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The South > West Virginia > Labor

WEST VIRGINIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Employment Ratio 61.8 [51st of 51]
Mean Travel Time to Work 25.6 [11th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Percent of Workers Who Traveled to Work by Carpool 10.3 % [21st of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Printing & related support activities > Production workers (average per year) 2,176 [33rd of 43]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Printing & related support activities > Production workers hours 43,000 [43rd of 44]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Total Manufacturing > Number of employees 63,094 [36th of 51]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Total Manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) 47,549 [32nd of 51]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Total Manufacturing > Production workers hours 9,654,000 [49th of 51]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Number of employees 4,046 [35th of 46]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) 3,073 [34th of 46]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Production workers hours 6,641,000 [35th of 46]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Unemployment > Rate 5% [14th of 50]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Unemployment Rate > 2004 5.3 [24th of 51]
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate
Unemployment Rate > January, 2006 3.8 [39th of 51]
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate
Union affiliation > Percent Represented by Unions 15.5 [15th of 50]
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate
Union affiliation > Percent Union Members 14.4 [15th of 50]
Source: Wikipedia: Union affiliation by U.S. state
US minimum wages > State > Level $7.25 [13th of 50]
Source: Wikipedia: Union affiliation by U.S. state
Wood product manufacturing > Number of employees 8,782 [23rd of 45]
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. minimum wages
Wood product manufacturing > Production workers (average per year) 7,692 [24th of 45]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004
Wood product manufacturing > Production workers hours 15,876,000 [24th of 45]
Source: Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004

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SOURCES: American Community Survey 2004 ; Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004 ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate ; Wikipedia: Union affiliation by U.S. state; Wikipedia: List of U.S. minimum wages

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