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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
2023	706.2	708.2	707.9	708.2	708.6	711.5	709.1	710.9	712.9	714.0	717.1	720.5
2024	720.3	721.6	720.0	(p)719.6
Mining & Logging
2023	20.9	21.1	21.2	21.2	21.3	21.4	21.6	21.6	21.5	21.1	21.5	21.1
2024	20.8	21.1	21.2	(p)21.4
Construction
2023	33.2	33.8	32.6	32.5	31.9	31.8	32.0	32.4	33.3	34.0	33.6	34.8
2024	34.0	34.6	34.8	(p)34.2
Manufacturing
2023	46.1	46.2	46.4	46.2	46.1	46.1	45.9	45.9	46.1	45.8	46.0	46.2
2024	46.4	46.5	45.5	(p)45.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	122.8	123.1	122.8	123.4	123.3	123.2	122.7	122.7	122.7	122.6	122.7	122.4
2024	121.8	121.9	121.7	(p)121.7
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
2024	7.9	7.8	7.8	(p)7.7
Financial Activities
2023	25.3	25.5	25.4	25.7	25.5	25.6	25.8	25.8	25.9	26.1	26.4	26.4
2024	26.5	26.3	26.0	(p)26.2
Professional & Business Services
2023	72.6	72.6	72.8	72.7	72.9	73.5	73.1	73.0	73.1	73.0	73.4	73.6
2024	74.3	73.7	73.5	(p)73.1
Educational & Health Services
2023	130.8	131.2	131.9	132.2	132.7	133.6	133.1	133.3	133.7	134.7	135.7	136.4
2024	136.3	137.0	137.3	(p)138.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	71.9	71.9	72.0	71.9	71.7	71.9	71.5	71.4	71.7	71.2	71.9	72.5
2024	72.9	73.1	72.0	(p)72.1
Other Services
2023	24.0	23.9	23.8	23.6	23.9	24.2	24.0	23.9	24.1	24.1	24.2	24.1
2024	24.0	24.0	24.3	(p)24.0
Government
2023	150.6	150.9	151.1	150.9	151.5	152.3	151.6	153.2	153.0	153.7	153.8	155.1
2024	155.4	155.6	155.9	(p)155.7
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
2023	(r)779,420	(r)780,062	(r)780,833	(r)781,902	(r)783,338	(r)785,054	(r)786,914	(r)788,595	(r)789,914	(r)790,637	(r)790,471	(r)790,224
2024	790,871	790,451	790,500	(p)789,619
Employment
2023	(r)751,520	(r)752,837	(r)753,808	(r)754,458	(r)754,842	(r)755,159	(r)755,514	(r)755,868	(r)756,235	(r)756,448	(r)756,392	(r)756,321
2024	756,840	756,377	756,201	(p)756,031
Unemployment
2023	(r)27,900	(r)27,225	(r)27,025	(r)27,444	(r)28,496	(r)29,895	(r)31,400	(r)32,727	(r)33,679	(r)34,189	(r)34,079	(r)33,903
2024	34,031	34,074	34,299	(p)33,588
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)3.6	(r)3.5	(r)3.5	(r)3.5	(r)3.6	(r)3.8	(r)4.0	(r)4.2	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.3
2024	4.3	4.3	4.3	(p)4.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised