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West Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	West Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2021	675.5	679.3	684.7	683.8	683.9	683.9	687.7	687.0	684.8	689.0	691.3	693.8
2022	693.5	697.0	698.8	701.6	711.7	(p)704.3
Mining & Logging
2021	17.1	17.4	17.3	17.3	17.6	17.5	17.6	17.7	17.6	17.7	17.6	17.6
2022	17.9	18.1	18.5	19.0	19.3	(p)19.4
Construction
2021	31.1	31.3	31.9	31.0	30.0	29.5	30.2	29.4	29.1	31.4	32.0	32.7
2022	33.1	33.0	32.0	32.6	33.1	(p)33.1
Manufacturing
2021	44.8	45.2	45.4	45.5	45.3	45.4	45.9	45.9	45.8	45.5	45.6	46.0
2022	45.5	45.9	46.4	46.7	46.7	(p)47.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	121.9	122.4	122.6	122.4	122.5	122.6	122.8	123.3	122.4	124.7	125.4	125.4
2022	123.6	125.9	126.1	126.0	125.4	(p)124.6
Information
2021	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.3
2022	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.6	(p)7.5
Financial Activities
2021	29.2	29.2	29.4	29.3	29.3	29.4	29.8	29.8	29.6	29.7	29.6	29.7
2022	29.8	29.9	30.1	30.1	30.1	(p)30.3
Professional & Business Services
2021	67.2	67.2	67.8	67.8	67.7	67.5	67.9	68.0	67.8	67.8	68.2	68.8
2022	68.8	69.2	70.4	71.2	71.2	(p)71.8
Educational & Health Services
2021	128.3	128.2	128.7	128.2	128.0	128.0	128.0	127.7	126.9	125.7	125.6	126.1
2022	126.2	126.4	126.6	126.4	127.5	(p)127.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	64.0	64.4	64.7	64.9	65.5	66.0	67.0	67.3	67.2	68.6	69.0	69.5
2022	70.0	70.4	71.1	71.8	71.6	(p)71.3
Other Services
2021	22.8	22.8	22.8	22.8	23.0	23.0	23.2	23.2	23.3	23.7	23.8	23.8
2022	24.0	23.9	23.6	23.7	23.8	(p)23.6
Government
2021	142.2	144.2	147.1	147.5	147.9	147.9	148.1	147.5	147.8	146.9	147.1	146.9
2022	147.4	147.0	146.6	146.7	155.4	(p)147.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	West Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2021	(r)781,354	(r)782,743	(r)784,953	(r)787,203	(r)788,988	(r)790,180	(r)790,571	(r)790,819	(r)791,190	(r)791,877	(r)792,211	(r)792,320
2022	793,335	793,816	794,227	794,631	795,824	(p)797,049
Employment
2021	(r)734,917	(r)737,651	(r)740,671	(r)743,634	(r)746,278	(r)748,330	(r)750,396	(r)752,644	(r)755,175	(r)757,445	(r)758,285	(r)758,449
2022	761,138	763,032	765,159	766,204	767,918	(p)768,351
Unemployment
2021	(r)46,437	(r)45,092	(r)44,282	(r)43,569	(r)42,710	(r)41,850	(r)40,175	(r)38,175	(r)36,015	(r)34,432	(r)33,926	(r)33,871
2022	32,197	30,784	29,068	28,427	27,906	(p)28,698
Unemployment Rate
2021	(r)5.9	(r)5.8	(r)5.6	(r)5.5	(r)5.4	(r)5.3	(r)5.1	(r)4.8	(r)4.6	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.3
2022	4.1	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.5	(p)3.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised