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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
Sector	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.