West Virginia					2005
Nonfarm Payroll Employment by Industry					Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann Avg
TOTAL NONFARM PAYROLL					727.1	728.5	734.9	745.1	751.4	752.7	748.5	750.5	753.7	751.0	756.2	758.4	746.5
PRIVATE SECTOR					584.6	584.9	589.7	599.5	605.6	609.4	609.0	611.0	611.1	607.5	609.9	611.8	602.8
GOODS-PRODUCING					118.3	118.8	119.9	123.4	125.6	127.3	127.1	127.9	129.0	128.7	128.1	126.8	125.1
	Natural Resources and Mining				24.4	24.7	25.0	25.4	26.0	26.2	26.2	26.4	26.7	26.8	27.2	27.4	26.0
		Mining			23.3	23.5	23.8	24.2	24.8	24.9	25.0	25.3	25.5	25.7	26.1	26.3	24.9
	Construction				31.9	32.2	33.0	35.9	37.2	38.3	38.3	38.9	39.6	39.8	39.1	37.5	36.8
	Manufacturing				62.0	61.9	61.9	62.1	62.4	62.8	62.6	62.6	62.7	62.1	61.8	61.9	62.2
		Durable Goods			39.1	38.9	39.1	39.2	39.3	39.5	39.4	39.4	39.5	39.1	38.8	38.9	39.2
		Nondurable Goods			22.9	23.0	22.8	22.9	23.1	23.3	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.0	23.0	23.0	23.1
SERVICE-PROVIDING					608.8	609.7	615.0	621.7	625.8	625.4	621.4	622.6	624.7	622.3	628.1	631.6	621.4
Private Service-Providing					466.3	466.1	469.8	476.1	480.0	482.1	481.9	483.1	482.1	478.8	481.8	485.0	477.8
	Trade, Transportation, and Utilities				136.9	136.1	136.7	138.1	139.6	139.7	139.6	139.8	139.9	140.3	143.2	144.6	139.5
		Wholesale Trade			23.6	23.6	23.8	24.1	24.3	24.4	24.4	24.3	24.3	24.3	24.4	24.6	24.2
		Retail Trade			88.0	87.0	87.3	88.3	89.4	89.2	89.2	89.3	89.3	89.7	92.5	93.5	89.4
		Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities			25.3	25.5	25.6	25.7	25.9	26.1	26.0	26.2	26.3	26.3	26.3	26.5	26.0
			Utilities		6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1
			Transportation and Warehousing		19.2	19.4	19.5	19.6	19.8	19.9	19.8	20.1	20.2	20.2	20.2	20.4	19.9
	Information				11.6	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.7	11.8	11.9	12.0	11.8	11.8	11.9	12.0	11.7
	Financial Activities				29.6	29.5	29.5	29.7	29.7	29.8	29.8	29.8	29.7	29.6	29.7	29.7	29.7
		Finance and Insurance			22.5	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.2	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.3
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			7.1	7.1	7.1	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.3
	Professional and Business Services				57.6	57.1	57.5	58.6	58.4	59.1	59.2	59.7	59.2	59.3	59.8	60.8	58.9
		Professional, Scientific and Technical Service			24.4	24.4	24.3	24.5	23.8	24.2	24.1	24.0	23.8	23.9	24.2	24.7	24.2
		Management of Companies and Enterprises			3.4	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.7
		Administrative and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation			29.8	29.3	29.8	30.5	31.0	31.2	31.4	31.9	31.6	31.5	31.7	32.2	31.0
	Educational and Health Services				110.9	112.1	112.6	113.0	113.1	113.1	112.8	113.2	114.1	113.3	113.9	114.3	113.0
		Educational Services			9.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.0	10.6	10.5	10.6	11.1	11.3	11.4	11.3	10.9
		Health Care and Social Assistance			101.0	101.1	101.6	101.9	102.1	102.5	102.3	102.6	103.0	102.0	102.5	103.0	102.1
	Leisure and Hospitality				65.1	65.3	66.6	68.5	70.6	72.0	72.7	73.0	71.7	69.2	68.1	68.3	69.3
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			9.4	9.5	9.7	10.6	11.8	12.5	13.3	13.0	12.4	11.2	10.4	10.3	11.2
		Accommodation and Food Service			55.7	55.8	56.9	57.9	58.8	59.5	59.4	60.0	59.3	58.0	57.7	58.0	58.1
	Other Services				54.6	54.6	55.4	56.7	56.9	56.6	55.9	55.6	55.7	55.3	55.2	55.3	55.7
	Government				142.5	143.6	145.2	145.6	145.8	143.3	139.5	139.5	142.6	143.5	146.3	146.6	143.7
		Federal Government			21.8	21.8	21.8	21.9	21.9	22.0	22.0	22.0	21.9	21.9	22.0	22.0	21.9
		State Government			46.1	46.9	48.3	48.1	47.6	44.4	44.5	43.8	45.8	46.3	48.6	48.4	46.6
		Local Government			74.6	74.9	75.1	75.6	76.3	76.9	73.0	73.7	74.9	75.3	75.7	76.2	75.2
Labor-Management Dispute Status					0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	xx
Benchmark March 2006