West Virginia: 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
 West Virginia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2007

 740.5 741.5 752.0 756.6 761.6 764.4 754.2 758.0 761.2 763.8 765.9 763.5 756.9

2008

 741.2 745.3 754.5 760.1 765.1 764.3 759.3 758.4 (P) 762.6        

Natural Resources & Mining

  

2007

 28.1 27.9 27.9 28.2 28.2 28.9 28.9 29.2 28.9 28.8 28.9 28.9 28.6

2008

 28.6 28.4 28.5 28.8 29.2 29.8 30.3 30.7 (P) 31.1        

Construction

  

2007

 36.2 34.2 37.2 38.7 39.9 40.7 40.1 40.2 40.0 40.3 39.5 37.0 38.7

2008

 33.6 33.4 35.2 37.8 39.0 39.3 39.4 39.7 (P) 39.8        

Manufacturing

  

2007

 59.1 58.9 59.2 59.0 59.2 59.7 59.4 59.1 58.8 58.6 58.6 58.4 59.0

2008

 57.6 57.5 57.7 57.6 57.6 57.8 57.6 57.6 (P) 57.0        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2007

 141.3 140.1 141.6 141.5 142.6 143.2 142.4 143.0 143.1 143.9 145.8 146.6 142.9

2008

 140.6 139.8 140.5 140.5 141.6 142.1 141.8 141.0 (P) 141.1        

Information

  

2007

 11.3 11.3 11.2 11.3 11.3 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.4

2008

 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.4 11.1 (P) 11.2        

Financial Activities

  

2007

 29.5 29.5 29.6 29.8 29.9 29.9 29.9 29.9 29.8 29.9 29.8 29.7 29.8

2008

 29.3 29.4 29.6 29.7 29.7 29.8 29.6 29.4 (P) 29.2        

Professional & Business Services

  

2007

 59.1 58.8 59.7 60.8 60.7 61.3 60.9 61.5 61.1 60.8 61.2 61.2 60.6

2008

 59.7 60.6 61.2 62.1 62.0 61.9 61.8 61.4 (P) 61.2        

Educational & Health Services

  

2007

 111.3 112.7 113.5 113.1 113.4 113.3 112.3 113.1 115.0 116.0 116.5 116.4 113.9

2008

 114.0 115.7 116.2 116.2 116.3 115.4 115.1 115.0 (P) 116.3        

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2007

 67.0 66.9 69.0 70.8 72.5 74.7 73.9 75.1 74.1 71.9 70.7 70.7 71.4

2008

 68.6 69.0 70.8 72.4 73.6 75.2 75.8 74.9 (P) 75.2        

Other Services

  

2007

 55.2 55.4 55.7 55.8 55.7 56.2 55.5 55.3 55.6 55.5 55.5 55.7 55.6

2008

 55.2 55.5 56.0 55.8 55.8 56.3 56.0 56.1 (P) 56.3        

Government

  

2007

 142.4 145.8 147.4 147.6 148.2 145.0 139.3 140.1 143.3 146.6 147.8 147.4 145.1

2008

 142.7 144.7 147.5 147.9 148.9 145.2 140.5 141.5 (P) 144.2        

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

  

2007

 796,042 802,010 799,275 805,742 810,308 822,495 824,986 811,698 810,436 808,615 809,235 805,240 808,840

2008

 800,430 804,513 804,880 815,749 818,020 828,803 820,475 808,032 (P) 808,179        

Employment

  

2007

 755,300 756,464 759,903 769,355 775,534 784,364 787,366 774,607 778,147 775,827 775,786 769,392 771,837

2008

 758,359 758,287 762,087 773,858 776,490 783,591 786,163 777,124 (P) 778,228        

Unemployment

  

2007

 40,742 45,546 39,372 36,387 34,774 38,131 37,620 37,091 32,289 32,788 33,449 35,848 37,003

2008

 42,071 46,226 42,793 41,891 41,530 45,212 34,312 30,908 (P) 29,951        

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 5.1 5.7 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.6

2008

 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.5 4.2 3.8 (P) 3.7        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary