Morgantown, WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Morgantown, WV: 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	Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	69.6	70.6	71.0	71.5	71.1	68.0	69.0	70.8	71.9	72.3	72.5	72.0	70.9
2020	68.6	71.3	71.4	(p)64.3
Manufacturing
2019	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7
2020	3.6	3.6	3.6	(p)3.5
Professional & Business Services
2019	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.7
2020	7.8	7.8	7.8	(p)7.8
Educational & Health Services
2019	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.4	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.5
2020	15.7	15.7	15.8	(p)14.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	7.2	7.4	7.3	7.6	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.5	7.2	7.5
2020	7.0	7.2	7.2	(p)3.8
Government
2019	17.6	18.4	18.7	18.8	18.7	15.5	16.3	17.7	18.5	19.0	19.1	19.0	18.1
2020	16.2	18.9	19.0	(p)16.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(1)68,742	(1)70,152	(1)69,579	(1)70,172	(1)70,043	(1)68,595	(1)69,840	(1)70,752	(1)71,670	(1)72,148	(1)71,673	(1)70,999	(1)70,363
2020	69,606	72,353	(p)72,386
Employment
2019	(1)65,622	(1)66,922	(1)66,737	(1)67,742	(1)67,527	(1)65,681	(1)67,122	(1)68,020	(1)69,244	(1)69,639	(1)69,152	(1)68,433	(1)67,653
2020	66,878	69,600	(p)69,252
Unemployment
2019	(1)3,120	(1)3,230	(1)2,842	(1)2,430	(1)2,516	(1)2,914	(1)2,718	(1)2,732	(1)2,426	(1)2,509	(1)2,521	(1)2,566	(1)2,710
2020	2,728	2,753	(p)3,134
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)4.5	(1)4.6	(1)4.1	(1)3.5	(1)3.6	(1)4.2	(1)3.9	(1)3.9	(1)3.4	(1)3.5	(1)3.5	(1)3.6	(1)3.9
2020	3.9	3.8	(p)4.3
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary
The Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Monongalia and Preston Counties in West Virginia.