Charleston MSA				Nonfarm Payroll Employment
				May 2008	Apr 2008	May 2007
Total Nonfarm				152.2	151.4	151.3
Total Private				124.4	123.9	123.3
Goods Producing				23.0	22.8	22.9
	Natural Resources, Mining & Construction			16.8	16.6	16.6
	Manufacturing			6.2	6.2	6.3
		Durable Goods		3.3	3.3	3.2
		Nondurable Goods		2.9	2.9	3.1
Service-Providing				129.2	128.6	128.4
Private Service-Providing				101.4	101.1	100.4
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities			29.0	28.8	28.8
		Wholesale Trade		6.2	6.3	6.2
		Retail Trade		16.3	16.0	16.1
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities		6.5	6.5	6.5
	Information			2.9	2.9	2.8
	Financial Activities			8.5	8.5	8.3
	Professional & Business Services			15.3	15.4	15.1
	Educational & Health Service			21.5	21.5	21.1
	Leisure & Hospitality			12.5	12.3	12.6
	Other Services			11.7	11.7	11.7
	Government			27.8	27.5	28.0
		Federal Government		2.7	2.7	2.8
		State Government		11.7	11.5	11.7
		Local Government		13.4	13.3	13.5
Labor-Management Dispute Status				0.0	0.0	0.0