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

Parkersburg

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Parkersburg Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Economy at a Glance:
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
Data Series Back
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 39.9 39.4 39.6 39.2 (p)38.9 (p)38.2

Employment(1)

 38.1 38.0 38.2 37.7 (p)37.5 (p)36.3

Unemployment(1)

 1.8 1.3 1.4 1.5 (p)1.4 (p)1.8

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.5 3.4 3.5 3.8 (p)3.7 (p)4.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 37.8 38.2 38.6 39.0 (p)38.6  

12-month % change

 2.4 3.2 3.5 4.3 (p)2.7  

Manufacturing(3)

 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 (p)2.7  

12-month % change

 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0  

Education and Health Services(3)

 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 (p)7.2  

12-month % change

 1.4 1.4 2.9 2.9 (p)2.9  

Government(3)

 7.7 8.1 8.1 8.5 (p)8.0  

12-month % change

 2.7 3.8 2.5 7.6 (p)0.0  

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