Table Data - Employed Persons in West Virginia

Title Employed Persons in West Virginia
Series ID LASST540000000000005
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2025-12-01
Last Updated 2026-02-06 7:25 PM CST
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 657528
1976-02-01 657606
1976-03-01 658015
1976-04-01 658570
1976-05-01 658856
1976-06-01 658702
1976-07-01 658079
1976-08-01 657241
1976-09-01 656575
1976-10-01 656262
1976-11-01 656525
1976-12-01 657502
1977-01-01 659288
1977-02-01 661758
1977-03-01 664459
1977-04-01 667020
1977-05-01 669106
1977-06-01 670553
1977-07-01 671492
1977-08-01 672295
1977-09-01 673320
1977-10-01 674710
1977-11-01 676347
1977-12-01 677930
1978-01-01 679424
1978-02-01 680937
1978-03-01 682629
1978-04-01 684445
1978-05-01 686327
1978-06-01 688317
1978-07-01 690377
1978-08-01 692316
1978-09-01 693984
1978-10-01 695437
1978-11-01 696659
1978-12-01 697515
1979-01-01 697830
1979-02-01 697641
1979-03-01 697294
1979-04-01 697256
1979-05-01 697801
1979-06-01 698681
1979-07-01 699659
1979-08-01 700520
1979-09-01 701055
1979-10-01 701129
1979-11-01 700754
1979-12-01 699986
1980-01-01 698898
1980-02-01 697536
1980-03-01 695773
1980-04-01 693509
1980-05-01 690937
1980-06-01 688549
1980-07-01 686679
1980-08-01 685505
1980-09-01 685104
1980-10-01 685327
1980-11-01 686113
1980-12-01 687467
1981-01-01 688917
1981-02-01 689987
1981-03-01 690691
1981-04-01 691096
1981-05-01 691244
1981-06-01 691295
1981-07-01 691298
1981-08-01 691206
1981-09-01 690913
1981-10-01 690319
1981-11-01 689203
1981-12-01 687594
1982-01-01 685921
1982-02-01 684374
1982-03-01 682780
1982-04-01 681112
1982-05-01 679297
1982-06-01 677206
1982-07-01 674842
1982-08-01 672285
1982-09-01 669594
1982-10-01 638807
1982-11-01 627843
1982-12-01 622997
1983-01-01 620062
1983-02-01 618299
1983-03-01 617480
1983-04-01 617774
1983-05-01 619135
1983-06-01 621062
1983-07-01 623617
1983-08-01 626234
1983-09-01 628895
1983-10-01 631278
1983-11-01 633011
1983-12-01 634806
1984-01-01 636745
1984-02-01 638709
1984-03-01 640715
1984-04-01 642431
1984-05-01 643673
1984-06-01 644528
1984-07-01 644784
1984-08-01 644536
1984-09-01 643875
1984-10-01 643238
1984-11-01 642888
1984-12-01 643114
1985-01-01 643675
1985-02-01 644227
1985-03-01 644371
1985-04-01 644274
1985-05-01 643751
1985-06-01 643377
1985-07-01 643005
1985-08-01 643140
1985-09-01 643789
1985-10-01 644608
1985-11-01 645172
1985-12-01 645440
1986-01-01 645430
1986-02-01 645847
1986-03-01 646151
1986-04-01 646819
1986-05-01 647387
1986-06-01 647810
1986-07-01 648199
1986-08-01 648356
1986-09-01 648551
1986-10-01 648683
1986-11-01 648842
1986-12-01 649124
1987-01-01 649393
1987-02-01 649527
1987-03-01 649635
1987-04-01 649706
1987-05-01 649578
1987-06-01 649988
1987-07-01 650473
1987-08-01 651314
1987-09-01 652764
1987-10-01 654005
1987-11-01 655116
1987-12-01 656065
1988-01-01 656772
1988-02-01 657567
1988-03-01 658344
1988-04-01 658973
1988-05-01 659642
1988-06-01 659869
1988-07-01 659906
1988-08-01 659731
1988-09-01 659731
1988-10-01 659723
1988-11-01 660125
1988-12-01 660799
1989-01-01 666359
1989-02-01 671732
1989-03-01 676377
1989-04-01 680746
1989-05-01 685082
1989-06-01 689792
1989-07-01 692623
1989-08-01 700826
1989-09-01 701476
1989-10-01 701735
1989-11-01 701322
1989-12-01 700370
1990-01-01 699268
1990-02-01 698397
1990-03-01 697919
1990-04-01 697708
1990-05-01 697634
1990-06-01 697432
1990-07-01 696891
1990-08-01 696076
1990-09-01 695232
1990-10-01 694519
1990-11-01 694165
1990-12-01 694122
1991-01-01 694119
1991-02-01 694109
1991-03-01 693980
1991-04-01 693715
1991-05-01 693388
1991-06-01 693102
1991-07-01 692894
1991-08-01 692752
1991-09-01 692697
1991-10-01 692696
1991-11-01 692748
1991-12-01 693002
1992-01-01 693590
1992-02-01 694392
1992-03-01 695343
1992-04-01 696260
1992-05-01 696842
1992-06-01 697037
1992-07-01 697005
1992-08-01 696943
1992-09-01 697011
1992-10-01 697384
1992-11-01 697982
1992-12-01 698577
1993-01-01 699049
1993-02-01 699370
1993-03-01 699628
1993-04-01 699985
1993-05-01 700545
1993-06-01 701295
1993-07-01 702196
1993-08-01 703213
1993-09-01 704365
1993-10-01 705605
1993-11-01 706836
1993-12-01 708179
1994-01-01 709706
1994-02-01 711292
1994-03-01 712789
1994-04-01 714171
1994-05-01 715515
1994-06-01 716977
1994-07-01 718624
1994-08-01 720338
1994-09-01 721961
1994-10-01 723372
1994-11-01 724576
1994-12-01 725297
1995-01-01 725317
1995-02-01 724872
1995-03-01 724295
1995-04-01 723861
1995-05-01 723800
1995-06-01 724081
1995-07-01 724504
1995-08-01 724883
1995-09-01 725051
1995-10-01 724947
1995-11-01 724622
1995-12-01 724425
1996-01-01 724750
1996-02-01 725663
1996-03-01 727027
1996-04-01 728600
1996-05-01 730145
1996-06-01 731478
1996-07-01 732501
1996-08-01 733183
1996-09-01 733475
1996-10-01 733425
1996-11-01 733252
1996-12-01 733070
1997-01-01 732914
1997-02-01 732920
1997-03-01 733231
1997-04-01 733854
1997-05-01 734597
1997-06-01 735375
1997-07-01 736205
1997-08-01 737041
1997-09-01 737821
1997-10-01 738452
1997-11-01 738826
1997-12-01 739133
1998-01-01 739565
1998-02-01 740109
1998-03-01 740658
1998-04-01 741205
1998-05-01 741781
1998-06-01 742313
1998-07-01 742758
1998-08-01 743241
1998-09-01 743864
1998-10-01 744623
1998-11-01 745365
1998-12-01 745804
1999-01-01 745848
1999-02-01 745700
1999-03-01 745630
1999-04-01 745818
1999-05-01 746311
1999-06-01 747079
1999-07-01 747944
1999-08-01 748733
1999-09-01 749399
1999-10-01 749979
1999-11-01 750673
1999-12-01 751622
2000-01-01 752770
2000-02-01 753865
2000-03-01 754614
2000-04-01 754818
2000-05-01 754512
2000-06-01 753891
2000-07-01 753299
2000-08-01 753137
2000-09-01 753632
2000-10-01 754817
2000-11-01 756398
2000-12-01 757826
2001-01-01 758651
2001-02-01 758738
2001-03-01 758147
2001-04-01 757062
2001-05-01 755793
2001-06-01 754610
2001-07-01 753740
2001-08-01 753084
2001-09-01 752524
2001-10-01 752026
2001-11-01 751489
2001-12-01 751024
2002-01-01 750704
2002-02-01 750429
2002-03-01 750150
2002-04-01 749964
2002-05-01 749882
2002-06-01 749835
2002-07-01 749607
2002-08-01 749107
2002-09-01 748314
2002-10-01 747174
2002-11-01 745927
2002-12-01 744704
2003-01-01 743598
2003-02-01 742774
2003-03-01 742266
2003-04-01 741942
2003-05-01 741669
2003-06-01 741510
2003-07-01 741570
2003-08-01 741887
2003-09-01 742458
2003-10-01 743206
2003-11-01 743961
2003-12-01 744717
2004-01-01 745475
2004-02-01 746137
2004-03-01 746708
2004-04-01 747196
2004-05-01 747635
2004-06-01 748058
2004-07-01 748451
2004-08-01 748759
2004-09-01 748948
2004-10-01 749063
2004-11-01 749212
2004-12-01 749474
2005-01-01 749963
2005-02-01 750804
2005-03-01 752055
2005-04-01 753661
2005-05-01 755421
2005-06-01 757006
2005-07-01 758208
2005-08-01 759057
2005-09-01 759717
2005-10-01 760484
2005-11-01 761523
2005-12-01 762872
2006-01-01 764501
2006-02-01 766131
2006-03-01 767404
2006-04-01 768143
2006-05-01 768476
2006-06-01 768628
2006-07-01 768938
2006-08-01 769591
2006-09-01 770472
2006-10-01 771371
2006-11-01 772059
2006-12-01 772258
2007-01-01 771851
2007-02-01 771138
2007-03-01 770487
2007-04-01 770186
2007-05-01 770336
2007-06-01 770904
2007-07-01 771691
2007-08-01 772526
2007-09-01 773384
2007-10-01 774113
2007-11-01 774626
2007-12-01 775071
2008-01-01 775480
2008-02-01 775818
2008-03-01 776073
2008-04-01 776176
2008-05-01 776134
2008-06-01 776023
2008-07-01 775816
2008-08-01 775372
2008-09-01 774479
2008-10-01 773002
2008-11-01 770883
2008-12-01 768076
2009-01-01 764734
2009-02-01 761283
2009-03-01 758241
2009-04-01 755858
2009-05-01 753873
2009-06-01 751955
2009-07-01 749868
2009-08-01 747545
2009-09-01 745163
2009-10-01 743038
2009-11-01 741553
2009-12-01 741008
2010-01-01 741406
2010-02-01 742286
2010-03-01 743168
2010-04-01 743839
2010-05-01 744251
2010-06-01 744257
2010-07-01 743807
2010-08-01 743063
2010-09-01 742199
2010-10-01 741454
2010-11-01 740993
2010-12-01 740863
2011-01-01 741024
2011-02-01 741307
2011-03-01 741518
2011-04-01 741600
2011-05-01 741736
2011-06-01 742242
2011-07-01 743365
2011-08-01 745061
2011-09-01 747055
2011-10-01 748998
2011-11-01 750512
2011-12-01 751460
2012-01-01 751955
2012-02-01 752168
2012-03-01 752080
2012-04-01 751665
2012-05-01 751145
2012-06-01 750707
2012-07-01 750428
2012-08-01 750343
2012-09-01 750437
2012-10-01 750518
2012-11-01 750415
2012-12-01 749993
2013-01-01 749249
2013-02-01 748514
2013-03-01 748164
2013-04-01 748347
2013-05-01 748691
2013-06-01 748810
2013-07-01 748525
2013-08-01 747782
2013-09-01 746735
2013-10-01 745718
2013-11-01 745063
2013-12-01 744969
2014-01-01 745383
2014-02-01 745949
2014-03-01 746275
2014-04-01 746116
2014-05-01 745663
2014-06-01 745260
2014-07-01 745032
2014-08-01 745092
2014-09-01 745400
2014-10-01 745690
2014-11-01 745668
2014-12-01 745150
2015-01-01 744197
2015-02-01 743045
2015-03-01 742009
2015-04-01 741231
2015-05-01 740604
2015-06-01 739950
2015-07-01 739274
2015-08-01 738638
2015-09-01 738169
2015-10-01 738057
2015-11-01 738300
2015-12-01 738746
2016-01-01 739171
2016-02-01 739298
2016-03-01 739007
2016-04-01 738310
2016-05-01 737380
2016-06-01 736495
2016-07-01 735894
2016-08-01 735645
2016-09-01 735733
2016-10-01 736125
2016-11-01 736871
2016-12-01 737878
2017-01-01 738931
2017-02-01 739929
2017-03-01 740722
2017-04-01 741448
2017-05-01 742274
2017-06-01 743092
2017-07-01 743756
2017-08-01 744187
2017-09-01 744304
2017-10-01 744136
2017-11-01 743762
2017-12-01 743600
2018-01-01 744067
2018-02-01 745357
2018-03-01 747299
2018-04-01 749328
2018-05-01 750929
2018-06-01 752001
2018-07-01 752592
2018-08-01 752830
2018-09-01 752793
2018-10-01 752567
2018-11-01 752254
2018-12-01 751867
2019-01-01 751382
2019-02-01 750967
2019-03-01 750841
2019-04-01 751235
2019-05-01 752071
2019-06-01 753047
2019-07-01 753838
2019-08-01 754337
2019-09-01 754852
2019-10-01 755311
2019-11-01 755439
2019-12-01 754822
2020-01-01 753349
2020-02-01 751009
2020-03-01 748164
2020-04-01 640512
2020-05-01 676943
2020-06-01 688693
2020-07-01 699604
2020-08-01 708000
2020-09-01 714523
2020-10-01 718520
2020-11-01 721045
2020-12-01 722482
2021-01-01 723484
2021-02-01 724610
2021-03-01 726356
2021-04-01 728564
2021-05-01 730942
2021-06-01 732994
2021-07-01 734700
2021-08-01 736350
2021-09-01 738167
2021-10-01 740295
2021-11-01 742570
2021-12-01 744919
2022-01-01 747202
2022-02-01 749076
2022-03-01 750160
2022-04-01 750430
2022-05-01 750072
2022-06-01 749396
2022-07-01 748724
2022-08-01 748401
2022-09-01 748651
2022-10-01 749520
2022-11-01 750899
2022-12-01 752463
2023-01-01 753805
2023-02-01 754843
2023-03-01 755567
2023-04-01 756066
2023-05-01 756387
2023-06-01 756672
2023-07-01 756956
2023-08-01 757190
2023-09-01 757336
2023-10-01 757322
2023-11-01 757163
2023-12-01 757015
2024-01-01 756995
2024-02-01 757046
2024-03-01 757051
2024-04-01 756912
2024-05-01 756649
2024-06-01 756192
2024-07-01 755340
2024-08-01 754266
2024-09-01 753232
2024-10-01 752427
2024-11-01 752252
2024-12-01 752355
2025-01-01 751832
2025-02-01 751042
2025-03-01 750171
2025-04-01 750767
2025-05-01 750490
2025-06-01 750451
2025-07-01 750878
2025-08-01 751265
2025-09-01 750965
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2025-11-01 750275
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