Parkersburg MSA
CALENDAR YEAR 2003
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			80,500	80,400	80,200	81,000	80,800	82,600	81,400	80,900	81,200	81,500	81,300	80,700	81,100
	Total Employment		74,900	74,600	74,900	75,900	75,800	76,900	76,300	75,800	76,800	77,100	76,800	76,300	76,000
	Total Unemployment		5,600	5,800	5,300	5,100	4,900	5,700	5,100	5,100	4,400	4,400	4,500	4,400	5,000
		Unemployment Rate	7.0	7.3	6.6	6.3	6.1	6.9	6.2	6.3	5.4	5.3	5.6	5.4	6.2
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			73,000	72,200	73,000	74,100	74,400	75,100	73,700	73,800	75,100	75,500	75,200	75,300	74,200
Goods Producing			15,600	15,100	15,400	15,300	15,500	15,700	14,800	14,700	15,000	14,800	14,500	14,400	15,000
	Manufacturing		10,700	10,600	10,600	10,500	10,500	10,400	10,500	10,400	10,500	10,500	10,400	10,300	10,400
Service Providing			57,400	57,100	57,600	58,800	58,900	59,400	58,900	59,100	60,100	60,700	60,700	60,900	59,100
Private Service Providing			47,000	46,600	46,900	48,100	48,200	48,600	48,600	48,800	49,600	50,000	49,900	50,100	48,500
	Total Government		10,400	10,500	10,700	10,700	10,700	10,800	10,300	10,300	10,500	10,700	10,800	10,800	10,600
		Federal Government	2,200	2,200	2,300	2,300	2,200	2,300	2,300	2,300	2,300	2,300	2,300	2,300	2,200
		State Government	1,400	1,400	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,400	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,400
		Local Government	6,800	6,900	6,900	6,900	7,000	7,100	6,500	6,500	6,700	6,900	7,000	7,000	6,800
Labor - Management Dispute (LMD) Status			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	XX
* DATA HAVE BEEN REVISED TO 2007 BENCHMARK.
** NONDISCLOSURE

Date last revised: 04/11/08