| | Civilian Labor Force, 2021 | Persons Employed, 2021 | Persons Unemployed, 2021 | Unemployment Rate, 2021 | Unemployment Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2021 |
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| United States | 161,204,000 | 152,581,000 | 8,623,000 | 5.3% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 12,035,551 | 11,468,696 | 566,855 | 4.7% | 88.0% |
| West Virginia | 788,826 | 749,132 | 39,694 | 5.0% | 94.1% |
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| County |
| Barbour | 7,165 | 6,786 | 379 | 5.3% | 98.9% |
| Berkeley | 60,140 | 57,999 | 2,141 | 3.6% | 66.6% |
| Boone | 7,259 | 6,818 | 441 | 6.1% | 113.6% |
| Braxton | 5,097 | 4,753 | 344 | 6.7% | 126.2% |
| Brooke | 9,939 | 9,336 | 603 | 6.1% | 113.4% |
| Cabell | 41,419 | 39,500 | 1,919 | 4.6% | 86.6% |
| Calhoun | 2,495 | 2,237 | 258 | 10.3% | 193.3% |
| Clay | 3,051 | 2,815 | 236 | 7.7% | 144.6% |
| Doddridge | 3,867 | 3,708 | 159 | 4.1% | 76.9% |
| Fayette | 15,981 | 14,987 | 994 | 6.2% | 116.3% |
| Gilmer | 2,321 | 2,160 | 161 | 6.9% | 129.7% |
| Grant | 5,994 | 5,726 | 268 | 4.5% | 83.6% |
| Greenbrier | 15,744 | 15,043 | 701 | 4.5% | 83.2% |
| Hampshire | 11,043 | 10,670 | 373 | 3.4% | 63.1% |
| Hancock | 13,098 | 12,277 | 821 | 6.3% | 117.2% |
| Hardy | 5,672 | 5,393 | 279 | 4.9% | 92.0% |
| Harrison | 33,767 | 32,186 | 1,581 | 4.7% | 87.5% |
| Jackson | 12,040 | 11,356 | 684 | 5.7% | 106.2% |
| Jefferson | 30,391 | 29,451 | 940 | 3.1% | 57.8% |
| Kanawha | 81,818 | 77,575 | 4,243 | 5.2% | 96.9% |
| Lewis | 6,196 | 5,765 | 431 | 7.0% | 130.0% |
| Lincoln | 7,086 | 6,621 | 465 | 6.6% | 122.7% |
| Logan | 11,111 | 10,376 | 735 | 6.6% | 123.7% |
| Marion | 25,080 | 23,773 | 1,307 | 5.2% | 97.4% |
| Marshall | 13,367 | 12,532 | 835 | 6.2% | 116.8% |
| Mason | 10,171 | 9,609 | 562 | 5.5% | 103.3% |
| McDowell | 4,289 | 3,936 | 353 | 8.2% | 153.9% |
| Mercer | 20,622 | 19,377 | 1,245 | 6.0% | 112.9% |
| Mineral | 12,215 | 11,645 | 570 | 4.7% | 87.2% |
| Mingo | 6,220 | 5,663 | 557 | 9.0% | 167.4% |
| Monongalia | 55,827 | 53,636 | 2,191 | 3.9% | 73.4% |
| Monroe | 6,090 | 5,869 | 221 | 3.6% | 67.8% |
| Morgan | 8,532 | 8,236 | 296 | 3.5% | 64.9% |
| Nicholas | 9,085 | 8,541 | 544 | 6.0% | 111.9% |
| Ohio | 20,333 | 19,292 | 1,041 | 5.1% | 95.7% |
| Pendleton | 3,763 | 3,651 | 112 | 3.0% | 55.6% |
| Pleasants | 2,696 | 2,503 | 193 | 7.2% | 133.8% |
| Pocahontas | 3,920 | 3,724 | 196 | 5.0% | 93.5% |
| Preston | 15,649 | 14,943 | 706 | 4.5% | 84.3% |
| Putnam | 26,881 | 25,751 | 1,130 | 4.2% | 78.6% |
| Raleigh | 30,080 | 28,502 | 1,578 | 5.2% | 98.1% |
| Randolph | 12,058 | 11,386 | 672 | 5.6% | 104.2% |
| Ritchie | 4,330 | 4,089 | 241 | 5.6% | 104.1% |
| Roane | 5,017 | 4,592 | 425 | 8.5% | 158.4% |
| Summers | 4,471 | 4,261 | 210 | 4.7% | 87.8% |
| Taylor | 7,848 | 7,485 | 363 | 4.6% | 86.5% |
| Tucker | 3,427 | 3,243 | 184 | 5.4% | 100.4% |
| Tyler | 2,980 | 2,742 | 238 | 8.0% | 149.3% |
| Upshur | 9,681 | 9,080 | 601 | 6.2% | 116.1% |
| Wayne | 15,573 | 14,771 | 802 | 5.1% | 96.3% |
| Webster | 3,241 | 3,041 | 200 | 6.2% | 115.4% |
| Wetzel | 6,698 | 6,249 | 449 | 6.7% | 125.3% |
| Wirt | 2,271 | 2,098 | 173 | 7.6% | 142.4% |
| Wood | 36,539 | 34,608 | 1,931 | 5.3% | 98.8% |
| Wyoming | 7,183 | 6,767 | 416 | 5.8% | 108.3% |
