West Virginia
CALENDAR YEAR 2005
MONTHLY REPORT ON THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND UNEMPLOYMENT *
			JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVG
LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
Civilian Labor Force			777,500	784,500	784,300	793,600	798,600	811,500	813,500	804,900	802,500	804,000	802,400	797,000	797,800
	Total Employment		733,200	735,600	739,400	753,800	761,000	770,000	774,500	766,900	767,700	770,000	766,500	763,800	758,500
	Total Unemployment		44,400	48,900	44,900	39,800	37,500	41,500	38,900	38,000	34,800	34,000	35,900	33,200	39,300
		Unemployment Rate	5.7	6.2	5.7	5.0	4.7	5.1	4.8	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.5	4.2	4.9
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			727,100	728,500	734,900	745,100	751,400	752,700	748,500	750,500	753,700	751,000	756,200	758,400	746,500
Goods Producing			118,300	118,800	119,900	123,400	125,600	127,300	127,100	127,900	129,000	128,700	128,100	126,800	125,000
	Mining & Logging		24,400	24,700	25,000	25,400	26,000	26,200	26,200	26,400	26,700	26,800	27,200	27,400	26,000
		Mining	23,300	23,500	23,800	24,200	24,800	24,900	25,000	25,300	25,500	25,700	26,100	26,300	24,800
	Construction		31,900	32,200	33,000	35,900	37,200	38,300	38,300	38,900	39,600	39,800	39,100	37,500	36,800
	Manufacturing		62,000	61,900	61,900	62,100	62,400	62,800	62,600	62,600	62,700	62,100	61,800	61,900	62,200
		Durable Goods	39,100	38,900	39,100	39,200	39,300	39,500	39,400	39,400	39,500	39,100	38,800	38,900	39,100
		Nondurable Goods	22,900	23,000	22,800	22,900	23,100	23,300	23,200	23,200	23,200	23,000	23,000	23,000	23,000
Service Providing			608,800	609,700	615,000	621,700	625,800	625,400	621,400	622,600	624,700	622,300	628,100	631,600	621,400
Private Service Providing			466,300	466,100	469,800	476,100	480,000	482,100	481,900	483,100	482,100	478,800	481,800	485,000	477,700
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		136,900	136,100	136,700	138,100	139,600	139,700	139,600	139,800	139,900	140,300	143,200	144,600	139,500
		Wholesale Trade	23,600	23,600	23,800	24,100	24,300	24,400	24,400	24,300	24,300	24,300	24,400	24,600	24,100
		Retail Trade	88,000	87,000	87,300	88,300	89,400	89,200	89,200	89,300	89,300	89,700	92,500	93,500	89,300
		Trans. And Utilities	25,300	25,500	25,600	25,700	25,900	26,100	26,000	26,200	26,300	26,300	26,300	26,500	25,900
	Information		11,600	11,400	11,500	11,500	11,700	11,800	11,900	12,000	11,800	11,800	11,900	12,000	11,700
	Financial Activities		29,600	29,500	29,500	29,700	29,700	29,800	29,800	29,800	29,700	29,600	29,700	29,700	29,600
	Professional And Business Services		57,600	57,100	57,500	58,600	58,400	59,100	59,200	59,700	59,200	59,300	59,800	60,800	58,800
	Education & Health Servs		110,900	112,100	112,600	113,000	113,100	113,100	112,800	113,200	114,100	113,300	113,900	114,300	113,000
	Leisure And Hospitality		65,100	65,300	66,600	68,500	70,600	72,000	72,700	73,000	71,700	69,200	68,100	68,300	69,200
	Other Services		54,600	54,600	55,400	56,700	56,900	56,600	55,900	55,600	55,700	55,300	55,200	55,300	55,600
	Total Government		142,500	143,600	145,200	145,600	145,800	143,300	139,500	139,500	142,600	143,500	146,300	146,600	143,600
		Federal Government	21,800	21,800	21,800	21,900	21,900	22,000	22,000	22,000	21,900	21,900	22,000	22,000	21,900
		State Government	46,100	46,900	48,300	48,100	47,600	44,400	44,500	43,800	45,800	46,300	48,600	48,400	46,500
		Local Government	74,600	74,900	75,100	75,600	76,300	76,900	73,000	73,700	74,900	75,300	75,700	76,200	75,100
Labor - Management Dispute (LMD) Status			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	400	400	400	400	XX
* Data Have Been Revised To 2008 Benchmark.
** Nondisclosure

Date last revised: 04/24/09