Oceana, WV Unemployment Rate Report

Oceana, WV Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Oceana, West Virginia has ranged from 3.6% in November 2008 to 20.7% in August 1993. The current unemployment rate for Oceana is 5.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Oceana, WV Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Oceana, WV Current Unemployment - 5.0%

Oceana, WV Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2022	4.7%	4.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.8%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.1%	4.0%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.9%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.9%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.3%	4.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.2%	4.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.0%	4.3%	3.7%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2021	9.1%	7.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.9%	6.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.8%	6.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.3%	5.7%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.6%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.9%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.5%	5.0%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.6%	4.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.5%	3.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.1%	3.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.6%	3.4%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.0%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2020	8.5%	5.6%	3.6%
2 / 2020	8.4%	5.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	9.0%	6.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	18.6%	15.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.4%	12.3%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.9%	10.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	13.2%	9.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	12.0%	8.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	11.0%	7.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.9%	6.3%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.4%	6.5%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.8%	7.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2019	8.5%	5.7%	4.0%
2 / 2019	8.2%	5.9%	3.8%
3 / 2019	7.4%	5.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	6.6%	4.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	6.4%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.2%	4.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	7.0%	4.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.6%	4.8%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.9%	4.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	6.2%	4.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	6.6%	4.8%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.7%	5.0%	3.5%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2018	7.2%	6.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	7.6%	6.5%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.1%	6.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.5%	5.3%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.9%	5.0%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.9%	5.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.7%	5.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	7.4%	5.0%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.8%	4.5%	3.7%
10 / 2018	6.7%	4.5%	3.8%
11 / 2018	7.9%	4.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	7.7%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2017	8.2%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	8.4%	6.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.5%	5.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	7.0%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.4%	4.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.3%	5.3%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.3%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.2%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.2%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.2%	4.6%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.4%	4.9%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.4%	5.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2016	12.9%	7.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	11.8%	7.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	11.5%	6.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	10.6%	6.2%	5.0%
5 / 2016	10.7%	6.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	11.5%	6.4%	4.9%
7 / 2016	10.3%	5.9%	4.8%
8 / 2016	10.4%	6.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	8.8%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2016	8.3%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.8%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.4%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2015	10.2%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2015	10.6%	7.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	10.3%	7.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	9.5%	6.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	9.5%	6.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	10.4%	7.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	10.1%	6.9%	5.2%
8 / 2015	9.8%	6.7%	5.1%
9 / 2015	8.4%	5.9%	5.0%
10 / 2015	9.1%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	8.8%	5.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	8.9%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2014	10.5%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	10.7%	8.1%	6.7%
3 / 2014	10.5%	7.5%	6.7%
4 / 2014	9.7%	6.6%	6.2%
5 / 2014	9.2%	6.5%	6.3%
6 / 2014	9.2%	6.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	9.7%	6.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	9.9%	6.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	8.4%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 2014	8.7%	5.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	8.5%	5.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	9.1%	6.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2013	11.1%	8.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.3%	8.1%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.4%	7.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.1%	6.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.7%	6.3%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.0%	6.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.1%	6.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.3%	6.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.2%	6.0%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.6%	6.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.0%	6.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	9.6%	6.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2012	8.3%	8.1%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.8%	8.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.7%	7.8%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.7%	7.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.7%	7.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.6%	7.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.7%	7.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.6%	7.6%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.3%	7.0%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.5%	6.9%	7.8%
11 / 2012	10.3%	7.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.9%	7.3%	7.9%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2011	10.5%	9.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.0%	9.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.4%	8.9%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.6%	8.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.3%	7.8%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.6%	8.1%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.8%	7.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.8%	7.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.9%	7.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.6%	7.2%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.5%	7.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.7%	7.3%	8.5%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2010	11.2%	9.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.9%	10.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.1%	9.3%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.1%	8.4%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.8%	8.3%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.3%	8.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.3%	8.3%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.6%	8.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.8%	8.1%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.9%	8.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.7%	8.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.9%	8.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2009	5.5%	6.5%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.5%	7.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.4%	7.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.0%	7.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.0%	8.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	11.9%	8.4%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.1%	8.0%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.7%	8.0%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.6%	7.5%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.2%	7.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.3%	7.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.2%	8.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2008	5.6%	5.1%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.8%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.5%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.8%	4.4%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.7%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.3%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.8%	3.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.9%	3.9%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.9%	3.6%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.7%	3.7%	6.5%
11 / 2008	3.6%	4.0%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.2%	4.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2007	6.2%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.8%	5.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.6%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.4%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.1%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.3%	4.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.6%	4.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.7%	4.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.5%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.7%	4.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.5%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.3%	4.3%	5.0%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2006	4.9%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.6%	5.7%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.6%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.4%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.6%	5.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.2%	5.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.0%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.5%	5.3%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.8%	4.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.2%	4.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.0%	4.3%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.0%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2005	5.3%	5.8%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.3%	6.3%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.1%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.6%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.2%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.9%	5.3%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.5%	5.1%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.5%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.3%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.8%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.6%	4.4%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.3%	4.3%	4.9%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2004	8.1%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.9%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.2%	6.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.7%	5.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.4%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.7%	5.6%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.5%	5.1%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.8%	5.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.6%	4.4%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.8%	4.4%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.8%	4.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.7%	4.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2003	7.4%	6.8%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.8%	7.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.3%	6.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.2%	6.4%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.0%	6.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.7%	6.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.8%	6.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	8.9%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	8.7%	5.3%	6.1%
10 / 2003	8.6%	5.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.6%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	8.4%	5.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2002	6.3%	6.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.7%	6.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.1%	6.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.9%	6.1%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.2%	6.0%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.2%	6.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.5%	5.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.7%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.4%	5.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.4%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.8%	5.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.7%	5.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2001	7.5%	6.1%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.1%	6.2%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.8%	5.7%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.3%	5.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.8%	4.8%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.2%	5.0%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.5%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.2%	4.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.2%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.0%	4.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.7%	4.6%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.0%	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 2000	8.7%	6.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	9.4%	6.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	8.6%	6.0%	4.0%
4 / 2000	7.7%	5.4%	3.8%
5 / 2000	7.3%	5.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	7.8%	5.6%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.3%	5.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	7.6%	5.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	7.1%	4.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	6.7%	4.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	7.0%	5.0%	3.9%
12 / 2000	6.9%	5.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1999	8.7%	7.4%	4.3%
2 / 1999	10.6%	7.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	10.2%	7.5%	4.2%
4 / 1999	10.7%	6.8%	4.3%
5 / 1999	10.8%	6.4%	4.2%
6 / 1999	10.9%	6.5%	4.3%
7 / 1999	11.2%	6.1%	4.3%
8 / 1999	12.1%	6.3%	4.2%
9 / 1999	11.1%	5.9%	4.2%
10 / 1999	10.1%	5.7%	4.1%
11 / 1999	10.0%	5.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	8.5%	5.6%	4.0%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1998	8.0%	7.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.2%	7.9%	4.6%
3 / 1998	8.7%	7.8%	4.7%
4 / 1998	8.2%	6.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	7.7%	6.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	9.6%	6.8%	4.5%
7 / 1998	10.3%	6.3%	4.5%
8 / 1998	11.4%	6.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	10.2%	5.9%	4.6%
10 / 1998	10.5%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	9.2%	5.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	8.1%	6.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1997	10.3%	8.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	9.9%	8.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	9.3%	7.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	8.8%	7.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	8.7%	6.5%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.1%	6.7%	5.0%
7 / 1997	9.0%	6.3%	4.9%
8 / 1997	10.1%	6.4%	4.8%
9 / 1997	9.4%	6.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.6%	5.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	8.4%	6.2%	4.6%
12 / 1997	7.9%	6.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1996	9.4%	9.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	10.0%	9.2%	5.5%
3 / 1996	9.5%	8.4%	5.5%
4 / 1996	9.3%	7.7%	5.6%
5 / 1996	9.2%	7.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	10.0%	7.2%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.8%	6.9%	5.5%
8 / 1996	12.9%	6.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	12.9%	6.6%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.1%	6.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	10.7%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	10.3%	7.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1995	11.2%	8.6%	5.6%
2 / 1995	11.4%	9.0%	5.4%
3 / 1995	11.1%	8.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	10.7%	7.9%	5.8%
5 / 1995	10.4%	7.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	12.2%	8.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	11.3%	7.7%	5.7%
8 / 1995	11.6%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	11.6%	7.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	9.6%	7.1%	5.5%
11 / 1995	9.3%	7.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	9.6%	7.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1994	15.0%	11.0%	6.6%
2 / 1994	14.0%	11.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	13.5%	10.5%	6.5%
4 / 1994	13.0%	9.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	12.4%	8.8%	6.1%
6 / 1994	13.8%	8.9%	6.1%
7 / 1994	13.3%	8.3%	6.1%
8 / 1994	12.8%	8.2%	6.0%
9 / 1994	12.7%	7.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	12.0%	7.4%	5.8%
11 / 1994	10.7%	7.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	10.7%	7.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1993	15.1%	11.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	20.2%	12.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	17.5%	11.8%	7.0%
4 / 1993	16.8%	11.4%	7.1%
5 / 1993	18.6%	11.0%	7.1%
6 / 1993	18.8%	10.9%	7.0%
7 / 1993	19.1%	10.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	20.7%	10.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	18.2%	9.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	16.7%	9.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	17.5%	9.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	15.7%	9.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1992	13.9%	12.6%	7.3%
2 / 1992	14.4%	12.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	14.3%	12.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	13.5%	11.4%	7.4%
5 / 1992	13.6%	11.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	14.3%	11.3%	7.8%
7 / 1992	19.0%	10.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	19.9%	10.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	19.1%	10.7%	7.6%
10 / 1992	16.9%	10.5%	7.3%
11 / 1992	16.2%	10.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	16.1%	10.8%	7.4%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1991	11.7%	10.7%	6.4%
2 / 1991	12.5%	11.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	11.2%	10.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	11.3%	10.3%	6.7%
5 / 1991	12.1%	10.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	12.8%	10.4%	6.9%
7 / 1991	12.5%	10.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	15.0%	10.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	13.9%	10.4%	6.9%
10 / 1991	12.8%	10.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	15.0%	10.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	12.6%	11.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Oceana, WV%	West-Virginia%	National %
1 / 1990	10.2%	8.8%	5.4%
2 / 1990	11.3%	8.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	11.4%	8.0%	5.2%
4 / 1990	12.0%	7.8%	5.4%
5 / 1990	11.6%	7.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	12.2%	8.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	11.9%	7.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	13.5%	8.4%	5.7%
9 / 1990	13.8%	8.6%	5.9%
10 / 1990	11.7%	8.6%	5.9%
11 / 1990	12.7%	9.2%	6.2%
12 / 1990	12.9%	9.6%	6.3%