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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingPayIndustry price indexes
Charleston, WV, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Dec 2024
Charleston, WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Charleston — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024
West Virginia Job Openings and Labor Turnover — June 2024	Employment, Unemployment	News Release	Aug 2024

Charleston, WV Economy at a Glance:

Charleston, WV

Data Series	Back Data	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		93.2	94.7	95.0	93.7	93.3	(p)92.5
Employment(1)		89.8	90.6	90.8	89.8	89.7	(p)89.2
Unemployment(1)		3.4	4.1	4.2	4.0	3.6	(p)3.3
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.7	4.3	4.4	4.2	3.9	(p)3.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		112.0	111.6	111.5	111.8	111.1	(p)111.6
12-month % change		2.4	1.1	1.8	2.6	1.3	(p)1.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		7.2	7.4	7.6	7.7	7.6	(p)7.6
12-month % change		2.9	4.2	4.1	5.5	2.7	(p)2.7
Manufacturing(3)		3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	(p)3.0
12-month % change		0.0	-3.1	-3.1	6.9	-3.2	(p)-3.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		17.1	17.1	17.1	17.1	16.9	(p)17.1
12-month % change		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.6	(p)0.0
Information(3)		1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	(p)5.3
12-month % change		0.0	-1.8	-1.8	0.0	0.0	(p)-1.9
Professional and Business Services(3)		13.5	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.6	(p)13.6
12-month % change		-3.6	-2.9	0.0	0.7	0.0	(p)-0.7
Education and Health Services(3)		23.4	23.4	23.5	23.5	23.5	(p)23.8
12-month % change		6.4	5.4	5.9	5.9	4.4	(p)4.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.5	(p)9.4
12-month % change		-1.0	-1.0	0.0	3.1	0.0	(p)-1.1
Other Services(3)		4.1	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	(p)4.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		27.0	26.1	25.7	25.9	26.0	(p)26.2
12-month % change		5.9	1.6	2.4	1.6	1.6	(p)1.6
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary