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Information payroll employment in West Virginia

Information payroll employment in West Virginia was 7,600 jobs in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is unchanged from August 2025. That is the 42nd highest of 51 states in August 2026.

August 2026, jobs7,600 Provisional
Change on August 20250%
Rank42nd of 51US states ranked
Series high11,500June 2007
Series low6,800August 2020

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Information payroll employment in West Virginia, January 2007 to August 2026

6,0007,0008,0009,00010K11K12K2007-012009-112012-092015-072018-052021-032024-012026-082007-01: 11,400 jobs2007-02: 11,400 jobs2007-03: 11,300 jobs2007-04: 11,400 jobs2007-05: 11,400 jobs2007-06: 11,500 jobs2007-07: 11,500 jobs2007-08: 11,400 jobs2007-09: 11,400 jobs2007-10: 11,400 jobs2007-11: 11,400 jobs2007-12: 11,400 jobs2008-01: 11,300 jobs2008-02: 11,400 jobs2008-03: 11,300 jobs2008-04: 11,300 jobs2008-05: 11,200 jobs2008-06: 11,200 jobs2008-07: 11,100 jobs2008-08: 11,100 jobs2008-09: 11,000 jobs2008-10: 11,100 jobs2008-11: 11,000 jobs2008-12: 10,800 jobs2009-01: 10,900 jobs2009-02: 10,800 jobs2009-03: 10,800 jobs2009-04: 10,700 jobs2009-05: 10,500 jobs2009-06: 10,400 jobs2009-07: 10,200 jobs2009-08: 10,100 jobs2009-09: 10,200 jobs2009-10: 10,100 jobs2009-11: 10,200 jobs2009-12: 10,200 jobs2010-01: 10,200 jobs2010-02: 10,100 jobs2010-03: 10,100 jobs2010-04: 9,900 jobs2010-05: 10,100 jobs2010-06: 10,300 jobs2010-07: 10,600 jobs2010-08: 10,600 jobs2010-09: 10,500 jobs2010-10: 10,500 jobs2010-11: 10,500 jobs2010-12: 10,500 jobs2011-01: 10,600 jobs2011-02: 10,600 jobs2011-03: 10,400 jobs2011-04: 10,300 jobs2011-05: 10,200 jobs2011-06: 10,100 jobs2011-07: 10,100 jobs2011-08: 10,200 jobs2011-09: 10,000 jobs2011-10: 9,900 jobs2011-11: 9,800 jobs2011-12: 9,700 jobs2012-01: 9,700 jobs2012-02: 9,700 jobs2012-03: 9,500 jobs2012-04: 9,600 jobs2012-05: 9,600 jobs2012-06: 9,600 jobs2012-07: 9,500 jobs2012-08: 9,600 jobs2012-09: 9,600 jobs2012-10: 9,600 jobs2012-11: 9,400 jobs2012-12: 9,400 jobs2013-01: 9,400 jobs2013-02: 9,400 jobs2013-03: 9,500 jobs2013-04: 9,500 jobs2013-05: 9,600 jobs2013-06: 9,600 jobs2013-07: 9,700 jobs2013-08: 9,700 jobs2013-09: 9,700 jobs2013-10: 9,700 jobs2013-11: 9,700 jobs2013-12: 9,700 jobs2014-01: 9,700 jobs2014-02: 9,700 jobs2014-03: 9,700 jobs2014-04: 9,700 jobs2014-05: 9,600 jobs2014-06: 9,600 jobs2014-07: 9,600 jobs2014-08: 9,500 jobs2014-09: 9,600 jobs2014-10: 9,500 jobs2014-11: 9,500 jobs2014-12: 9,600 jobs2015-01: 9,700 jobs2015-02: 9,700 jobs2015-03: 9,700 jobs2015-04: 9,700 jobs2015-05: 9,800 jobs2015-06: 9,700 jobs2015-07: 9,600 jobs2015-08: 9,600 jobs2015-09: 9,600 jobs2015-10: 9,600 jobs2015-11: 9,600 jobs2015-12: 9,600 jobs2016-01: 9,600 jobs2016-02: 9,600 jobs2016-03: 9,600 jobs2016-04: 9,600 jobs2016-05: 9,400 jobs2016-06: 9,500 jobs2016-07: 9,500 jobs2016-08: 9,500 jobs2016-09: 9,500 jobs2016-10: 9,500 jobs2016-11: 9,500 jobs2016-12: 9,400 jobs2017-01: 9,200 jobs2017-02: 8,900 jobs2017-03: 8,900 jobs2017-04: 8,800 jobs2017-05: 8,700 jobs2017-06: 8,600 jobs2017-07: 8,600 jobs2017-08: 8,400 jobs2017-09: 8,400 jobs2017-10: 8,400 jobs2017-11: 8,200 jobs2017-12: 8,200 jobs2018-01: 8,400 jobs2018-02: 8,300 jobs2018-03: 7,400 jobs2018-04: 8,400 jobs2018-05: 8,300 jobs2018-06: 8,300 jobs2018-07: 8,100 jobs2018-08: 8,200 jobs2018-09: 8,100 jobs2018-10: 8,200 jobs2018-11: 8,200 jobs2018-12: 8,200 jobs2019-01: 8,100 jobs2019-02: 8,100 jobs2019-03: 8,100 jobs2019-04: 8,100 jobs2019-05: 8,000 jobs2019-06: 8,000 jobs2019-07: 7,900 jobs2019-08: 8,000 jobs2019-09: 8,000 jobs2019-10: 8,000 jobs2019-11: 8,000 jobs2019-12: 7,900 jobs2020-01: 7,900 jobs2020-02: 7,800 jobs2020-03: 7,800 jobs2020-04: 6,900 jobs2020-05: 6,900 jobs2020-06: 6,900 jobs2020-07: 6,900 jobs2020-08: 6,800 jobs2020-09: 7,100 jobs2020-10: 6,900 jobs2020-11: 6,900 jobs2020-12: 6,900 jobs2021-01: 6,800 jobs2021-02: 6,900 jobs2021-03: 6,900 jobs2021-04: 7,000 jobs2021-05: 7,000 jobs2021-06: 7,100 jobs2021-07: 7,200 jobs2021-08: 7,200 jobs2021-09: 7,300 jobs2021-10: 7,400 jobs2021-11: 7,500 jobs2021-12: 7,500 jobs2022-01: 7,400 jobs2022-02: 7,600 jobs2022-03: 7,700 jobs2022-04: 7,700 jobs2022-05: 7,700 jobs2022-06: 7,600 jobs2022-07: 7,800 jobs2022-08: 7,800 jobs2022-09: 7,800 jobs2022-10: 7,800 jobs2022-11: 7,800 jobs2022-12: 7,900 jobs2023-01: 7,800 jobs2023-02: 7,900 jobs2023-03: 7,800 jobs2023-04: 7,700 jobs2023-05: 7,700 jobs2023-06: 7,800 jobs2023-07: 7,700 jobs2023-08: 7,700 jobs2023-09: 7,700 jobs2023-10: 7,700 jobs2023-11: 7,700 jobs2023-12: 7,600 jobs2024-01: 7,600 jobs2024-02: 7,700 jobs2024-03: 7,600 jobs2024-04: 7,700 jobs2024-05: 7,600 jobs2024-06: 7,600 jobs2024-07: 7,600 jobs2024-08: 7,600 jobs2024-09: 7,700 jobs2024-10: 7,600 jobs2024-11: 7,600 jobs2024-12: 7,600 jobs2025-01: 7,600 jobs2025-02: 7,700 jobs2025-03: 7,500 jobs2025-04: 7,600 jobs2025-05: 7,600 jobs2025-06: 7,700 jobs2025-07: 7,600 jobs2025-08: 7,600 jobs2025-09: 7,600 jobs2025-10: 7,700 jobs2025-11: 7,600 jobs2025-12: 7,600 jobs2026-01: 7,500 jobs2026-02: 7,500 jobs2026-03: 7,500 jobs2026-04: 7,500 jobs2026-05: 7,500 jobs2026-06: 7,500 jobs2026-07: 7,500 jobs2026-08: 7,600 jobs
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-18.
All 236 values
Periodjobs
2026-087,600 Provisional
2026-077,500
2026-067,500
2026-057,500
2026-047,500
2026-037,500
2026-027,500
2026-017,500
2025-127,600
2025-117,600
2025-107,700
2025-097,600
2025-087,600
2025-077,600
2025-067,700
2025-057,600
2025-047,600
2025-037,500
2025-027,700
2025-017,600
2024-127,600
2024-117,600
2024-107,600
2024-097,700
2024-087,600
2024-077,600
2024-067,600
2024-057,600
2024-047,700
2024-037,600
2024-027,700
2024-017,600
2023-127,600
2023-117,700
2023-107,700
2023-097,700
2023-087,700
2023-077,700
2023-067,800
2023-057,700
2023-047,700
2023-037,800
2023-027,900
2023-017,800
2022-127,900
2022-117,800
2022-107,800
2022-097,800
2022-087,800
2022-077,800
2022-067,600
2022-057,700
2022-047,700
2022-037,700
2022-027,600
2022-017,400
2021-127,500
2021-117,500
2021-107,400
2021-097,300
2021-087,200
2021-077,200
2021-067,100
2021-057,000
2021-047,000
2021-036,900
2021-026,900
2021-016,800
2020-126,900
2020-116,900
2020-106,900
2020-097,100
2020-086,800
2020-076,900
2020-066,900
2020-056,900
2020-046,900
2020-037,800
2020-027,800
2020-017,900
2019-127,900
2019-118,000
2019-108,000
2019-098,000
2019-088,000
2019-077,900
2019-068,000
2019-058,000
2019-048,100
2019-038,100
2019-028,100
2019-018,100
2018-128,200
2018-118,200
2018-108,200
2018-098,100
2018-088,200
2018-078,100
2018-068,300
2018-058,300
2018-048,400
2018-037,400
2018-028,300
2018-018,400
2017-128,200
2017-118,200
2017-108,400
2017-098,400
2017-088,400
2017-078,600
2017-068,600
2017-058,700
2017-048,800
2017-038,900
2017-028,900
2017-019,200
2016-129,400
2016-119,500
2016-109,500
2016-099,500
2016-089,500
2016-079,500
2016-069,500
2016-059,400
2016-049,600
2016-039,600
2016-029,600
2016-019,600
2015-129,600
2015-119,600
2015-109,600
2015-099,600
2015-089,600
2015-079,600
2015-069,700
2015-059,800
2015-049,700
2015-039,700
2015-029,700
2015-019,700
2014-129,600
2014-119,500
2014-109,500
2014-099,600
2014-089,500
2014-079,600
2014-069,600
2014-059,600
2014-049,700
2014-039,700
2014-029,700
2014-019,700
2013-129,700
2013-119,700
2013-109,700
2013-099,700
2013-089,700
2013-079,700
2013-069,600
2013-059,600
2013-049,500
2013-039,500
2013-029,400
2013-019,400
2012-129,400
2012-119,400
2012-109,600
2012-099,600
2012-089,600
2012-079,500
2012-069,600
2012-059,600
2012-049,600
2012-039,500
2012-029,700
2012-019,700
2011-129,700
2011-119,800
2011-109,900
2011-0910,000
2011-0810,200
2011-0710,100
2011-0610,100
2011-0510,200
2011-0410,300
2011-0310,400
2011-0210,600
2011-0110,600
2010-1210,500
2010-1110,500
2010-1010,500
2010-0910,500
2010-0810,600
2010-0710,600
2010-0610,300
2010-0510,100
2010-049,900
2010-0310,100
2010-0210,100
2010-0110,200
2009-1210,200
2009-1110,200
2009-1010,100
2009-0910,200
2009-0810,100
2009-0710,200
2009-0610,400
2009-0510,500
2009-0410,700
2009-0310,800
2009-0210,800
2009-0110,900
2008-1210,800
2008-1111,000
2008-1011,100
2008-0911,000
2008-0811,100
2008-0711,100
2008-0611,200
2008-0511,200
2008-0411,300
2008-0311,300
2008-0211,400
2008-0111,300
2007-1211,400
2007-1111,400
2007-1011,400
2007-0911,400
2007-0811,400
2007-0711,500
2007-0611,500
2007-0511,400
2007-0411,400
2007-0311,300
2007-0211,400
2007-0111,400

Compared with United States

PlaceAugust 2026
West Virginia7,600
United States2,749,000

Rankings

Definition

Number of jobs on information payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers publishing, motion pictures and sound recording, broadcasting, telecommunications, and data processing and hosting.

One of the eleven CES supersectors that make up nonfarm_payroll_employment. Counts jobs on nonfarm payrolls, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. It covers full-time and part-time employees paid for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month, and excludes the self-employed, farm workers, private household workers and unpaid family workers.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001) (Information payroll employment, West Virginia, 2007-01 to 2026-08) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current

MLA 9

Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001), Information payroll employment, West Virginia, 2007-01 to 2026-08. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/information-sector-jobs/west-virginia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001). Information payroll employment, West Virginia, 2007-01 to 2026-08. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/information-sector-jobs/west-virginia.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001), Information payroll employment, West Virginia, 2007-01 to 2026-08 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/information-sector-jobs/west-virginia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001): Information payroll employment, West Virginia, 2007-01 to 2026-08}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/information-sector-jobs/west-virginia. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.70.Information.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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What is the information payroll employment in West Virginia?

Information payroll employment in West Virginia was 7,600 jobs in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is unchanged from August 2025. That is the 42nd highest of 51 states in August 2026.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, information, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000005000000001). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest information payroll employment in West Virginia?

11,500 jobs in June 2007, the highest value since January 2007 in this series.

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