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Charleston, 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
Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2022

101.7 102.6 103.0 103.3 104.6 103.7 102.8 103.1 103.3 103.8 105.2 104.0 103.4

2023

101.6 102.1 102.4 103.1 103.8 104.6 103.4 (p)103.4          

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2022

6.5 6.6 6.6 6.8 6.9 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.2 7.1 6.8 6.9

2023

6.1 6.2 6.2 6.5 6.7 6.8 6.8 (p)6.9          

Manufacturing

2022

3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

2023

3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 (p)2.9          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

16.7 16.6 16.7 16.7 16.7 16.7 16.9 16.7 16.7 16.8 17.3 17.5 16.8

2023

16.8 16.9 16.9 17.0 17.2 17.2 17.0 (p)16.9          

Information

2022

1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4

2023

1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 (p)1.4          

Financial Activities

2022

5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6

2023

5.6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 (p)5.5          

Professional & Business Services

2022

12.7 13.0 13.3 13.3 13.2 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 12.9 12.7 12.6 13.0

2023

12.2 12.3 12.4 12.6 12.5 12.8 12.7 (p)12.7          

Educational & Health Services

2022

20.8 20.9 20.6 20.6 20.6 20.6 20.7 20.9 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.6 20.9

2023

21.4 21.6 21.6 21.7 21.6 21.8 21.8 (p)21.8          

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

8.1 8.4 8.7 8.8 9.0 9.1 9.3 9.2 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.8

2023

8.5 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.1 9.0 (p)8.9          

Other Services

2022

3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8

2023

3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 (p)3.9          

Government

2022

23.3 23.5 23.5 23.4 24.4 23.4 22.2 22.5 22.7 22.9 24.1 23.0 23.2

2023

22.8 22.9 23.0 22.8 23.1 23.1 22.3 (p)22.5          

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

89,236 89,948 89,354 89,754 89,816 91,734 91,098 90,851 89,153 89,233 88,340 87,784 89,692

2023

87,910 87,684 87,997 88,973 89,506 91,850 91,440 (p)91,715          

Employment

2022

85,068 85,712 85,605 86,411 86,664 87,870 87,453 87,005 86,176 86,201 85,324 84,875 86,197

2023

84,369 84,591 84,953 85,968 86,522 88,376 88,079 (p)87,727          

Unemployment

2022

4,168 4,236 3,749 3,343 3,152 3,864 3,645 3,846 2,977 3,032 3,016 2,909 3,495

2023

3,541 3,093 3,044 3,005 2,984 3,474 3,361 (p)3,988          

Unemployment Rate

2022

4.7 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.5 4.2 4.0 4.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9

2023

4.0 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.8 3.7 (p)4.3          

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam Counties in West Virginia.