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
2022	129.5	130.6	131.7	132.6	133.8	131.1	131.4	132.1	134.0	134.6	135.1	135.1	132.6
2023	132.2	132.9	133.3	133.6	(p)134.6
Manufacturing
2022	10.4	10.4	10.5	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.7	11.8	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.3
2023	11.8	11.6	11.7	11.6	(p)11.6
Professional & Business Services
2022	13.3	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.2	13.0	13.2	13.7	13.2	13.5	13.5
2023	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	(p)12.8
Educational & Health Services
2022	28.8	28.9	29.1	29.0	29.0	28.9	29.4	29.7	29.7	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.4
2023	29.5	29.5	29.6	29.7	(p)29.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	13.6	13.8	14.0	14.2	14.4	14.6	14.7	14.4	14.3	14.2	13.9	14.2	14.2
2023	14.5	14.5	14.7	14.8	(p)15.4
Government
2022	22.5	22.8	22.9	22.8	23.4	20.7	20.5	21.6	23.1	23.2	24.4	23.9	22.7
2023	22.6	23.7	24.0	23.8	(p)24.0
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	146,071	145,844	145,025	145,269	145,542	146,717	146,071	144,699	(p)143,683
2023	(p)143,352	143,945	(p)144,587
Employment
2022	139,381	139,124	138,913	139,903	140,215	139,833	139,381	138,073	(p)138,539
2023	(p)136,896	137,784	(p)138,816
Unemployment
2022	6,690	6,720	6,112	5,366	5,327	6,884	6,690	6,626	(p)5,144
2023	(p)6,456	6,161	(p)5,771
Unemployment Rate
2022	4.6	4.6	4.2	3.7	3.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	(p)3.6
2023	(p)4.5	4.3	(p)4.0
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.