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Huntington

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Huntington Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Feb 2023
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
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
Data Series Back
Data
Dec
2022
Jan
2023
Feb
2023
Mar
2023
Apr
2023
May
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

  (p)143.4 143.9 (p)144.6    

Employment(1)

  (p)136.9 137.8 (p)138.8    

Unemployment(1)

  (p)6.5 6.2 (p)5.8    

Unemployment Rate(2)

  (p)4.5 4.3 (p)4.0    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

135.1 132.2 132.9 133.3 133.6 (p)134.6

12-month % change

2.0 2.1 1.8 1.2 0.8 (p)0.6

Manufacturing(3)

11.8 11.8 11.6 11.7 11.6 (p)11.6

12-month % change

13.5 13.5 11.5 11.4 5.5 (p)4.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

13.5 13.4 13.3 13.3 13.3 (p)12.8

12-month % change

-2.2 0.8 -2.9 -3.6 -3.6 (p)-7.2

Education and Health Services(3)

29.9 29.5 29.5 29.6 29.7 (p)29.9

12-month % change

3.8 2.4 2.1 1.7 2.4 (p)3.1

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

14.2 14.5 14.5 14.7 14.8 (p)15.4

12-month % change

0.0 6.6 5.1 5.0 4.2 (p)6.9

Government(3)

23.9 22.6 23.7 24.0 23.8 (p)24.0

12-month % change

5.8 0.4 3.9 4.8 4.4 (p)2.6

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary