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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio > Huntington

Huntington

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Huntington Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: 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 for Selected Nurse Occupations in Kentucky’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Economy at a Glance:

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
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2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)146.7 145.3 145.9 145.9 (p)147.8  

Employment(1)

 (2)137.1 135.9 136.6 137.6 (p)140.2  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)9.6 9.4 9.3 8.3 (p)7.5  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)6.5 6.5 6.4 5.7 (p)5.1  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 130.3 127.5 127.4 129.2 129.8 (p)131.2

12-month % change

 -4.1 -4.9 -4.6 -3.6 10.8 (p)9.3

Manufacturing(4)

 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.6 (p)10.6

12-month % change

 -2.8 -1.9 -1.9 -1.9 6.0 (p)5.0

Professional and Business Services(4)

 12.8 12.4 12.4 12.8 12.8 (p)13.2

12-month % change

 -2.3 -2.4 -4.6 -1.5 4.9 (p)9.1

Education and Health Services(4)

 28.1 28.3 28.1 28.3 28.4 (p)28.5

12-month % change

 -2.8 -2.7 -3.8 -3.1 6.4 (p)5.2

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 13.0 12.6 12.5 12.9 12.8 (p)13.2

12-month % change

 -11.0 -11.3 -13.2 -9.2 56.1 (p)36.1

Government(4)

 22.9 22.6 23.1 23.4 23.4 (p)23.7

12-month % change

 -4.2 -5.8 -3.3 -2.9 4.0 (p)8.2

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