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For West Virginia, the turn of the new year came with a decrease in the number of non-farm workers on company payrolls, according to preliminary data released Monday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Between January 2024 and January 2025, West Virginia’s overall payroll workforce outside the agriculture sector shrank by roughly 0.5 percent.
West Virginia was also one of just four states to see a notable one-month decrease in payroll jobs between December 2024 and January 2025. It was joined by Georgia, Missouri and Indiana.
During the one-month period marking the turn of a new year, West Virginia’s payroll workforce fell by roughly 0.6 percent, or roughly 4,000 positions.
The remaining 46 states, plus the District of Columbia, held steady over the same period, according to the bureau’s preliminary data.
