West Virginia Unemployment Rate Report

West Virginia Unemployment by County

West Virginia Current Unemployment 4.3%

West Virginia Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West Virginia has ranged from 3.4% in November 2021 to 15.6% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for West Virginia is 4.3% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

WV Highest Unemployment by County

Calhoun, WV unemployment rate

8.2%

Mingo, WV unemployment rate

8.0%

McDowell, WV unemployment rate

7.9%

Tyler, WV unemployment rate

7.1%

Roane, WV unemployment rate

6.9%

Clay, WV unemployment rate

6.5%

Braxton, WV unemployment rate

6.4%

Wirt, WV unemployment rate

6.3%

Wetzel, WV unemployment rate

6.2%

Gilmer, WV unemployment rate

6.2%

WV Unemployment City Links

Charleston, WV Unemployment Report

Huntington, WV Unemployment Report

Parkersburg, WV Unemployment Report

Morgantown, WV Unemployment Report

Wheeling, WV Unemployment Report

Weirton, WV Unemployment Report

Fairmont, WV Unemployment Report

Beckley, WV Unemployment Report

Martinsburg, WV Unemployment Report

Clarksburg, WV Unemployment Report

WV Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 WV Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2022	4.4%	4.0%
2/2022	4.5%	3.8%
3/2022	4.0%	3.6%
4/2022	3.6%	3.6%
5/2022	3.4%	3.6%
5/2022	3.4%	3.6%
6/2022	4.3%	3.6%
7/2022	4.2%	3.5%
8/2022	4.3%	3.7%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2021	7.1%	6.3%
2/2021	6.9%	6.2%
3/2021	6.1%	6.0%
4/2021	5.7%	6.1%
5/2021	5.0%	5.8%
6/2021	5.1%	5.9%
7/2021	5.0%	5.4%
8/2021	4.8%	5.2%
9/2021	3.8%	4.7%
10/2021	3.6%	4.6%
11/2021	3.4%	4.2%
12/2021	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2020	5.6%	3.6%
2/2020	5.8%	3.5%
3/2020	6.2%	4.4%
4/2020	15.6%	14.7%
5/2020	12.3%	13.3%
6/2020	10.1%	11.1%
7/2020	9.5%	10.2%
8/2020	8.3%	8.4%
9/2020	7.2%	7.9%
10/2020	6.3%	6.9%
11/2020	6.5%	6.7%
12/2020	7.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2019	5.7%	4.0%
2/2019	5.9%	3.8%
3/2019	5.2%	3.8%
4/2019	4.5%	3.6%
5/2019	4.5%	3.6%
6/2019	4.9%	3.7%
7/2019	4.7%	3.7%
8/2019	4.8%	3.7%
9/2019	4.3%	3.5%
10/2019	4.6%	3.6%
11/2019	4.8%	3.5%
12/2019	5.0%	3.5%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2018	6.1%	4.1%
2/2018	6.5%	4.1%
3/2018	6.0%	4.0%
4/2018	5.3%	3.9%
5/2018	5.0%	3.8%
6/2018	5.4%	4.0%
7/2018	5.1%	3.9%
8/2018	5.0%	3.8%
9/2018	4.5%	3.7%
10/2018	4.5%	3.8%
11/2018	4.5%	3.7%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%
12/2018	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2017	6.2%	4.7%
2/2017	6.2%	4.7%
3/2017	5.6%	4.4%
4/2017	4.9%	4.4%
5/2017	4.7%	4.4%
6/2017	5.3%	4.3%
7/2017	5.1%	4.3%
8/2017	5.3%	4.4%
9/2017	4.6%	4.2%
10/2017	4.6%	4.1%
11/2017	4.9%	4.2%
12/2017	5.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2016	7.3%	4.9%
2/2016	7.7%	4.9%
3/2016	6.9%	5.0%
4/2016	6.2%	5.0%
5/2016	6.0%	4.8%
6/2016	6.4%	4.9%
7/2016	5.9%	4.8%
8/2016	6.0%	4.9%
9/2016	5.4%	5.0%
10/2016	5.3%	4.9%
11/2016	5.1%	4.7%
12/2016	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2015	7.4%	5.7%
2/2015	7.8%	5.5%
3/2015	7.6%	5.4%
4/2015	6.9%	5.4%
5/2015	6.8%	5.6%
6/2015	7.2%	5.3%
7/2015	6.9%	5.2%
8/2015	6.7%	5.1%
9/2015	5.9%	5.0%
10/2015	5.7%	5.0%
11/2015	5.9%	5.1%
12/2015	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2014	7.6%	6.6%
2/2014	8.1%	6.7%
3/2014	7.5%	6.7%
4/2014	6.6%	6.2%
5/2014	6.5%	6.3%
6/2014	6.6%	6.1%
7/2014	6.5%	6.2%
8/2014	6.6%	6.1%
9/2014	5.9%	5.9%
10/2014	5.8%	5.7%
11/2014	5.9%	5.8%
12/2014	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2013	8.2%	8.0%
2/2013	8.1%	7.7%
3/2013	7.3%	7.5%
4/2013	6.6%	7.6%
5/2013	6.3%	7.5%
6/2013	6.7%	7.5%
7/2013	6.5%	7.3%
8/2013	6.5%	7.2%
9/2013	6.0%	7.2%
10/2013	6.1%	7.2%
11/2013	6.2%	6.9%
12/2013	6.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2012	8.1%	8.3%
2/2012	8.3%	8.3%
3/2012	7.8%	8.2%
4/2012	7.3%	8.2%
5/2012	7.4%	8.2%
6/2012	7.7%	8.2%
7/2012	7.6%	8.2%
8/2012	7.6%	8.1%
9/2012	7.0%	7.8%
10/2012	6.9%	7.8%
11/2012	7.0%	7.7%
12/2012	7.3%	7.9%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2011	9.6%	9.1%
2/2011	9.6%	9.0%
3/2011	8.9%	9.0%
4/2011	8.0%	9.1%
5/2011	7.8%	9.0%
6/2011	8.1%	9.1%
7/2011	7.7%	9.0%
8/2011	7.9%	9.0%
9/2011	7.5%	9.0%
10/2011	7.2%	8.8%
11/2011	7.1%	8.6%
12/2011	7.3%	8.5%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2010	9.4%	9.8%
2/2010	10.0%	9.8%
3/2010	9.3%	9.9%
4/2010	8.4%	9.9%
5/2010	8.3%	9.6%
6/2010	8.4%	9.4%
7/2010	8.3%	9.4%
8/2010	8.6%	9.5%
9/2010	8.1%	9.5%
10/2010	8.0%	9.4%
11/2010	8.3%	9.8%
12/2010	8.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2009	6.5%	7.8%
2/2009	7.5%	8.3%
3/2009	7.7%	8.7%
4/2009	7.8%	9.0%
5/2009	8.0%	9.4%
6/2009	8.4%	9.5%
7/2009	8.0%	9.5%
8/2009	8.0%	9.6%
9/2009	7.5%	9.8%
10/2009	7.6%	10.0%
11/2009	7.6%	9.9%
12/2009	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2008	5.1%	5.0%
2/2008	5.4%	4.9%
3/2008	5.0%	5.1%
4/2008	4.4%	5.0%
5/2008	4.3%	5.4%
6/2008	4.3%	5.6%
7/2008	3.9%	5.8%
8/2008	3.9%	6.1%
9/2008	3.6%	6.1%
10/2008	3.7%	6.5%
11/2008	4.0%	6.8%
12/2008	4.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2007	5.1%	4.6%
2/2007	5.7%	4.5%
3/2007	5.0%	4.4%
4/2007	4.6%	4.5%
5/2007	4.4%	4.4%
6/2007	4.6%	4.6%
7/2007	4.5%	4.7%
8/2007	4.6%	4.6%
9/2007	4.2%	4.7%
10/2007	4.0%	4.7%
11/2007	4.0%	4.7%
12/2007	4.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2006	5.2%	4.7%
2/2006	5.7%	4.8%
3/2006	5.2%	4.7%
4/2006	4.9%	4.7%
5/2006	5.0%	4.6%
6/2006	5.3%	4.6%
7/2006	5.2%	4.7%
8/2006	5.3%	4.7%
9/2006	4.7%	4.5%
10/2006	4.3%	4.4%
11/2006	4.3%	4.5%
12/2006	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2005	5.8%	5.3%
2/2005	6.3%	5.4%
3/2005	5.9%	5.2%
4/2005	5.1%	5.2%
5/2005	4.9%	5.1%
6/2005	5.3%	5.0%
7/2005	5.1%	5.0%
8/2005	5.1%	4.9%
9/2005	4.7%	5.0%
10/2005	4.4%	5.0%
11/2005	4.4%	5.0%
12/2005	4.3%	4.9%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2004	6.3%	5.7%
2/2004	6.7%	5.6%
3/2004	6.2%	5.8%
4/2004	5.6%	5.6%
5/2004	5.3%	5.6%
6/2004	5.6%	5.6%
7/2004	5.1%	5.5%
8/2004	5.1%	5.4%
9/2004	4.4%	5.4%
10/2004	4.4%	5.5%
11/2004	4.5%	5.4%
12/2004	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2003	6.8%	5.8%
2/2003	7.3%	5.9%
3/2003	6.7%	5.9%
4/2003	6.4%	6.0%
5/2003	6.1%	6.1%
6/2003	6.5%	6.3%
7/2003	6.1%	6.2%
8/2003	6.0%	6.1%
9/2003	5.3%	6.1%
10/2003	5.1%	6.0%
11/2003	5.1%	5.8%
12/2003	5.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2002	6.4%	5.7%
2/2002	6.7%	5.7%
3/2002	6.4%	5.7%
4/2002	6.1%	5.9%
5/2002	6.0%	5.8%
6/2002	6.2%	5.8%
7/2002	5.8%	5.8%
8/2002	5.7%	5.7%
9/2002	5.3%	5.7%
10/2002	5.2%	5.7%
11/2002	5.5%	5.9%
12/2002	5.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2001	6.1%	4.2%
2/2001	6.2%	4.2%
3/2001	5.7%	4.3%
4/2001	5.2%	4.4%
5/2001	4.8%	4.3%
6/2001	5.0%	4.5%
7/2001	4.6%	4.6%
8/2001	4.7%	4.9%
9/2001	4.2%	5.0%
10/2001	4.2%	5.3%
11/2001	4.6%	5.5%
12/2001	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/2000	6.5%	4.0%
2/2000	6.9%	4.1%
3/2000	6.0%	4.0%
4/2000	5.4%	3.8%
5/2000	5.4%	4.0%
6/2000	5.6%	4.0%
7/2000	5.1%	4.0%
8/2000	5.2%	4.1%
9/2000	4.8%	3.9%
10/2000	4.8%	3.9%
11/2000	5.0%	3.9%
12/2000	5.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/1999	7.4%	4.3%
2/1999	7.6%	4.4%
3/1999	7.5%	4.2%
4/1999	6.8%	4.3%
5/1999	6.4%	4.2%
6/1999	6.5%	4.3%
7/1999	6.1%	4.3%
8/1999	6.3%	4.2%
9/1999	5.9%	4.2%
10/1999	5.7%	4.1%
11/1999	5.7%	4.1%
12/1999	5.6%	4.0%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/1998	7.5%	4.6%
2/1998	7.9%	4.6%
3/1998	7.8%	4.7%
4/1998	6.7%	4.3%
5/1998	6.4%	4.4%
6/1998	6.8%	4.5%
7/1998	6.3%	4.5%
8/1998	6.4%	4.5%
9/1998	5.9%	4.6%
10/1998	5.8%	4.5%
11/1998	5.9%	4.4%
12/1998	6.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/1997	8.4%	5.3%
2/1997	8.6%	5.2%
3/1997	7.8%	5.2%
4/1997	7.0%	5.1%
5/1997	6.5%	4.9%
6/1997	6.7%	5.0%
7/1997	6.3%	4.9%
8/1997	6.4%	4.8%
9/1997	6.0%	4.9%
10/1997	5.9%	4.7%
11/1997	6.2%	4.6%
12/1997	6.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/1996	9.3%	5.6%
2/1996	9.2%	5.5%
3/1996	8.4%	5.5%
4/1996	7.7%	5.6%
5/1996	7.3%	5.6%
6/1996	7.2%	5.3%
7/1996	6.9%	5.5%
8/1996	6.9%	5.1%
9/1996	6.6%	5.2%
10/1996	6.7%	5.2%
11/1996	6.9%	5.4%
12/1996	7.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/1995	8.6%	5.6%
2/1995	9.0%	5.4%
3/1995	8.2%	5.4%
4/1995	7.9%	5.8%
5/1995	7.8%	5.6%
6/1995	8.0%	5.6%
7/1995	7.7%	5.7%
8/1995	7.8%	5.7%
9/1995	7.3%	5.6%
10/1995	7.1%	5.5%
11/1995	7.5%	5.6%
12/1995	7.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/1994	11.0%	6.6%
2/1994	11.2%	6.6%
3/1994	10.5%	6.5%
4/1994	9.5%	6.4%
5/1994	8.8%	6.1%
6/1994	8.9%	6.1%
7/1994	8.3%	6.1%
8/1994	8.2%	6.0%
9/1994	7.5%	5.9%
10/1994	7.4%	5.8%
11/1994	7.3%	5.6%
12/1994	7.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/1993	11.8%	7.3%
2/1993	12.3%	7.1%
3/1993	11.8%	7.0%
4/1993	11.4%	7.1%
5/1993	11.0%	7.1%
6/1993	10.9%	7.0%
7/1993	10.2%	6.9%
8/1993	10.2%	6.8%
9/1993	9.7%	6.7%
10/1993	9.5%	6.8%
11/1993	9.4%	6.6%
12/1993	9.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/1992	12.6%	7.3%
2/1992	12.9%	7.4%
3/1992	12.3%	7.4%
4/1992	11.4%	7.4%
5/1992	11.0%	7.6%
6/1992	11.3%	7.8%
7/1992	10.7%	7.7%
8/1992	10.9%	7.6%
9/1992	10.7%	7.6%
10/1992	10.5%	7.3%
11/1992	10.7%	7.4%
12/1992	10.8%	7.4%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/1991	10.7%	6.4%
2/1991	11.2%	6.6%
3/1991	10.9%	6.8%
4/1991	10.3%	6.7%
5/1991	10.3%	6.9%
6/1991	10.4%	6.9%
7/1991	10.2%	6.8%
8/1991	10.7%	6.9%
9/1991	10.4%	6.9%
10/1991	10.5%	7.0%
11/1991	10.8%	7.0%
12/1991	11.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	WV %	National %
1/1990	8.8%	5.4%
2/1990	8.9%	5.3%
3/1990	8.0%	5.2%
4/1990	7.8%	5.4%
5/1990	7.7%	5.4%
6/1990	8.0%	5.2%
7/1990	7.9%	5.5%
8/1990	8.4%	5.7%
9/1990	8.6%	5.9%
10/1990	8.6%	5.9%
11/1990	9.2%	6.2%
12/1990	9.6%	6.3%