West Virginia 2003
Nonfarm Payroll Employment by Industry Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Avg
TOTAL NONFARM PAYROLL 714.4 711.1 719.6 726.9 731.8 732.7 728.5 730.1 730.5 734.7 733.2 737.3 727.6
                           
PRIVATE SECTOR 573.6 568.8 575.6 581.9 586.7 590.5 589.7 591.0 590.8 591.2 588.5 592.5 585.1
                           
GOODS-PRODUCING 116.0 113.6 116.3 118.4 119.8 121.1 121.5 121.1 121.4 121.3 120.6 118.9 119.2
  Natural Resources and Mining 22.1 21.6 22.1 22.1 22.0 22.1 22.1 21.7 21.8 21.8 22.0 22.2 22.0
    Mining 20.8 20.3 20.8 20.8 20.6 20.8 20.8 20.4 20.5 20.5 20.8 20.9 20.7
      Coal Mining 15.2 14.8 14.9 14.9 14.6 14.7 14.6 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.7 14.9 14.7
  Construction 28.4 27.1 29.3 31.3 32.9 34.1 34.6 34.9 35.3 35.5 34.9 33.6 32.7
    Construction of Buildings 9.4 8.9 9.4 9.7 9.9 10.6 10.6 10.7 10.7 11.0 10.8 10.7 10.2
    Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.6 4.2 4.7 5.7 6.5 6.8 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.2
    Specialty Trade Contractors 14.4 14.0 15.2 15.9 16.5 16.7 17.0 17.1 17.5 17.4 17.3 16.5 16.3
  Manufacturing 65.5 64.9 64.9 65.0 64.9 64.9 64.8 64.5 64.3 64.0 63.7 63.1 64.5
    Durable Goods 40.4 40.1 40.0 40.0 39.9 39.9 39.8 39.6 39.5 39.3 39.2 38.5 39.7
      Wood Product Manufacturing 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.0 8.3
      Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 3.6 4.4
      Primary Metal Manufacturing 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.9 8.0 8.1
      Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.5
      Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8
    Nondurable Goods 25.1 24.8 24.9 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 24.9 24.8 24.7 24.5 24.6 24.9
      Food Manufacturing 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0
      Chemical Manufacturing 12.0 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.6
      Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9
                                 
SERVICE-PROVIDING 598.4 597.5 603.3 608.5 612.0 611.6 607.0 609.0 609.1 613.4 612.6 618.4 608.4
Private Service-Providing     457.6 455.2 459.3 463.5 466.9 469.4 468.2 469.9 469.4 469.9 467.9 473.6 465.9
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 133.5 131.7 132.9 134.3 135.5 136.1 135.8 136.3 136.2 136.8 136.7 140.2 135.5
    Wholesale Trade 22.4 22.3 22.6 22.7 22.9 23.0 22.9 22.9 22.8 22.8 22.8 22.8 22.7
      Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.5 12.4 12.4 12.4 12.3 12.2 12.2 12.1 12.1 12.3
      Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.2
    Retail Trade 86.0 84.5 85.3 86.6 87.4 87.9 87.8 88.2 88.2 89.0 89.0 92.5 87.7
      Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers 12.0 11.9 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.4 12.3 12.2 12.2 12.2
      Building Material and Garden Equipment 6.2 6.2 6.4 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9
      Food and Beverage Stores 14.9 14.7 15.0 14.9 15.0 15.1 15.1 15.0 15.0 14.9 12.7 15.0 14.8
      Health and Personal Care Stores 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.2 5.9
      Gasoline Stations 8.9 8.7 8.8 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.2
      General Merchandise Stores 18.8 18.6 18.9 19.2 19.2 19.2 19.1 19.2 19.2 19.8 20.7 21.3 19.4
      Miscellaneous Store Retailers 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.8
    Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 25.1 24.9 25.0 25.0 25.2 25.2 25.1 25.2 25.2 25.0 24.9 24.9 25.1
      Utilities 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.3
        Electric Power Generation, Transmission 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7
      Transportation and Warehousing 18.7 18.5 18.7 18.7 18.9 18.9 18.8 18.9 18.9 18.8 18.7 18.7 18.8
        Truck Transportation 8.0 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.9 7.9 8.1
  Information 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.7 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.5 12.3 12.2 12.2 12.0 12.5
    Publishing Industries 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
  Financial Activities 30.8 30.8 30.8 30.9 30.7 31.0 30.6 30.6 30.7 30.7 30.7 30.8 30.8
    Finance and Insurance 23.9 23.9 23.8 23.8 23.5 23.7 23.3 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.4 23.4 23.6
      Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 12.9 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.3 12.4 12.3 12.4 12.3 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.5
      Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 10.0 10.0 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.2 9.9 9.8 9.9 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.0
    Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.2
  Professional and Business Services 55.5 55.4 55.8 56.3 56.3 57.0 56.7 57.1 57.0 57.5 57.4 58.7 56.7
    Professional, Scientific and Technical Service 22.9 23.0 23.1 23.1 22.7 22.9 23.0 22.9 22.8 22.8 23.0 23.4 23.0
      Legal Services 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.1
      Accounting, Tax Prep, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.7
      Architectural, Engineering and Related 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6
    Management of Companies and Enterprises 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.9
    Administrative and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation 29.9 29.7 30.0 30.5 30.8 31.3 30.9 31.3 31.3 31.7 31.3 32.2 30.9
      Employment Services 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.4 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.9 7.0 7.3 6.6 7.4 6.6
      Business Support Services 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.5 8.4 8.9 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.6 9.0 9.3 8.7
      Services to Buildings and Dwellings 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.7
  Educational and Health Services 108.4 108.2 108.7 108.6 109.0 107.9 107.0 107.6 108.6 110.3 110.5 110.8 108.8
    Educational Services 9.7 9.9 10.0 9.9 9.7 8.1 7.9 8.1 9.1 10.7 10.8 10.5 9.5
    Health Care and Social Assistance 98.7 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.3 99.8 99.1 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.7 100.3 99.3
      Ambulatory Health Care Service 30.7 30.5 30.7 30.7 30.9 31.1 31.3 31.5 31.3 31.5 31.6 31.9 31.1
        Offices of Physicians 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.4 13.4 13.4 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.8 13.4
        Offices of Other Health Practitioners 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.5
        Home Health Care Services 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4
      Hospitals 36.3 36.2 36.4 36.4 36.6 37.0 36.8 36.8 36.7 36.8 36.7 36.9 36.6
      Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 16.9 16.8 16.9 16.8 17.0 17.1 17.0 16.9 17.0 16.9 17.0 17.1 17.0
      Social Assistance 14.8 14.8 14.7 14.8 14.8 14.6 14.0 14.3 14.5 14.4 14.4 14.4 14.5
        Individual and Family Services 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8
  Leisure and Hospitality 61.8 61.7 63.3 65.4 67.6 69.3 70.0 70.4 68.9 66.9 65.4 66.0 66.4
    Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.8 9.8 10.8 11.3 11.4 10.8 9.8 8.5 8.8 9.5
    Accommodation and Food Service 53.9 53.8 55.2 56.6 57.8 58.5 58.7 59.0 58.1 57.1 56.9 57.2 56.9
      Accommodation 9.4 9.3 9.6 8.9 9.4 9.8 10.4 10.5 9.8 9.6 9.1 9.4 9.6
      Food Services and Drinking Places 44.5 44.5 45.6 47.7 48.4 48.7 48.3 48.5 48.3 47.5 47.8 47.8 47.3
  Other Services 54.7 54.6 55.0 55.3 55.2 55.5 55.5 55.4 55.7 55.5 55.0 55.1 55.2
    Repair and Maintenance 6.7 6.7 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.0 7.0
    Personal and Laundry Services 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9
    Religious, Grantmaking, Civic Organizations 42.2 42.2 42.2 42.4 42.4 42.4 42.6 42.4 42.3 42.3 42.1 42.3 42.3
  Government 140.8 142.3 144.0 145.0 145.1 142.2 138.8 139.1 139.7 143.5 144.7 144.8 142.5
    Federal Government 22.0 21.9 21.9 21.9 21.9 22.1 22.1 22.0 21.9 21.8 21.7 22.0 21.9
      US Postal Service 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.3
    State Government 44.6 46.2 47.5 47.5 47.0 43.3 44.0 43.7 44.4 47.2 47.8 47.7 45.9
      State Government Educational Services 18.2 19.7 20.9 21.6 20.9 16.9 16.4 16.3 18.1 21.1 21.7 21.5 19.4
    Local Government 74.2 74.2 74.6 75.6 76.2 76.8 72.7 73.4 73.4 74.5 75.2 75.1 74.7
      Local Government Educational Services 44.1 44.2 44.5 44.9 45.0 44.3 40.0 41.0 42.3 43.7 44.4 44.5 43.6
Labor-Management Dispute Status 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.7 xx
Benchmark March 2004