Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: 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	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	125.3	125.2	127.4	128.6	129.6	127.9	127.5	129.3	129.9	131.0	130.8	131.4	128.7
2022	128.5	130.0	130.3	131.1	131.9	129.9	129.2	129.4	130.9	131.5	132.3	(p)131.8
Manufacturing
2021	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.7	10.8	10.7	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.6
2022	10.2	10.4	10.5	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	(p)11.2
Professional & Business Services
2021	12.5	12.6	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	13.0	13.1	13.0	13.2	13.2	13.5	13.0
2022	13.3	13.7	13.7	13.9	13.6	14.2	14.2	14.0	13.9	14.3	14.2	(p)14.2
Educational & Health Services
2021	28.1	28.0	28.3	28.3	28.4	28.2	28.3	28.6	28.3	28.0	27.7	28.0	28.2
2022	28.0	28.1	28.2	28.1	28.3	28.5	28.7	28.8	29.0	29.1	29.1	(p)29.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	12.3	12.4	12.9	13.3	13.7	13.9	13.8	13.9	13.8	14.1	14.0	14.1	13.5
2022	13.4	13.6	13.6	13.7	14.0	14.0	14.0	13.5	13.8	13.7	13.5	(p)13.8
Government
2021	21.5	22.2	22.4	22.6	22.7	20.6	20.0	20.9	21.9	22.3	22.3	22.5	21.8
2022	21.8	22.4	22.5	22.4	23.4	20.4	19.6	20.6	21.4	21.5	22.5	(p)22.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	144,362	145,844	145,025	145,269	145,542	146,717	146,071	144,699	143,796	143,822	142,569	(p)142,605
2023	(p)143,352
Employment
2022	137,624	139,124	138,913	139,903	140,215	139,833	139,381	138,073	138,654	138,307	137,184	(p)137,136
2023	(p)136,896
Unemployment
2022	6,738	6,720	6,112	5,366	5,327	6,884	6,690	6,626	5,142	5,515	5,385	(p)5,469
2023	(p)6,456
Unemployment Rate
2022	4.7	4.6	4.2	3.7	3.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	3.6	3.8	3.8	(p)3.8
2023	(p)4.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.