Morgantown, WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Morgantown, 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	Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	71.3	72.1	72.5	72.8	72.7	70.4	69.8	70.6	72.8	73.8	74.5	74.0	72.3
2025	(p)70.9
Manufacturing
2024	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
2025	(p)2.0
Professional & Business Services
2024	8.3	8.3	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.5	8.6	8.6	8.7	8.7	8.5	8.5
2025	(p)8.4
Educational & Health Services
2024	18.6	18.8	18.9	19.0	18.8	18.9	19.0	19.1	19.1	19.4	19.5	19.5	19.1
2025	(p)19.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	6.8	7.1	7.0	7.2	7.1	7.2	6.9	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.1
2025	(p)7.0
Government
2024	17.2	17.5	17.9	17.7	17.9	15.4	15.1	15.3	17.2	17.7	17.9	17.7	17.0
2025	(p)16.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(m)70,112	(m)70,716	(m)70,628	(m)71,464	(m)69,791	(m)70,190	(m)70,226	(m)69,995	(m)71,306	(m)71,589	(m)71,029	(m)70,305
2025	69,456	(p)70,535
Employment
2024	(m)67,562	(m)68,108	(m)68,010	(m)69,271	(m)67,594	(m)67,525	(m)67,609	(m)67,480	(m)69,200	(m)69,569	(m)68,984	(m)68,251
2025	66,918	(p)68,158
Unemployment
2024	(m)2,550	(m)2,608	(m)2,618	(m)2,193	(m)2,197	(m)2,665	(m)2,617	(m)2,515	(m)2,106	(m)2,020	(m)2,045	(m)2,054
2025	2,538	(p)2,377
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)3.6	(m)3.7	(m)3.7	(m)3.1	(m)3.1	(m)3.8	(m)3.7	(m)3.6	(m)3.0	(m)2.8	(m)2.9	(m)2.9
2025	3.7	(p)3.4
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Monongalia and Preston Counties in West Virginia.