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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
2023	695.9	700.5	704.6	708.4	711.3	713.8	704.8	708.9	716.6	720.9	723.7	723.4	711.1
2024	707.7	(p)713.0
Mining & Logging
2023	20.7	21.0	21.1	21.2	21.3	21.5	21.6	21.5	21.3	21.3	21.2	20.9	21.2
2024	20.7	(p)20.9
Construction
2023	29.7	29.7	30.5	32.1	32.5	33.2	33.7	34.2	35.4	36.1	35.2	35.1	33.1
2024	31.3	(p)31.2
Manufacturing
2023	45.8	46.0	46.3	46.1	46.0	46.4	46.4	46.1	46.1	46.0	46.1	46.0	46.1
2024	45.6	(p)45.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	122.0	121.3	121.3	122.2	122.7	122.5	121.8	121.8	122.3	123.2	125.3	125.7	122.7
2024	120.7	(p)120.8
Information
2023	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.8	7.7	7.9	7.9	7.9
2024	7.8	(p)7.7
Financial Activities
2023	25.2	25.3	25.3	25.7	25.6	25.7	25.9	25.9	26.0	26.1	26.5	26.4	25.8
2024	26.2	(p)26.0
Professional & Business Services
2023	71.5	71.9	72.5	72.9	72.9	73.6	73.5	73.3	73.1	73.5	73.5	72.9	72.9
2024	72.6	(p)72.5
Educational & Health Services
2023	130.4	131.5	132.3	131.9	132.4	132.5	132.1	133.0	134.3	135.2	136.2	136.8	133.2
2024	136.0	(p)137.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	69.2	69.7	70.4	71.5	72.9	74.8	74.0	73.6	72.5	71.9	70.8	70.9	71.9
2024	69.3	(p)69.7
Other Services
2023	23.5	23.4	23.6	23.8	24.0	24.4	24.3	23.9	24.1	24.2	24.5	24.1	24.0
2024	23.8	(p)23.9
Government
2023	149.9	152.7	153.4	153.1	153.2	151.3	143.7	147.9	153.7	155.7	156.5	156.7	152.3
2024	153.7	(p)156.7
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
2023	(r)770,042	(r)776,427	(r)775,375	(r)781,066	(r)783,608	(r)797,900	(r)792,996	(r)794,437	(r)793,407	(r)793,052	(r)787,082	(r)782,306	(r)785,642
2024	782,473	(p)783,805
Employment
2023	(r)738,731	(r)744,294	(r)744,478	(r)753,573	(r)755,635	(r)764,986	(r)761,613	(r)759,161	(r)763,895	(r)763,662	(r)758,291	(r)751,507	(r)754,986
2024	745,234	(p)744,865
Unemployment
2023	(r)31,311	(r)32,133	(r)30,897	(r)27,493	(r)27,973	(r)32,914	(r)31,383	(r)35,276	(r)29,512	(r)29,390	(r)28,791	(r)30,799	(r)30,656
2024	37,239	(p)38,940
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.0	(r)3.5	(r)3.6	(r)4.1	(r)4.0	(r)4.4	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)3.9	(r)3.9
2024	4.8	(p)5.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised