| West Virginia | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nonfarm Payroll Employment by Industry | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Ann Avg | ||||
| TOTAL NONFARM PAYROLL | 696.0 | 697.9 | 704.4 | 711.4 | 731.3 | 724.3 | 726.2 | 721.9 | 725.8 | 729.8 | 730.4 | 731.6 | 719.3 | ||||
| PRIVATE SECTOR | 559.6 | 559.3 | 564.1 | 571.7 | 579.1 | 586.1 | 585.0 | 586.1 | 587.4 | 587.5 | 586.9 | 589.0 | 578.5 | ||||
| GOODS-PRODUCING | 132.1 | 131.3 | 132.2 | 135.6 | 138.2 | 139.8 | 139.7 | 139.3 | 139.7 | 139.1 | 137.2 | 136.4 | 136.7 | ||||
| Natural Resources and Mining | 24.9 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.9 | 24.9 | 24.8 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 24.2 | 24.6 | ||||
| Mining | 23.5 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 23.3 | 23.3 | 23.0 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 23.1 | ||||
| Coal Mining | 18.3 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 17.7 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 17.5 | ||||
| Construction | 30.1 | 29.4 | 29.9 | 33.3 | 34.9 | 36.4 | 37.0 | 36.8 | 37.1 | 37.2 | 35.5 | 34.7 | 34.4 | ||||
| Construction of Buildings | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 10.8 | ||||
| Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.8 | ||||
| Specialty Trade Contractors | 15.0 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 16.7 | ||||
| Manufacturing | 77.1 | 77.3 | 77.7 | 77.6 | 78.4 | 78.5 | 77.9 | 77.9 | 77.9 | 77.6 | 77.4 | 77.5 | 77.7 | ||||
| Durable Goods | 45.7 | 45.9 | 46.2 | 46.3 | 46.8 | 46.9 | 46.6 | 46.6 | 46.8 | 46.7 | 46.8 | 47.1 | 46.5 | ||||
| Wood Product Manufacturing | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | ||||
| Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | ||||
| Primary Metal Manufacturing | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.8 | ||||
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | ||||
| Transportation Equipment Manufacturing | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||||
| Nondurable Goods | 31.4 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 31.3 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 31.1 | 30.9 | 30.6 | 30.4 | 31.2 | ||||
| Food Manufacturing | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||||
| Chemical Manufacturing | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.4 | ||||
| Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||||
| SERVICE-PROVIDING | 563.9 | 566.6 | 572.2 | 575.8 | 593.1 | 584.5 | 586.5 | 582.6 | 586.1 | 590.7 | 593.2 | 595.2 | 582.5 | ||||
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities | 141.0 | 140.1 | 140.9 | 141.6 | 143.2 | 144.5 | 144.1 | 145.1 | 144.9 | 145.0 | 147.1 | 148.3 | 143.8 | ||||
| Wholesale Trade | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 24.6 | 24.4 | 24.3 | 24.2 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.3 | ||||
| Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.9 | ||||
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | ||||
| Retail Trade | 88.7 | 87.6 | 88.2 | 88.8 | 90.1 | 91.1 | 90.9 | 92.1 | 92.1 | 92.5 | 94.8 | 95.9 | 91.1 | ||||
| Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.9 | ||||
| Building Material and Garden Equipment | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | ||||
| Food and Beverage Stores | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.3 | 18.2 | 18.8 | 18.9 | 18.6 | ||||
| Health and Personal Care Stores | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.8 | ||||
| Gasoline Stations | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.8 | ||||
| General Merchandise Stores | 16.9 | 16.4 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 19.8 | 20.0 | 17.6 | ||||
| Miscellaneous Store Retailers | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||||
| Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities | 28.2 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 28.5 | 28.7 | 28.9 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 28.5 | 28.3 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.5 | ||||
| Utilities | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | ||||
| Electric Power Generation, Transmission | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||||
| Transportation and Warehousing | 20.8 | 20.9 | 21.0 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 21.1 | 21.0 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 21.1 | ||||
| Rail Transportation | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||||
| Truck Transportation | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.5 | ||||
| Information | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.4 | ||||
| Publishing Industries | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | ||||
| Telecommunications | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | ||||
| Financial Activities | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.5 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 29.7 | 29.8 | 30.5 | 29.8 | ||||
| Finance and Insurance | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 23.7 | 23.0 | ||||
| Credit Intermediation and Related Activities | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 12.6 | ||||
| Insurance Carriers and Related Activities | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.3 | ||||
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | ||||
| Professional and Business Services | 47.3 | 47.8 | 48.5 | 49.2 | 49.9 | 51.4 | 51.1 | 51.7 | 51.9 | 54.1 | 54.5 | 54.4 | 51.0 | ||||
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Service | 20.5 | 20.9 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 20.5 | 20.4 | 20.5 | 20.8 | 20.6 | ||||
| Legal Services | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||||
| Accounting, Tax Prep, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||||
| Architectural, Engineering and Related | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||||
| Administrative and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation | 24.0 | 24.1 | 24.7 | 26.0 | 26.9 | 28.0 | 27.7 | 28.5 | 28.7 | 30.9 | 31.2 | 30.8 | 27.6 | ||||
| Administrative and Support Services | 21.9 | 22.0 | 22.6 | 23.9 | 24.7 | 25.9 | 25.6 | 26.4 | 26.7 | 28.9 | 29.1 | 28.7 | 25.5 | ||||
| Employment Services | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.3 | ||||
| Business Support Services | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 6.4 | ||||
| Services to Buildings and Dwellings | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||||
| Educational and Health Services | 95.3 | 95.8 | 96.7 | 96.8 | 96.7 | 96.2 | 95.9 | 96.2 | 97.0 | 98.1 | 98.4 | 98.7 | 96.8 | ||||
| Educational Services | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.5 | ||||
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 87.9 | 88.0 | 88.4 | 88.7 | 89.0 | 89.6 | 90.0 | 90.1 | 90.0 | 89.7 | 89.8 | 90.3 | 89.3 | ||||
| Ambulatory Health Care Service | 25.4 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 26.0 | 25.9 | 26.0 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 25.8 | 26.1 | 25.8 | ||||
| Home Health Care Services | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||||
| Hospitals | 34.0 | 34.0 | 33.9 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.4 | 34.8 | 34.7 | 34.5 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 34.3 | ||||
| Nursing and Residential Care Facilities | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 15.8 | ||||
| Nursing Care Facilities | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | ||||
| Social Assistance | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.5 | ||||
| Individual and Family Services | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | ||||
| Leisure and Hospitality | 56.1 | 56.6 | 57.8 | 59.7 | 61.8 | 63.9 | 63.7 | 63.7 | 63.1 | 60.4 | 58.4 | 58.7 | 60.3 | ||||
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.6 | ||||
| Accommodation and Food Service | 50.8 | 51.2 | 52.3 | 53.6 | 54.6 | 56.0 | 55.6 | 55.6 | 55.2 | 53.5 | 52.8 | 53.0 | 53.7 | ||||
| Accommodation | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.4 | ||||
| Food Services and Drinking Places | 41.8 | 42.0 | 43.2 | 44.4 | 45.3 | 46.4 | 45.4 | 45.5 | 45.6 | 44.3 | 43.9 | 43.8 | 44.3 | ||||
| Full-Service Restaurants | 16.4 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 17.7 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 17.2 | 17.3 | ||||
| Limited-Service Restaurants | 22.4 | 22.5 | 23.1 | 23.6 | 24.1 | 24.6 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 23.7 | ||||
| Other Services | 45.2 | 45.1 | 45.3 | 45.8 | 46.3 | 46.7 | 47.0 | 46.8 | 47.3 | 47.6 | 48.0 | 48.5 | 46.6 | ||||
| Repair and Maintenance | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | ||||
| Personal and Laundry Services | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | ||||
| Religious, Grantmaking, Civic Organizations | 31.2 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 31.6 | 32.1 | 32.4 | 32.6 | 32.8 | 33.3 | 33.6 | 34.0 | 34.4 | 32.6 | ||||
| Government | 136.4 | 138.6 | 140.3 | 139.7 | 152.2 | 138.2 | 141.2 | 135.8 | 138.4 | 142.3 | 143.5 | 142.6 | 140.8 | ||||
| Federal Government | 21.3 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.9 | 23.3 | 22.2 | 21.8 | ||||
| US Postal Service | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.7 | ||||
| State Government | 41.7 | 43.7 | 45.2 | 44.5 | 44.0 | 41.2 | 47.0 | 40.8 | 43.7 | 45.5 | 45.7 | 45.8 | 44.1 | ||||
| State Government Educational Services | 18.4 | 20.5 | 21.9 | 21.2 | 20.3 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 18.5 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 22.0 | 19.4 | ||||
| Local Government | 73.4 | 73.8 | 74.0 | 74.1 | 86.9 | 75.7 | 72.6 | 73.0 | 72.7 | 73.9 | 74.5 | 74.6 | 74.9 | ||||
| Local Government Educational Services | 43.6 | 44.0 | 44.2 | 44.1 | 44.1 | 43.8 | 40.3 | 41.0 | 42.1 | 43.7 | 44.2 | 44.2 | 43.3 | ||||
| Labor-Management Dispute Status | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | xx | ||||
| Benchmark March 2002 | |||||||||||||||||