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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > West Virginia > Charleston

Charleston

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Charleston, WV, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
Charleston, WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2021
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Charleston – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019

Charleston, WV Economy at a Glance:

Charleston, WV
Data Series Back
Data		 Dec
2020		 Jan
2021		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021		 Apr
2021		 May
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)92.4 91.7 92.6 91.9 (p)93.6  

Employment(1)

 (2)85.4 84.9 85.9 86.0 (p)87.7  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)7.0 6.8 6.7 5.9 (p)5.9  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)7.6 7.5 7.2 6.5 (p)6.3  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 102.0 100.3 100.7 101.6 101.8 (p)102.4

12-month % change

 -6.7 -7.6 -7.0 -5.5 7.5 (p)6.2

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.4 (p)5.5

12-month % change

 -16.4 -18.5 -14.5 -11.3 8.0 (p)-1.8

Manufacturing(4)

 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 (p)3.0

12-month % change

 -3.2 -6.3 -3.2 -6.3 3.4 (p)3.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 16.8 16.3 16.2 16.4 16.4 (p)16.5

12-month % change

 -8.2 -7.4 -6.9 -4.7 9.3 (p)5.8

Information(4)

 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 (p)1.4

12-month % change

 -6.7 -6.7 -6.7 -6.7 7.7 (p)7.7

Financial Activities(4)

 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.5 (p)6.6

12-month % change

 -4.3 -7.1 -7.2 -7.2 -3.0 (p)-2.9

Professional and Business Services(4)

 12.7 12.6 12.8 12.8 12.7 (p)12.6

12-month % change

 -5.9 -5.3 -5.2 -4.5 2.4 (p)1.6

Education and Health Services(4)

 21.1 21.2 21.1 21.2 21.1 (p)21.3

12-month % change

 -2.8 -0.5 -2.3 -0.5 8.2 (p)8.7

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.8 8.1 (p)8.5

12-month % change

 -21.4 -22.7 -22.4 -17.9 58.8 (p)44.1

Other Services(4)

 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 (p)3.6

12-month % change

 -7.7 -7.7 -7.7 -5.3 12.5 (p)5.9

Government(4)

 23.5 22.9 23.3 23.5 23.6 (p)23.4

12-month % change

 -1.7 -6.5 -4.5 -4.1 0.0 (p)2.2

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary