Petroleum, WV Unemployment Rate Report

Petroleum, WV Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Petroleum, West Virginia has ranged from 3.1% in November 2021 to 25.0% in January 1994. The current unemployment rate for Petroleum is 4.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Petroleum, WV Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Petroleum, WV Current Unemployment - 4.6%

Petroleum, WV Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	4.9%	4.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.4%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.5%	4.0%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.8%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.5%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.1%	4.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.1%	4.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.6%	4.3%	3.7%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	8.0%	7.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.5%	6.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.1%	6.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.0%	5.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.2%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.0%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.7%	5.0%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.5%	4.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.5%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.3%	3.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.1%	3.4%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.5%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	7.1%	5.6%	3.6%
2 / 2020	7.8%	5.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	8.2%	6.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	13.3%	15.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.9%	12.3%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.4%	10.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.9%	9.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.5%	8.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.1%	7.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.9%	6.3%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.3%	6.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.0%	7.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	6.7%	5.7%	4.0%
2 / 2019	8.3%	5.9%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.4%	5.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.0%	4.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.4%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.9%	4.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.6%	4.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.6%	4.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.5%	4.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.8%	4.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.2%	4.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.5%	5.0%	3.5%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	6.6%	6.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	7.9%	6.5%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.4%	6.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.1%	5.3%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.9%	5.0%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.3%	5.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.5%	5.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.9%	5.0%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.4%	4.5%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.4%	4.5%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.3%	4.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.9%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	6.8%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	8.0%	6.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.5%	5.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.0%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.7%	4.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.1%	5.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.9%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.3%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.5%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.4%	4.6%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.9%	4.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.5%	5.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	7.7%	7.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	9.2%	7.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.3%	6.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.0%	6.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.7%	6.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.2%	6.4%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.0%	5.9%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.1%	6.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.4%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.0%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.3%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.7%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	7.7%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2015	9.0%	7.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	9.0%	7.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.7%	6.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.4%	6.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.9%	7.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.9%	6.9%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.5%	6.7%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.8%	5.9%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.0%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.4%	5.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.6%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	8.1%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	9.0%	8.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.7%	7.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.1%	6.6%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.5%	6.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.5%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.4%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.7%	6.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.2%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.2%	5.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.6%	5.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.6%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	7.9%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.2%	8.1%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.5%	7.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.9%	6.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.3%	6.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.7%	6.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.5%	6.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.5%	6.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.0%	6.0%	7.2%
10 / 2013	4.9%	6.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.1%	6.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.8%	6.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	8.7%	8.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.7%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.0%	7.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.7%	7.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.3%	7.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.5%	7.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.0%	7.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.0%	7.6%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.7%	7.0%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.6%	6.9%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.5%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.9%	7.3%	7.9%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	11.1%	9.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	13.1%	9.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.1%	8.9%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.2%	8.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.2%	7.8%	9.0%
6 / 2011	8.9%	8.1%	9.1%
7 / 2011	8.4%	7.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.1%	7.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.8%	7.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.2%	7.2%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.9%	7.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.5%	7.3%	8.5%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	11.1%	9.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	12.2%	10.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.3%	9.3%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.2%	8.4%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.4%	8.3%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.3%	8.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.0%	8.3%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.2%	8.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.9%	8.1%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.3%	8.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.1%	8.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.7%	8.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	8.6%	6.5%	7.8%
2 / 2009	12.2%	7.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.5%	7.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.8%	7.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.3%	8.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.5%	8.4%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.9%	8.0%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.9%	8.0%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.3%	7.5%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.0%	7.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.9%	7.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.9%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	7.3%	5.1%	5.0%
2 / 2008	8.3%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.6%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.3%	4.4%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.2%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.1%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.3%	3.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.4%	3.9%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.1%	3.6%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.8%	3.7%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.4%	4.0%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.4%	4.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	7.0%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.7%	5.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.5%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.3%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.6%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.6%	4.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.6%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.8%	4.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.0%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.9%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.9%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.7%	4.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	5.8%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.4%	5.7%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.3%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.8%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.7%	5.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.3%	5.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.2%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.2%	5.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.6%	4.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.3%	4.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.9%	4.3%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.8%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	7.7%	5.8%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.0%	6.3%	5.4%
3 / 2005	7.9%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.1%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.4%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.8%	5.3%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.6%	5.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.3%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.9%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.5%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.7%	4.4%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.4%	4.3%	4.9%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	7.7%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	9.3%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.6%	6.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.1%	5.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	7.0%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.2%	5.6%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.4%	5.1%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.9%	5.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.8%	4.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.2%	4.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.7%	4.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.6%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	9.7%	6.8%	5.8%
2 / 2003	10.7%	7.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.6%	6.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.3%	6.4%	6.0%
5 / 2003	8.3%	6.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.3%	6.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.1%	6.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.3%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.0%	5.3%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.9%	5.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.1%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.2%	5.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	9.2%	6.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	9.2%	6.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.8%	6.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.0%	6.1%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.5%	6.0%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.7%	6.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.5%	5.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.2%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.9%	5.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.0%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.9%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.9%	5.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	8.5%	6.1%	4.2%
2 / 2001	8.2%	6.2%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.2%	5.7%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.4%	5.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.9%	4.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.2%	5.0%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.1%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.9%	4.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.3%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.9%	4.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.9%	4.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.0%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	8.1%	6.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	9.5%	6.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.3%	6.0%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.2%	5.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	6.7%	5.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.9%	5.6%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.7%	5.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.4%	5.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.2%	4.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.8%	4.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.1%	5.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.5%	5.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	13.0%	7.4%	4.3%
2 / 1999	12.8%	7.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	10.7%	7.5%	4.2%
4 / 1999	8.3%	6.8%	4.3%
5 / 1999	7.5%	6.4%	4.2%
6 / 1999	9.8%	6.5%	4.3%
7 / 1999	9.7%	6.1%	4.3%
8 / 1999	10.1%	6.3%	4.2%
9 / 1999	8.9%	5.9%	4.2%
10 / 1999	8.4%	5.7%	4.1%
11 / 1999	7.9%	5.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	8.1%	5.6%	4.0%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	13.0%	7.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	16.7%	7.9%	4.6%
3 / 1998	15.0%	7.8%	4.7%
4 / 1998	13.5%	6.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	11.1%	6.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	11.5%	6.8%	4.5%
7 / 1998	10.8%	6.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	9.4%	6.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	9.2%	5.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.6%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.2%	5.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	8.1%	6.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	15.2%	8.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	17.1%	8.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	14.1%	7.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	10.6%	7.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	8.5%	6.5%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.8%	6.7%	5.0%
7 / 1997	10.8%	6.3%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.4%	6.4%	4.8%
9 / 1997	8.7%	6.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	9.2%	5.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.2%	6.2%	4.6%
12 / 1997	11.8%	6.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	16.8%	9.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	16.5%	9.2%	5.5%
3 / 1996	15.9%	8.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	14.0%	7.7%	5.6%
5 / 1996	14.4%	7.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	13.7%	7.2%	5.3%
7 / 1996	15.8%	6.9%	5.5%
8 / 1996	11.6%	6.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	11.1%	6.6%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.0%	6.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	10.5%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	11.9%	7.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	16.5%	8.6%	5.6%
2 / 1995	16.4%	9.0%	5.4%
3 / 1995	16.6%	8.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	13.6%	7.9%	5.8%
5 / 1995	14.3%	7.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	14.3%	8.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	11.9%	7.7%	5.7%
8 / 1995	11.0%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	10.4%	7.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	10.6%	7.1%	5.5%
11 / 1995	12.4%	7.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	12.5%	7.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	25.0%	11.0%	6.6%
2 / 1994	23.8%	11.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	21.2%	10.5%	6.5%
4 / 1994	16.4%	9.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	14.2%	8.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	13.2%	8.9%	6.1%
7 / 1994	11.2%	8.3%	6.1%
8 / 1994	11.4%	8.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	10.6%	7.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	10.2%	7.4%	5.8%
11 / 1994	10.1%	7.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	13.3%	7.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	19.1%	11.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	18.7%	12.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	19.9%	11.8%	7.0%
4 / 1993	15.0%	11.4%	7.1%
5 / 1993	14.8%	11.0%	7.1%
6 / 1993	13.5%	10.9%	7.0%
7 / 1993	14.3%	10.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	12.4%	10.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	13.1%	9.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	12.5%	9.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	19.6%	9.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	18.3%	9.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	16.7%	12.6%	7.3%
2 / 1992	17.3%	12.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	15.5%	12.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	13.5%	11.4%	7.4%
5 / 1992	14.8%	11.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	13.9%	11.3%	7.8%
7 / 1992	11.7%	10.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	14.1%	10.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	10.9%	10.7%	7.6%
10 / 1992	12.6%	10.5%	7.3%
11 / 1992	15.5%	10.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	18.3%	10.8%	7.4%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	17.7%	10.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	18.4%	11.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	17.3%	10.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	16.8%	10.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	13.2%	10.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	12.8%	10.4%	6.9%
7 / 1991	11.9%	10.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	11.4%	10.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	11.6%	10.4%	6.9%
10 / 1991	10.7%	10.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	13.7%	10.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	17.1%	11.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Petroleum, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	19.3%	8.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	17.1%	8.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	13.0%	8.0%	5.2%
4 / 1990	13.4%	7.8%	5.4%
5 / 1990	10.4%	7.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	13.9%	8.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	12.4%	7.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	15.8%	8.4%	5.7%
9 / 1990	13.6%	8.6%	5.9%
10 / 1990	12.3%	8.6%	5.9%
11 / 1990	14.0%	9.2%	6.2%
12 / 1990	13.9%	9.6%	6.3%