West Virginia Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, West Virginia's seasonally adjusted government payroll employment was 149,200; this means that West Virginia added 400 jobs to the government industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the not seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows West Virginia's seasonally adjusted historical government payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of West Virginia's industries and links for many more of West Virginia's industries at this link.

West Virginia Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
West Virginia Number of Jobs Added to the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
West Virginia Payrolls for the Government Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 145500
February 2007 142200 -3300
March 2007 142700 500
April 2007 143700 1000
May 2007 143700 0
June 2007 144100 400
July 2007 144300 200
August 2007 144800 500
September 2007 145100 300
October 2007 144600 -500
November 2007 144800 200
December 2007 145400 600
January 2008 145500 100
February 2008 145600 100
March 2008 145300 -300
April 2008 145700 400
May 2008 156500 10800
June 2008 146900 -9600
July 2008 147500 600
August 2008 147400 -100
September 2008 147100 -300
October 2008 147200 100
November 2008 147700 500
December 2008 147500 -200
January 2009 147500 0
February 2009 147900 400
March 2009 148300 400
April 2009 148600 300
May 2009 149300 700
June 2009 154200 4900
July 2009 152900 -1300
August 2009 152700 -200
September 2009 149400 -3300
October 2009 149800 400
November 2009 149800 0
December 2009 149800 0
January 2010 150400 600
February 2010 151700 1300
March 2010 153000 1300
April 2010 152400 -600
May 2010 166100 13700
June 2010 155400 -10700
July 2010 154600 -800
August 2010 153000 -1600
September 2010 151400 -1600
October 2010 151700 300
November 2010 151900 200
December 2010 151900 0
January 2011 150600 -1300
February 2011 151300 700
March 2011 151400 100
April 2011 152600 1200
May 2011 152100 -500
June 2011 148800 -3300
July 2011 149000 200
August 2011 149400 400
September 2011 154200 4800
October 2011 153600 -600
November 2011 153300 -300
December 2011 153500 200
January 2012 153900 400
February 2012 153700 -200
March 2012 154200 500
April 2012 153500 -700
May 2012 163700 10200
June 2012 149100 -14600
July 2012 150000 900
August 2012 149800 -200
September 2012 153900 4100
October 2012 153800 -100
November 2012 154600 800
December 2012 154800 200
January 2013 154300 -500
February 2013 154000 -300
March 2013 153800 -200
April 2013 153400 -400
May 2013 154100 700
June 2013 154100 0
July 2013 153200 -900
August 2013 153300 100
September 2013 153000 -300
October 2013 153800 800
November 2013 153900 100
December 2013 153500 -400
January 2014 153200 -300
February 2014 153000 -200
March 2014 153000 0
April 2014 153200 200
May 2014 163500 10300
June 2014 143400 -20100
July 2014 147700 4300
August 2014 149700 2000
September 2014 153400 3700
October 2014 153900 500
November 2014 153900 0
December 2014 153500 -400
January 2015 152700 -800
February 2015 153200 500
March 2015 152400 -800
April 2015 152900 500
May 2015 152700 -200
June 2015 153100 400
July 2015 152800 -300
August 2015 153100 300
September 2015 153700 600
October 2015 153900 200
November 2015 154600 700
December 2015 155000 400
January 2016 155100 100
February 2016 154600 -500
March 2016 155400 800
April 2016 154900 -500
May 2016 164600 9700
June 2016 155700 -8900
July 2016 154800 -900
August 2016 154800 0
September 2016 154200 -600
October 2016 154100 -100
November 2016 163900 9800
December 2016 154700 -9200
January 2017 155100 400
February 2017 155300 200
March 2017 155800 500
April 2017 154100 -1700
May 2017 154300 200
June 2017 152700 -1600
July 2017 153300 600
August 2017 152300 -1000
September 2017 153500 1200
October 2017 152500 -1000
November 2017 152000 -500
December 2017 152000 0
January 2018 152400 400
February 2018 152300 -100
March 2018 152400 100
April 2018 153000 600
May 2018 152700 -300
June 2018 153700 1000
July 2018 153100 -600
August 2018 152000 -1100
September 2018 151900 -100
October 2018 151900 0
November 2018 151500 -400
December 2018 150600 -900
January 2019 151700 1100
February 2019 151400 -300
March 2019 152300 900
April 2019 152700 400
May 2019 152700 0
June 2019 153300 600
July 2019 152800 -500
August 2019 153700 900
September 2019 153200 -500
October 2019 154200 1000
November 2019 153500 -700
December 2019 153300 -200
January 2020 157700 4400
February 2020 155800 -1900
March 2020 156000 200
April 2020 144900 -11100
May 2020 134000 -10900
June 2020 152500 18500
July 2020 144700 -7800
August 2020 145800 1100
September 2020 146700 900
October 2020 146500 -200
November 2020 146100 -400
December 2020 145700 -400
January 2021 143300 -2400
February 2021 144400 1100
March 2021 147600 3200
April 2021 147900 300
May 2021 140900 -7000
June 2021 148800 7900
July 2021 148900 100
August 2021 147900 -1000
September 2021 147900 0
October 2021 147600 -300
November 2021 148100 500
December 2021 148400 300
January 2022 148200 -200
February 2022 148300 100
March 2022 149000 700
April 2022 147600 -1400
May 2022 148400 800
June 2022 148100 -300
July 2022 148200 100
August 2022 148600 400
September 2022 148800 200
October 2022 148400 -400
November 2022 157100 8700
December 2022 148600 -8500
January 2023 148800 200
February 2023 149200 400