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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
2021	65.9	67.5	68.5	69.1	69.4	67.9	68.4	69.4	70.3	71.3	71.7	71.4	69.2
2022	68.0	70.1	70.8	71.7	71.9	69.7	69.8	71.3	72.7	73.9	74.2	(p)73.5
Manufacturing
2021	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.4
2022	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	(p)3.3
Professional & Business Services
2021	7.9	7.9	8.1	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0
2022	7.8	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.1	8.2	8.1	(p)7.9
Educational & Health Services
2021	15.8	15.8	15.9	16.1	16.0	16.1	16.1	16.2	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.1
2022	16.2	16.4	16.4	16.5	16.6	16.7	16.7	16.8	17.0	17.1	17.0	(p)17.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	5.7	6.0	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.5	6.7	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.7	6.4
2022	6.5	6.7	6.6	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.9	7.1	7.1	6.9	(p)6.7
Government
2021	16.2	17.4	17.6	17.9	17.9	16.3	16.2	16.9	17.8	18.4	18.8	18.5	17.5
2022	16.5	18.4	18.4	18.5	18.6	16.1	16.1	17.3	18.3	18.9	19.6	(p)19.0
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
2022	70,758	72,519	72,186	73,187	73,079	72,940	72,897	73,569	74,068	74,935	73,673	(p)73,258
2023	(p)69,405
Employment
2022	68,146	69,785	69,757	70,931	70,859	70,088	70,160	70,802	72,099	72,851	71,515	(p)71,229
2023	(p)66,943
Unemployment
2022	2,612	2,734	2,429	2,256	2,220	2,852	2,737	2,767	1,969	2,084	2,158	(p)2,029
2023	(p)2,462
Unemployment Rate
2022	3.7	3.8	3.4	3.1	3.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	2.7	2.8	2.9	(p)2.8
2023	(p)3.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Monongalia and Preston Counties in West Virginia.