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Unemployment rate in Wetzel County

Unemployment rate in Wetzel County was 6% in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.3 pts from August 2025. That is the 4th highest of 55 counties in August 2026.

August 20266% Provisional
Change on August 2025+0.3 pts
Rank4th of 55Counties in West Virginia ranked
Series high18April 2020
Series low4.6May 2026

Unemployment rate in Wetzel County, January 2020 to August 2026

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051015202020-012021-012022-012023-012024-012025-012026-022026-082020-01: 11 %2020-02: 11.2 %2020-03: 11.8 %2020-04: 18 %2020-05: 16.5 %2020-06: 12.6 %2020-07: 13 %2020-08: 10.6 %2020-09: 10.2 %2020-10: 8.4 %2020-11: 9 %2020-12: 9.8 %2021-01: 11.7 %2021-02: 11.5 %2021-03: 10.4 %2021-04: 8.9 %2021-05: 8 %2021-06: 8.5 %2021-07: 8 %2021-08: 7.7 %2021-09: 5.9 %2021-10: 5.5 %2021-11: 5.6 %2021-12: 6 %2022-01: 9.1 %2022-02: 9.3 %2022-03: 7.9 %2022-04: 6.6 %2022-05: 5.5 %2022-06: 6.5 %2022-07: 6.1 %2022-08: 7.2 %2022-09: 5 %2022-10: 4.9 %2022-11: 5.3 %2022-12: 6.1 %2023-01: 8.7 %2023-02: 9.4 %2023-03: 8.2 %2023-04: 6.7 %2023-05: 6.2 %2023-06: 6.5 %2023-07: 5.8 %2023-08: 7.2 %2023-09: 5.2 %2023-10: 4.9 %2023-11: 5.7 %2023-12: 7.7 %2024-01: 8.7 %2024-02: 9 %2024-03: 8.5 %2024-04: 6 %2024-05: 5.4 %2024-06: 6.5 %2024-07: 6.7 %2024-08: 6.8 %2024-09: 5.1 %2024-10: 5 %2024-11: 5.4 %2024-12: 6 %2025-01: 7.5 %2025-02: 7.9 %2025-03: 6.2 %2025-04: 5.1 %2025-05: 4.7 %2025-06: 5.4 %2025-07: 5.7 %2025-08: 5.7 %2025-09: 5 %2025-11: 5.9 %2025-12: 6.3 %2026-01: 7.4 %2026-02: 7.8 %2026-03: 5.8 %2026-04: 5.3 %2026-05: 4.6 %2026-06: 5.6 %2026-07: 5.6 %2026-08: 6 %
%. Source: BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-08, published 2026-09-30.
All 79 values
Period%
2026-086 Provisional
2026-075.6
2026-065.6
2026-054.6
2026-045.3
2026-035.8
2026-027.8
2026-017.4
2025-126.3
2025-115.9
2025-095
2025-085.7
2025-075.7
2025-065.4
2025-054.7
2025-045.1
2025-036.2
2025-027.9
2025-017.5
2024-126
2024-115.4
2024-105
2024-095.1
2024-086.8
2024-076.7
2024-066.5
2024-055.4
2024-046
2024-038.5
2024-029
2024-018.7
2023-127.7
2023-115.7
2023-104.9
2023-095.2
2023-087.2
2023-075.8
2023-066.5
2023-056.2
2023-046.7
2023-038.2
2023-029.4
2023-018.7
2022-126.1
2022-115.3
2022-104.9
2022-095
2022-087.2
2022-076.1
2022-066.5
2022-055.5
2022-046.6
2022-037.9
2022-029.3
2022-019.1
2021-126
2021-115.6
2021-105.5
2021-095.9
2021-087.7
2021-078
2021-068.5
2021-058
2021-048.9
2021-0310.4
2021-0211.5
2021-0111.7
2020-129.8
2020-119
2020-108.4
2020-0910.2
2020-0810.6
2020-0713
2020-0612.6
2020-0516.5
2020-0418
2020-0311.8
2020-0211.2
2020-0111

Compared with West Virginia and United States

PlaceAugust 2026
Wetzel County6
West Virginia4
United States4.1

Rankings

Definition

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.

Survey-based. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states and US counties, not Spanish municipalities. For municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate. US national and state rates are seasonally adjusted; county rates are not. Countries without a national or Eurostat series get the annual ILO modelled estimate, a model output rather than a survey result.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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What is the unemployment rate in Wetzel County?

Unemployment rate in Wetzel County was 6% in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.3 pts from August 2025. That is the 4th highest of 55 counties in August 2026.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-08.

What was the highest unemployment rate in Wetzel County?

18% in April 2020, the highest value since January 2020 in this series.

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