West Virginia Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
Updated on January 4, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in July 2023, the number of payroll employment in West Virginia for all business establishments was 695,670. The number of jobs added in July 2023 was 4,462.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2019 to July 2023. This information can also be found in the table below.

You can see similar information for different types of businesses establishments and industries.

You can also see similar information for West Virginia counties, for other states, and for the United States as well.

West Virginia Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
West Virginia Number of Jobs Added to All Business Establishments
West Virginia Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2019 683817
February 2019 681946 -1871
March 2019 686987 5041
April 2019 693247 6260
May 2019 698402 5155
June 2019 700556 2154
July 2019 667049 -33507
August 2019 676329 9280
September 2019 695762 19433
October 2019 695662 -100
November 2019 694524 -1138
December 2019 690846 -3678
January 2020 675847 -14999
February 2020 674212 -1635
March 2020 674208 -4
April 2020 589445 -84763
May 2020 607153 17708
June 2020 633189 26036
July 2020 613156 -20033
August 2020 624548 11392
September 2020 646838 22290
October 2020 655309 8471
November 2020 656273 964
December 2020 654042 -2231
February 2021 637900 -16142
March 2021 640913 3013
April 2021 649091 8178
May 2021 655708 6617
June 2021 660862 5154
July 2021 664352 3490
August 2021 644752 -19600
September 2021 650581 5829
October 2021 666230 15649
November 2021 672797 6567
December 2021 675186 2389
January 2022 675298 112
February 2022 660635 -14663
March 2022 665421 4786
April 2022 670500 5079
May 2022 674674 4174
June 2022 678264 3590
July 2022 675753 -2511
August 2022 657872 -17881
September 2022 663640 5768
October 2022 683275 19635
November 2022 684476 1201
December 2022 685893 1417
January 2023 684975 -918
February 2023 675856 -9119
March 2023 678903 3047
April 2023 683109 4206
May 2023 686711 3602
June 2023 691208 4497
July 2023 695670 4462