(p)148.0
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
2025	(r)775,318	(r)776,701	(r)775,341	(r)781,742	(r)779,723	(r)791,948	(r)788,149	(r)785,649	(r)786,853	(1)-	(r)780,677	(r)775,822	(2)(r)781,630
2026	767,438	775,766	(p)762,853
Employment
2025	(r)740,946	(r)741,544	(r)742,161	(r)752,684	(r)750,855	(r)758,654	(r)755,181	(r)749,966	(r)754,252	(1)-	(r)745,365	(r)740,952	(2)(r)748,415
2026	729,690	733,700	(p)730,784
Unemployment
2025	(r)34,372	(r)35,157	(r)33,180	(r)29,058	(r)28,868	(r)33,294	(r)32,968	(r)35,683	(r)32,601	(1)-	(r)35,312	(r)34,870	(2)(r)33,215
2026	37,748	42,066	(p)32,069
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.3	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)4.2	(r)4.2	(r)4.5	(r)4.1	(1)-	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(2)(r)4.2
2026	4.9	5.4	(p)4.2
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised