WEST VIRGINIA NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT, BY INDUSTRY
(In Thousands)
ANNUAL AVERAGES 1939-1989
INDUSTRY	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Total Nonfarm Payroll	373.5	399.5	438.6	473.6	466.6	458.8	460.9	482.7	519.7	550.9	523.1
Private Sector	332.4	356.9	392.3	424.9	417.1	408.3	408.1	428.6	464.4	494.6	464.4
Goods Producing	210.3	228.5	257.0	288.0	279.4	266.2	262.1	267.6	285.7	300.9	274.2
Mining	103.2	118.4	122.4	140.6	129.4	123.6	117.5	122.2	129.1	138.1	125.8
Coal Mining	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	131.7	120.0
Construction	11.6	10.6	14.4	19.1	16.4	9.3	10.2	13.1	18.1	21.0	19.8
Manufacturing	95.5	99.5	120.2	128.3	133.6	133.3	134.4	132.3	138.5	141.8	128.6
Service Producing	163.2	171.0	181.6	185.6	187.2	192.6	198.8	215.1	234.0	250.0	248.9
Transportation & Public Utilities	36.0	38.9	41.5	43.4	45.2	46.4	46.9	47.6	52.2	56.8	52.6
Trade	52.3	54.3	56.9	55.6	54.8	55.8	58.1	66.8	75.0	82.9	83.6
Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate	6.8	7.8	8.5	7.9	7.4	7.4	7.5	8.3	8.8	9.0	9.4
Services	27.0	27.4	28.4	30.0	30.3	32.5	33.5	38.3	42.7	45.0	44.6
Government	41.1	42.6	46.3	48.7	49.5	50.5	52.8	54.1	55.3	56.3	58.7
	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
Total Nonfarm Payroll	524.3	537.5	526.4	513.1	475.4	480.5	502.3	508.5	470.3	465.0	460.0
Private Sector	464.8	479.1	466.7	453.5	414.1	419.2	439.8	446.9	406.0	399.7	392.5
Goods Producing	273.7	282.5	268.8	257.2	223.1	226.0	238.8	243.3	212.0	207.5	199.3
Mining	122.8	123.9	114.3	97.7	77.0	76.2	83.0	82.3	69.7	60.9	56.3
Coal Mining	117.5	118.9	108.9	92.1	71.3	70.9	77.8	77.4	64.2	55.6	51.0
Construction	19.5	18.7	18.2	21.6	18.8	19.3	22.9	28.0	20.1	20.0	18.4
Manufacturing	131.4	139.9	136.3	137.9	127.3	130.5	132.9	133.0	122.2	126.6	124.6
Service Producing	250.7	255.1	257.7	256.0	252.2	254.6	263.6	265.0	258.3	257.6	260.8
Transportation & Public Utilities	53.7	57.2	55.6	54.3	49.8	49.8	52.4	52.7	46.8	45.5	44.4
Trade	83.1	84.0	85.3	84.7	83.0	84.3	87.4	88.8	85.2	84.0	84.5
Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate	10.1	10.4	10.8	11.0	11.5	11.9	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	13.3
Services	44.3	45.1	46.3	46.4	46.6	47.3	48.9	49.4	49.5	50.2	51.1
Government	59.5	58.4	59.7	59.6	61.3	61.3	62.5	61.6	64.3	65.3	67.5
	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971
Total Nonfarm Payroll	448.1	447.5	449.9	460.9	476.6	495.1	503.6	508.4	512.3	516.5	520.0
Private Sector	376.6	376.1	377.8	385.6	394.9	406.6	411.5	413.5	417.3	420.6	422.0
Goods Producing	188.8	189.6	190.3	195.0	199.0	205.1	204.9	203.9	204.9	205.0	201.8
Mining	49.9	49.2	47.7	48.3	47.9	47.2	47.5	45.5	47.1	49.9	48.1
Coal Mining	44.2	43.3	42.2	43.8	42.4	42.0	42.6	40.7	42.3	45.3	43.6
Construction	18.8	17.8	18.4	20.5	21.9	24.9	24.2	26.0	26.8	28.6	30.8
Manufacturing	120.1	122.6	124.2	126.2	129.2	133.0	133.2	132.4	131.0	126.5	122.9
Service Producing	259.3	258.0	259.6	266.0	277.6	290.2	298.7	304.5	307.3	311.5	318.2
Transportation & Public Utilities	41.6	41.3	40.8	40.8	40.7	40.6	40.9	41.3	41.1	41.5	40.9
Trade	81.4	79.3	79.5	81.5	85.0	87.7	89.0	90.8	91.4	91.6	96.1
Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.7	14.1	14.3	14.5	14.7	15.1	15.7	15.9
Services	51.5	52.6	53.7	54.7	56.1	59.1	62.2	62.8	64.7	66.8	67.3
Government	71.5	71.4	72.1	75.3	81.7	88.5	92.1	94.9	95.0	95.9	98.0
West Virginia Nonfarm Payroll Employment, by Industry
Annual Averages 1939-1999 continued
	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982
Total Nonfarm Payroll	540.5	561.6	572.4	574.7	596.3	611.6	633.1	658.6	645.9	628.5	607.8
Private Sector	441.1	457.4	466.0	466.6	486.7	500.6	512.8	528.5	512.8	498.3	481.0
Goods Producing	211.2	215.8	219.6	215.5	226.2	229.5	227.0	233.1	218.7	200.8	186.0
Mining	53.7	52.4	55.8	63.9	68.6	66.7	56.7	68.0	65.7	59.0	63.5
Coal Mining	49.5	48.1	51.3	59.5	64.1	62.1	51.6	62.5	59.7	52.1	56.3
Construction	34.2	34.4	31.7	30.5	33.2	39.0	43.7	39.0	35.8	30.3	24.4
Manufacturing	123.3	129.0	132.1	121.1	124.4	123.8	126.6	126.1	117.2	111.5	98.1
Service Producing	329.3	345.8	352.9	359.2	370.0	382.0	406.2	425.3	427.1	427.8	421.9
Transportation & Public Utilities	40.4	40.7	40.7	39.6	39.6	40.7	40.2	43.8	43.1	41.9	41.7
Trade	102.0	108.8	110.5	113.5	117.8	123.4	131.8	131.9	129.4	131.9	127.9
Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate	17.1	17.7	18.0	18.4	18.9	20.0	21.2	21.7	22.0	22.1	22.1
Services	70.4	74.4	77.3	79.6	84.1	86.9	92.7	97.8	99.5	101.7	103.4
Government	99.4	104.2	106.4	108.1	109.6	111.0	120.3	130.1	133.1	130.2	126.8
	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Total Nonfarm Payroll	582.3	596.6	597.2	597.5	599.0	609.8	614.7
Private Sector	454.5	465.9	469.7	468.6	470.8	480.5	488.8
Goods Producing	160.0	162.3	157.1	150.1	146.6	145.9	145.7
Mining	48.6	48.8	44.8	40.5	36.4	34.6	33.3
Coal Mining	41.8	41.8	38.2	34.8	31.1	29.4	27.8
Construction	21.6	22.0	22.8	22.8	24.0	24.3	24.6
Manufacturing	89.8	91.5	89.5	86.8	86.2	87.0	87.8
Service Producing	422.3	434.3	440.2	447.5	452.4	463.9	469.0
Transportation & Public Utilities	39.4	39.3	38.2	36.9	36.4	36.6	36.6
Trade	127.4	131.9	134.5	136.7	138.9	142.7	144.8
Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate	22.2	23.2	23.6	23.7	24.1	24.3	24.1
Services	105.5	109.2	116.4	121.3	124.8	131.1	137.5
Government	127.8	130.7	127.5	128.9	128.2	129.3	125.9
NA Not Available