West Virginia 1997
Nonfarm Payroll Employment by Industry Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Avg
TOTAL NONFARM PAYROLL 688.3 687.4 696.0 702.6 710.3 713.0 712.6 709.1 713.7 719.2 720.5 720.7 707.8
                           
PRIVATE SECTOR 551.3 549.4 555.6 562.6 569.2 574.3 573.2 574.6 577.2 579.0 578.6 579.3 568.7
                           
GOODS-PRODUCING 131.8 130.7 132.3 135.7 137.4 139.3 138.3 139.4 140.4 141.5 139.0 137.2 136.9
  Natural Resources and Mining 25.2 24.9 25.1 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.0 25.1 25.1 25.3 25.0 25.2 25.1
    Mining 23.8 23.5 23.6 23.6 23.7 23.8 23.6 23.6 23.6 23.8 23.5 23.7 23.7
      Coal Mining 19.0 18.8 18.9 18.8 18.6 18.7 18.4 18.4 18.4 18.5 18.3 18.5 18.6
  Construction 30.3 29.7 30.8 34.0 35.2 36.5 36.9 37.4 38.6 38.8 36.4 34.5 34.9
    Construction of Buildings 10.1 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.3 10.9 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.3 11.0 10.6 10.6
    Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.7 5.6 6.0 7.2 7.8 8.0 8.4 8.9 8.8 8.6 7.8 7.2 7.5
    Specialty Trade Contractors 14.5 14.1 14.8 16.8 17.1 17.6 17.3 17.4 18.7 18.9 17.6 16.7 16.8
  Manufacturing 76.3 76.1 76.4 76.6 77.0 77.5 76.4 76.9 76.7 77.4 77.6 77.5 76.9
    Durable Goods 45.2 45.3 45.5 45.5 45.7 46.2 45.0 45.4 45.4 45.9 46.1 46.1 45.6
      Wood Product Manufacturing 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.4
      Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3
      Primary Metal Manufacturing 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.1 11.2 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 11.0
      Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.7
      Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.0
    Nondurable Goods 31.1 30.8 30.9 31.1 31.3 31.3 31.4 31.5 31.3 31.5 31.5 31.4 31.3
      Food Manufacturing 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9
      Chemical Manufacturing 15.5 15.4 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.6 15.6 15.7 15.6 15.5 15.5 15.4 15.5
      Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1
                                 
SERVICE-PROVIDING 556.5 556.7 563.7 566.9 572.9 573.7 574.3 569.7 573.3 577.7 581.5 583.5 570.9
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 141.2 139.8 140.9 141.6 143.1 143.9 143.6 143.1 143.8 144.3 147.0 147.9 143.4
    Wholesale Trade 22.7 22.7 23.3 24.0 24.3 24.5 24.6 24.5 24.5 24.3 24.3 24.4 24.0
      Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.9 14.2 14.3 14.2 14.2 14.1 13.9 14.0 14.1 14.0
      Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.6
    Retail Trade 89.5 88.0 88.2 88.9 89.8 90.2 89.7 89.9 90.0 91.0 93.8 94.6 90.3
      Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.0 12.0 12.0 11.9 12.0
      Building Material and Garden Equipment 6.4 6.4 6.8 7.0 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.9
      Food and Beverage Stores 19.1 18.9 18.6 18.7 18.8 19.0 18.8 18.9 18.9 18.7 18.8 18.8 18.8
      Health and Personal Care Stores 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 6.0 6.1 5.8
      Gasoline Stations 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.2 10.0 9.9 9.8 9.9
      General Merchandise Stores 16.8 16.0 16.1 16.1 16.1 16.1 16.3 16.3 16.5 17.8 19.1 19.3 16.9
      Miscellaneous Store Retailers 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.2 4.9
    Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 29.0 29.1 29.4 28.7 29.0 29.2 29.3 28.7 29.3 29.0 28.9 28.9 29.0
      Utilities 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4
        Electric Power Generation, Transmission 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
      Transportation and Warehousing 21.8 21.9 22.1 21.4 21.6 21.7 21.8 21.2 21.9 21.6 21.5 21.5 21.7
        Rail Transportation 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.4
        Truck Transportation 9.0 9.1 9.3 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.5
  Information 12.8 12.8 13.0 13.2 13.1 13.2 12.9 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.9 12.9 12.9
    Publishing Industries 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.5
    Telecommunications 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.6
  Financial Activities 28.6 28.6 28.9 29.1 29.4 29.5 29.6 29.7 29.7 29.8 29.7 29.9 29.4
    Finance and Insurance 22.1 22.2 22.4 22.6 22.7 22.7 22.8 22.8 22.8 22.9 22.9 23.0 22.7
      Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 12.0 12.1 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.6 12.6 12.7 12.4
      Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.0
    Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.7
  Professional and Business Services 45.7 45.9 46.9 47.5 47.5 48.1 48.4 48.3 48.6 48.2 49.1 49.5 47.8
    Professional, Scientific and Technical Service 19.2 19.3 19.5 19.6 19.3 19.5 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.8 20.0 20.4 19.6
      Legal Services 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.1
      Accounting, Tax Prep, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.7
      Architectural, Engineering and Related 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1
    Administrative and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation 22.7 22.8 23.7 24.4 24.6 25.0 25.0 24.9 25.2 25.0 25.7 25.8 24.6
      Administrative and Support Services 20.5 20.6 21.5 22.1 22.4 22.7 22.9 22.8 23.1 22.9 23.7 23.8 22.4
      Employment Services 6.4 6.4 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.1 7.8 7.9 7.1
      Business Support Services 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.1
      Services to Buildings and Dwellings 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.8
  Educational and Health Services 91.7 91.7 92.1 92.6 92.8 92.1 92.9 93.1 94.2 96.2 96.5 96.8 93.6
    Educational Services 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.4 6.3 5.7 5.8 6.6 8.4 8.4 8.3 7.3
    Health Care and Social Assistance 84.3 84.2 84.5 84.8 85.4 85.8 87.2 87.3 87.6 87.8 88.1 88.5 86.3
      Ambulatory Health Care Service 24.7 24.8 24.8 24.9 25.1 25.3 25.4 25.3 25.3 25.5 25.5 25.7 25.2
        Home Health Care Services 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3
      Hospitals 32.0 31.9 31.9 31.9 32.1 32.5 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.9 32.9
      Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 15.1 15.0 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.4
        Nursing Care Facilities 9.0 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0
      Social Assistance 12.5 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.6 12.6 12.7 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.2 12.8
        Individual and Family Services 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.4