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

Parkersburg

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Parkersburg Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2023

Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Economy at a Glance:

Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
Data Series	Back Data	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		40.1	39.9	39.4	39.6	39.2	(p)38.9
Employment(1)		38.4	38.1	38.0	38.2	37.7	(p)37.5
Unemployment(1)		1.7	1.8	1.3	1.4	1.5	(p)1.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.2	4.5	3.4	3.5	3.8	(p)3.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		37.9	37.8	38.2	38.6	39.0	(p)38.6
12-month % change		2.4	2.4	3.2	3.5	4.3	(p)2.7
Manufacturing(3)		2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
12-month % change		3.8	3.8	3.8	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(3)		7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	(p)7.2
12-month % change		0.0	1.4	1.4	2.9	2.9	(p)2.9
Government(3)		7.7	7.7	8.1	8.1	8.5	(p)8.0
12-month % change		4.1	2.7	3.8	2.5	7.6	(p)0.0
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