| | 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 | 12,010,661 | 11,455,917 | 554,744 | 4.6% | 86.3% |
| West Virginia | 773,616 | 733,825 | 39,791 | 5.1% | 96.2% |
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| County |
| Barbour | 7,140 | 6,759 | 381 | 5.3% | 99.8% |
| Berkeley | 58,959 | 56,791 | 2,168 | 3.7% | 68.7% |
| Boone | 7,054 | 6,616 | 438 | 6.2% | 116.1% |
| Braxton | 5,026 | 4,684 | 342 | 6.8% | 127.2% |
| Brooke | 9,758 | 9,158 | 600 | 6.1% | 114.9% |
| Cabell | 40,685 | 38,749 | 1,936 | 4.8% | 89.0% |
| Calhoun | 2,429 | 2,175 | 254 | 10.5% | 195.5% |
| Clay | 2,967 | 2,733 | 234 | 7.9% | 147.4% |
| Doddridge | 3,841 | 3,680 | 161 | 4.2% | 78.4% |
| Fayette | 15,561 | 14,573 | 988 | 6.3% | 118.7% |
| Gilmer | 2,318 | 2,158 | 160 | 6.9% | 129.0% |
| Grant | 5,931 | 5,661 | 270 | 4.6% | 85.1% |
| Greenbrier | 15,620 | 14,911 | 709 | 4.5% | 84.9% |
| Hampshire | 10,857 | 10,478 | 379 | 3.5% | 65.3% |
| Hancock | 12,857 | 12,043 | 814 | 6.3% | 118.4% |
| Hardy | 5,593 | 5,312 | 281 | 5.0% | 93.9% |
| Harrison | 33,278 | 31,688 | 1,590 | 4.8% | 89.3% |
| Jackson | 11,673 | 10,991 | 682 | 5.8% | 109.2% |
| Jefferson | 30,003 | 29,051 | 952 | 3.2% | 59.3% |
| Kanawha | 79,512 | 75,276 | 4,236 | 5.3% | 99.6% |
| Lewis | 6,079 | 5,653 | 426 | 7.0% | 131.0% |
| Lincoln | 6,959 | 6,496 | 463 | 6.7% | 124.4% |
| Logan | 10,963 | 10,237 | 726 | 6.6% | 123.8% |
| Marion | 24,687 | 23,369 | 1,318 | 5.3% | 99.8% |
| Marshall | 13,127 | 12,297 | 830 | 6.3% | 118.2% |
| Mason | 10,244 | 9,679 | 565 | 5.5% | 103.1% |
| McDowell | 4,165 | 3,814 | 351 | 8.4% | 157.5% |
| Mercer | 20,349 | 19,106 | 1,243 | 6.1% | 114.2% |
| Mineral | 12,037 | 11,461 | 576 | 4.8% | 89.5% |
| Mingo | 6,172 | 5,620 | 552 | 8.9% | 167.2% |
| Monongalia | 54,545 | 52,317 | 2,228 | 4.1% | 76.4% |
| Monroe | 5,983 | 5,755 | 228 | 3.8% | 71.2% |
| Morgan | 8,339 | 8,038 | 301 | 3.6% | 67.5% |
| Nicholas | 8,920 | 8,379 | 541 | 6.1% | 113.4% |
| Ohio | 19,976 | 18,931 | 1,045 | 5.2% | 97.8% |
| Pendleton | 3,694 | 3,580 | 114 | 3.1% | 57.7% |
| Pleasants | 2,654 | 2,463 | 191 | 7.2% | 134.5% |
| Pocahontas | 3,837 | 3,641 | 196 | 5.1% | 95.5% |
| Preston | 15,298 | 14,582 | 716 | 4.7% | 87.5% |
| Putnam | 26,404 | 25,262 | 1,142 | 4.3% | 80.9% |
| Raleigh | 29,286 | 27,711 | 1,575 | 5.4% | 100.5% |
| Randolph | 11,792 | 11,121 | 671 | 5.7% | 106.4% |
| Ritchie | 4,269 | 4,028 | 241 | 5.6% | 105.5% |
| Roane | 4,914 | 4,494 | 420 | 8.5% | 159.8% |
| Summers | 4,429 | 4,217 | 212 | 4.8% | 89.5% |
| Taylor | 7,729 | 7,363 | 366 | 4.7% | 88.5% |
| Tucker | 3,377 | 3,194 | 183 | 5.4% | 101.3% |
| Tyler | 2,906 | 2,670 | 236 | 8.1% | 151.8% |
| Upshur | 9,565 | 8,967 | 598 | 6.3% | 116.9% |
| Wayne | 15,298 | 14,491 | 807 | 5.3% | 98.6% |
| Webster | 3,181 | 2,983 | 198 | 6.2% | 116.4% |
| Wetzel | 6,483 | 6,037 | 446 | 6.9% | 128.6% |
| Wirt | 2,221 | 2,050 | 171 | 7.7% | 143.9% |
| Wood | 35,738 | 33,810 | 1,928 | 5.4% | 100.9% |
| Wyoming | 6,934 | 6,521 | 413 | 6.0% | 111.3% |
