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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio > Huntington

Huntington

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Huntington Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Dec 2024
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: 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 for Selected Nurse Occupations in Kentucky’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017
West Virginia Job Openings and Labor Turnover — June 2024 Employment, Unemployment News Release Aug 2024
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Economy at a Glance:
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
Data Series Back
Data		 May
2024		 June
2024		 July
2024		 Aug
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2024		 Oct
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 146.4 147.1 146.8 145.7 145.7 (p)145.2

Employment(1)

 139.9 139.4 138.9 138.5 139.0 (p)139.2

Unemployment(1)

 6.5 7.7 7.8 7.2 6.7 (p)6.0

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.5 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.6 (p)4.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 138.1 135.7 134.7 135.5 136.0 (p)136.8

12-month % change

 2.4 1.7 1.8 1.0 -0.1 (p)-0.4

Manufacturing(3)

 12.3 12.2 12.1 12.1 12.0 (p)12.1

12-month % change

 0.8 -0.8 -0.8 -1.6 -2.4 (p)-2.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

 11.9 12.0 12.1 12.0 11.9 (p)11.9

12-month % change

 -4.0 -3.2 -0.8 -1.6 -3.3 (p)-3.3

Education and Health Services(3)

 31.0 31.0 30.9 31.0 30.9 (p)31.1

12-month % change

 3.3 4.0 3.3 3.0 2.0 (p)2.6

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 14.3 14.6 14.3 14.2 13.8 (p)13.6

12-month % change

 2.9 2.8 2.1 0.7 -1.4 (p)-3.5

Government(3)

 25.2 22.2 21.4 22.5 23.5 (p)24.0

12-month % change

 8.2 2.8 2.9 1.4 0.0 (p)-0.4

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