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
2021	65.9	67.5	68.5	69.1	69.4	67.9	68.4	69.4	70.3	71.3	71.7	71.4	69.2
2022	68.0	70.1	70.8	71.7	71.9	(p)69.7
Manufacturing
2021	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.4
2022	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	(p)3.4
Professional & Business Services
2021	7.9	7.9	8.1	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0
2022	7.8	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	(p)8.1
Educational & Health Services
2021	15.8	15.8	15.9	16.1	16.0	16.1	16.1	16.2	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.1
2022	16.2	16.4	16.4	16.5	16.6	(p)16.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	5.7	6.0	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.5	6.7	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.7	6.4
2022	6.5	6.7	6.6	6.8	6.7	(p)6.7
Government
2021	16.2	17.4	17.6	17.9	17.9	16.3	16.2	16.9	17.8	18.4	18.8	18.5	17.5
2022	16.5	18.4	18.4	18.5	18.6	(p)16.1
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
2021	(1)68,594	(1)70,189	(1)70,063	(1)71,077	(1)71,200	(1)71,054	(1)71,729	(1)72,303	(1)72,611	(1)73,364	(1)72,969	(1)72,562	(1)71,476
2022	70,758	72,519	72,186	73,187	73,079	(p)72,877
Employment
2021	(1)65,057	(1)66,626	(1)66,776	(1)67,949	(1)68,304	(1)67,755	(1)68,853	(1)69,215	(1)70,175	(1)71,073	(1)70,825	(1)70,345	(1)68,579
2022	68,146	69,785	69,757	70,931	70,859	(p)70,025
Unemployment
2021	(1)3,537	(1)3,563	(1)3,287	(1)3,128	(1)2,896	(1)3,299	(1)2,876	(1)3,088	(1)2,436	(1)2,291	(1)2,144	(1)2,217	(1)2,897
2022	2,612	2,734	2,429	2,256	2,220	(p)2,852
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)5.2	(1)5.1	(1)4.7	(1)4.4	(1)4.1	(1)4.6	(1)4.0	(1)4.3	(1)3.4	(1)3.1	(1)2.9	(1)3.1	(1)4.1
2022	3.7	3.8	3.4	3.1	3.0	(p)3.9
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (p) Preliminary
The Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Monongalia and Preston Counties in West Virginia.