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West Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	West Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	662.4	666.7	677.2	682.9	687.2	687.6	686.6	688.6	691.0	696.7	698.5	699.8	685.4
2022	681.5	687.9	694.4	703.4	715.9	(p)710.1
Mining & Logging
2021	17.1	17.2	17.2	17.4	17.5	17.6	17.8	17.7	17.6	17.7	17.6	17.7	17.5
2022	17.9	18.1	18.5	18.8	19.4	(p)19.6
Construction
2021	26.7	26.0	28.3	29.8	30.8	31.6	32.9	32.7	32.8	33.6	33.2	32.3	30.9
2022	30.2	29.7	30.2	32.0	33.4	(p)34.1
Manufacturing
2021	44.7	44.9	45.2	45.2	45.3	45.7	46.1	46.2	45.7	45.6	45.8	46.1	45.5
2022	45.0	45.4	46.1	46.7	46.8	(p)47.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	120.4	119.9	120.7	120.7	121.6	122.0	122.6	122.7	122.3	125.6	128.6	129.9	123.1
2022	123.4	124.0	125.1	125.2	124.7	(p)124.0
Information
2021	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.2
2022	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.6	(p)7.7
Financial Activities
2021	29.0	29.0	29.3	29.3	29.4	29.5	29.9	29.9	29.7	29.5	29.6	29.5	29.5
2022	29.5	29.7	30.0	30.0	30.4	(p)30.8
Professional & Business Services
2021	65.7	66.1	67.1	68.0	67.7	67.9	68.5	68.8	68.2	68.2	68.2	68.6	67.8
2022	67.3	68.4	69.7	71.7	71.2	(p)72.8
Educational & Health Services
2021	127.7	128.1	128.9	128.5	128.1	127.4	127.0	127.5	127.2	126.8	126.5	127.3	127.6
2022	125.9	126.4	126.9	126.9	127.4	(p)127.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	60.5	61.3	62.8	64.6	67.0	69.0	70.1	70.0	68.7	69.5	68.0	68.3	66.7
2022	65.8	67.2	68.3	71.5	73.6	(p)74.9
Other Services
2021	22.2	22.2	22.5	22.9	23.1	23.5	23.7	23.5	23.4	23.7	23.7	23.6	23.2
2022	23.6	23.5	23.5	23.8	23.6	(p)24.0
Government
2021	141.5	145.0	148.2	149.5	149.6	146.3	140.8	142.4	148.1	149.2	149.9	149.1	146.6
2022	145.7	148.2	148.7	149.4	157.8	(p)147.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	West Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2021	(r)771,868	(r)780,140	(r)777,455	(r)786,589	(r)787,055	(r)801,067	(r)798,503	(r)794,368	(r)793,178	(r)795,132	(r)790,853	(r)789,702	(r)788,826
2022	787,647	791,945	785,721	791,318	797,622	(p)811,061
Employment
2021	(r)719,468	(r)727,170	(r)728,922	(r)741,952	(r)746,262	(r)756,071	(r)758,639	(r)755,884	(r)762,801	(r)766,664	(r)763,975	(r)761,779	(r)749,132
2022	752,800	756,139	753,990	762,638	770,185	(p)776,441
Unemployment
2021	(r)52,400	(r)52,970	(r)48,533	(r)44,637	(r)40,793	(r)44,996	(r)39,864	(r)38,484	(r)30,377	(r)28,468	(r)26,878	(r)27,923	(r)39,694
2022	34,847	35,806	31,731	28,680	27,437	(p)34,620
Unemployment Rate
2021	(r)6.8	(r)6.8	(r)6.2	(r)5.7	(r)5.2	(r)5.6	(r)5.0	(r)4.8	(r)3.8	(r)3.6	(r)3.4	(r)3.5	(r)5.0
2022	4.4	4.5	4.0	3.6	3.4	(p)4.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised