| Parkersburg MSA | Nonfarm Payroll Employment | |||||
| Dec 2011 | Nov 2011 | Dec 2010 | ||||
| Total Nonfarm | 70.2 | 70.8 | 69.3 | |||
| Total Private | 59.0 | 59.6 | 57.9 | |||
| Goods Producing | 10.8 | 11.2 | 10.6 | |||
| Manufacturing | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.3 | |||
| Service-Providing | 59.4 | 59.6 | 58.7 | |||
| Private Service-Providing | 48.2 | 48.4 | 47.3 | |||
| Educational and Health Service | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.0 | |||
| Government | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.4 | |||
| Federal Government | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | |||
| State Government | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | |||
| Local Government | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.0 | |||
| Labor-Management Dispute Status | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||