West Virginia unemployment rate holds steady at 4% in September - WV News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 4% in September, unchanged from August, as the state added 400 employed residents and saw its number of unemployed residents decline by 600, according to data released by WorkForce West Virginia. The state had 741,400 employed residents and 30,700 unemployed residents in September, compared with 741,000 employed and 31,300 unemployed in August. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.2%. West Virginia’s civilian labor force totaled 772,100 in September, down slightly from 772,200 in August and 783,000 in September 2025. The state’s labor force participation rate remained at 53.8%, down from 54.