Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2016	134.8	135.6	137.7	138.4	139.9	136.8	135.3	136.3	139.0	140.3	141.0	139.5	137.9
2017	136.0	136.9	138.0	139.2	138.9	(p)138.1
Manufacturing
2016	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.3
2017	9.9	10.0	10.0	9.9	10.0	(p)10.2
Professional & Business Services
2016	12.1	12.2	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.7	12.6	12.5
2017	12.4	13.1	13.2	13.6	13.1	(p)13.2
Educational & Health Services
2016	27.4	27.4	27.5	27.7	28.0	27.7	27.8	27.9	28.1	28.2	28.2	28.2	27.8
2017	28.3	28.2	28.3	28.0	27.9	(p)28.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2016	13.3	13.4	13.7	14.0	14.1	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.4	14.3	14.0	13.8	14.0
2017	13.7	13.3	13.7	14.2	14.1	(p)14.3
Government
2016	22.8	23.7	24.2	23.9	25.0	21.8	20.4	21.6	23.7	24.4	25.5	24.4	23.5
2017	23.0	24.0	23.9	23.9	23.8	(p)21.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2016	(r)143,957	(r)145,488	(r)145,561	(r)145,945	(r)147,124	(r)147,304	(r)146,730	(r)146,220	(r)147,434	(r)147,627	(r)145,967	(r)144,968	(r)146,194
2017	145,490	146,666	146,775	147,722	(p)147,520
Employment
2016	(r)133,386	(r)134,680	(r)135,816	(r)137,190	(r)138,582	(r)137,929	(r)137,613	(r)136,877	(r)138,694	(r)139,450	(r)138,355	(r)137,202	(r)137,148
2017	135,630	137,223	137,981	139,735	(p)140,220
Unemployment
2016	(r)10,571	(r)10,808	(r)9,745	(r)8,755	(r)8,542	(r)9,375	(r)9,117	(r)9,343	(r)8,740	(r)8,177	(r)7,612	(r)7,766	(r)9,046
2017	9,860	9,443	8,794	7,987	(p)7,300
Unemployment Rate
2016	(r)7.3	(r)7.4	(r)6.7	(r)6.0	(r)5.8	(r)6.4	(r)6.2	(r)6.4	(r)5.9	(r)5.5	(r)5.2	(r)5.4	(r)6.2
2017	6.8	6.4	6.0	5.4	(p)4.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.