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Morgantown

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemployment
Morgantown, WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2025
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2025

Morgantown, WV Economy at a Glance:

Morgantown, WV

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		69.9	71.4	71.5	(p)70.9		(p)69.2
Employment(1)		67.3	69.1	69.5	(p)68.8		(p)66.8
Unemployment(1)		2.5	2.3	2.1	(p)2.1		(p)2.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.6	3.2	2.9	(p)2.9		(p)3.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		70.6	72.8	73.8	74.5	74.0	(p)70.9
12-month % change		-0.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.8	(p)-0.6
Manufacturing(3)		2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	(p)2.0
12-month % change		-9.1	-9.1	-9.1	-4.8	-9.1	(p)-4.8
Professional and Business Services(3)		8.6	8.6	8.7	8.7	8.5	(p)8.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	1.2	1.2	-1.2	(p)1.2
Education and Health Services(3)		19.1	19.1	19.4	19.5	19.5	(p)19.2
12-month % change		6.1	4.9	6.6	6.0	5.4	(p)3.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	(p)7.0
12-month % change		1.4	1.4	2.8	2.8	4.3	(p)2.9
Government(3)		15.3	17.2	17.7	17.9	17.7	(p)16.0
12-month % change		-7.3	-2.8	-0.6	0.6	-1.7	(p)-7.0
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