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Morgantown

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Morgantown, WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2019
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2019

Morgantown, WV Economy at a Glance:

Morgantown, WV
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 68.7 68.1 68.6 67.9 (p)67.2  

Employment(1)

 65.4 65.2 66.3 65.5 (p)64.3  

Unemployment(1)

 3.3 2.8 2.3 2.4 (p)2.9  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.8 4.2 3.3 3.5 (p)4.3  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 69.7 70.0 70.4 69.7 67.2 (p)67.5

12-month % change

 -1.3 -1.4 -2.1 -3.3 -1.8 (p)-1.7

Manufacturing(3)

 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 (p)3.9

12-month % change

 -9.3 -9.3 -9.3 -7.1 2.6 (p)2.6

Professional and Business Services(3)

 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.6 (p)7.6

12-month % change

 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 0.0 (p)1.3

Education and Health Services(3)

 14.8 14.9 15.0 15.0 15.1 (p)15.0

12-month % change

 -1.3 -0.7 0.7 0.7 1.3 (p)0.0

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 7.1 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.4 (p)7.4

12-month % change

 -2.7 -1.4 -1.3 0.0 1.4 (p)2.8

Government(3)

 17.9 18.0 18.1 17.5 14.7 (p)15.1

12-month % change

 -3.2 -4.8 -5.7 -9.8 -8.7 (p)-8.5

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