Parkersburg MSA
CALENDAR YEAR 2008
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			78,200	78,600	78,800	79,800	79,800	81,300	80,700	79,900	79,500	79,500	79,800	79,000	79,600
	Total Employment		73,900	74,100	74,800	76,300	76,100	77,200	76,900	75,900	75,800	75,800	75,700	74,400	75,600
	Total Unemployment		4,300	4,500	4,100	3,500	3,600	4,200	3,800	4,000	3,800	3,700	4,100	4,600	4,000
		Unemployment Rate	5.6	5.7	5.2	4.4	4.6	5.1	4.8	5.0	4.7	4.7	5.1	5.8	5.1
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			70,900	71,400	72,000	73,100	73,400	73,900	72,900	73,000	73,300	73,400	73,800	73,000	72,800
Goods Producing			13,000	13,000	13,300	13,700	13,600	13,900	14,000	14,200	14,200	14,300	14,100	13,500	13,700
	Manufacturing		8,200	8,300	8,300	8,400	8,400	8,500	8,500	8,600	8,500	8,500	8,300	8,300	8,400
Service Providing			57,900	58,400	58,700	59,400	59,800	60,000	58,900	58,800	59,100	59,100	59,700	59,500	59,100
Private Service Providing			47,300	47,400	47,800	48,400	48,700	48,900	48,400	48,300	48,300	48,200	48,600	48,500	48,200
	Education & Health Servs		12,100	12,400	12,500	12,600	12,600	12,300	12,200	12,400	12,800	12,900	13,000	13,000	12,600
	Total Government		10,600	11,000	10,900	11,000	11,100	11,100	10,500	10,500	10,800	10,900	11,100	11,000	10,900
		Federal Government	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500
		State Government	1,400	1,600	1,600	1,600	1,600	1,600	1,500	1,500	1,600	1,600	1,700	1,700	1,600
		Local Government	6,700	6,900	6,800	6,900	7,000	7,000	6,500	6,500	6,700	6,800	6,900	6,800	6,800
Labor - Management Dispute (LMD) Status			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	XX
2009 Benchmark
** Nondisclosure

Date last revised: 08/02/10