West Virginia					2008
Nonfarm Payroll Employment by Industry					Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann Avg
TOTAL NONFARM PAYROLL					746.7	750.6	754.9	760.1	766.8	763.7	761.5	763.7	768.2	769.7	765.8	761.7	761.1
PRIVATE SECTOR					603.4	604.1	607.0	612.2	616.6	619.4	619.6	620.8	621.3	620.1	615.8	612.3	614.4
GOODS-PRODUCING					120.9	119.8	121.1	124.7	126.3	127.6	128.2	129.1	129.7	128.7	126.1	123.8	125.5
	Mining and Logging				28.7	28.8	29.2	29.7	30.5	31.0	31.3	31.7	31.9	32.0	32.0	32.0	30.7
	Construction				34.9	34.2	35.3	38.2	39.0	39.6	40.3	41.0	41.6	40.9	39.0	37.1	38.4
	Manufacturing				57.3	56.8	56.6	56.8	56.8	57.0	56.6	56.4	56.2	55.8	55.1	54.7	56.3
		Durable Goods			36.1	35.7	35.5	35.6	35.6	35.7	35.4	35.3	35.2	34.7	34.1	33.8	35.2
		Nondurable Goods			21.2	21.1	21.1	21.2	21.2	21.3	21.2	21.1	21.0	21.1	21.0	20.9	21.1
SERVICE-PROVIDING					625.8	630.8	633.8	635.4	640.5	636.1	633.3	634.6	638.5	641.0	639.7	637.9	635.6
Private Service-Providing					482.5	484.3	485.9	487.5	490.3	491.8	491.4	491.7	491.6	491.4	489.7	488.5	488.9
	Trade, Transportation, and Utilities				141.7	140.8	141.5	141.0	141.4	142.1	142.2	142.0	141.9	142.3	142.9	142.9	141.9
		Wholesale Trade			24.5	24.5	24.6	24.6	24.8	24.8	24.8	24.7	24.8	24.8	25.1	25.2	24.8
		Retail Trade			90.4	89.4	90.1	89.1	89.3	89.7	89.7	89.6	89.4	89.9	90.4	90.4	89.8
		Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities			26.8	26.9	26.8	27.3	27.3	27.6	27.7	27.7	27.7	27.6	27.4	27.3	27.3
	Information				11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	11.2
	Financial Activities				29.8	29.8	29.7	29.9	29.8	29.9	29.8	29.8	29.6	29.7	29.4	29.5	29.7
		Finance and Insurance			22.4	22.4	22.4	22.4	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.2	22.0	22.1	22.0	22.0	22.2
		Real Estate and Rental and Leasing			7.4	7.4	7.3	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.4	7.5	7.5
	Professional and Business Services				60.2	60.4	60.4	61.0	61.1	61.2	61.0	61.0	60.5	60.6	60.1	60.1	60.6
		Professional, Scientific and Technical Service			25.1	25.2	24.9	25.0	24.6	24.7	24.6	24.6	24.4	24.5	24.7	24.6	24.7
		Management of Companies and Enterprises			4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
		Administrative and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation			30.2	30.3	30.6	31.0	31.5	31.5	31.4	31.4	31.1	31.1	30.4	30.5	30.9
	Educational and Health Services				114.9	116.6	116.5	116.4	116.5	116.1	115.6	116.0	117.8	118.9	119.3	118.2	116.9
		Educational Services			9.6	11.2	10.8	10.9	10.7	9.5	9.1	9.1	10.5	11.3	11.3	10.5	10.4
		Health Care and Social Assistance			105.3	105.4	105.7	105.5	105.8	106.6	106.5	106.9	107.3	107.6	108.0	107.7	106.5
	Leisure and Hospitality				69.3	69.9	70.9	72.2	74.1	75.0	75.6	75.9	74.9	73.1	71.4	71.2	72.8
		Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation			8.0	8.1	7.9	8.5	9.3	10.0	10.2	10.5	10.0	9.4	8.3	8.0	9.0
		Accommodation and Food Service			61.3	61.8	63.0	63.7	64.8	65.0	65.4	65.4	64.9	63.7	63.1	63.2	63.8
	Other Services				55.3	55.5	55.7	55.8	56.2	56.3	56.0	55.8	55.8	55.8	55.6	55.7	55.8
	Government				143.3	146.5	147.9	147.9	150.2	144.3	141.9	142.9	146.9	149.6	150.0	149.4	146.7
		Federal Government			22.5	22.5	22.6	22.7	22.9	22.9	23.2	23.2	23.1	23.3	23.1	23.2	22.9
		State Government			44.0	46.8	47.7	47.5	48.9	41.7	44.3	43.9	46.7	48.4	48.6	48.4	46.4
		Local Government			76.8	77.2	77.6	77.7	78.4	79.7	74.4	75.8	77.1	77.9	78.3	77.8	77.4
Labor-Management Dispute Status					0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	xx
Benchmark March 2008