East Panhandle Times

Berkeley County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 3,023 people out of the 120,460 living in Berkeley County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Berkeley County has decreased compared to the 5.9% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Berkeley County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.4%.

Of the 60,094 people who had a job during that time, 352 were employed in the Armed Forces and 59,742 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	3,023	4.8%
Employed	60,094	95.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	59,742	94.7%
Employed in armed forces	352	0.6%