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Northern Virginia, VA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Northern Virginia, Va.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

1,548.5 1,555.3 1,558.6 1,567.4 1,575.9 1,594.6 1,580.3 1,587.4 1,575.0 1,584.0 1,589.7 1,585.0 1,575.1

2024

1,560.7 1,569.3 1,579.9 1,588.8 1,601.2 1,618.7 (p)1,600.3            

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

81.2 81.5 82.1 82.3 82.7 83.2 83.6 83.5 83.0 83.4 83.1 83.2 82.7

2024

80.9 81.4 83.5 84.8 86.7 89.0 (p)90.8            

Manufacturing

2023

27.3 27.3 27.3 27.5 27.9 28.2 28.2 28.1 28.0 27.9 27.8 28.0 27.8

2024

27.8 27.8 27.9 27.9 28.0 28.2 (p)28.2            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

220.2 216.9 217.0 217.3 219.2 221.3 220.8 220.5 218.2 220.7 224.9 227.5 220.4

2024

219.3 217.4 218.0 218.2 219.8 221.4 (p)221.1            

Information

2023

46.0 45.9 45.8 45.6 45.6 45.5 45.5 45.5 45.0 44.7 44.8 45.3 45.4

2024

44.4 44.5 44.7 44.7 45.4 46.2 (p)46.2            

Financial Activities

2023

77.7 77.5 77.8 77.7 78.0 78.5 78.1 78.2 77.2 77.9 78.1 78.8 78.0

2024

77.8 77.7 78.1 78.3 78.1 78.8 (p)78.1            

Professional & Business Services

2023

450.3 452.6 450.1 453.8 454.0 458.0 459.4 458.5 451.6 453.2 451.2 449.8 453.5

2024

446.6 450.0 452.1 455.8 456.4 461.8 (p)464.8            

Educational & Health Services

2023

187.1 189.3 190.1 191.3 189.9 190.6 190.8 192.0 194.7 196.3 197.2 197.0 192.2

2024

195.1 196.9 197.2 199.2 199.0 199.2 (p)198.4            

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

137.5 138.1 140.7 143.3 148.2 156.1 156.2 155.2 147.3 146.4 147.0 145.1 146.8

2024

141.6 141.4 143.5 146.4 151.2 156.9 (p)157.4            

Other Services

2023

76.2 76.5 76.9 77.2 77.7 79.0 79.4 78.9 78.3 79.4 79.4 79.0 78.2

2024

78.1 77.6 78.4 79.9 81.1 82.0 (p)82.9            

Government

2023

245.0 249.7 250.8 251.4 252.7 254.2 238.3 247.0 251.7 254.1 256.2 251.3 250.2

2024

249.1 254.6 256.5 253.6 255.5 255.2 (p)232.4            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Northern Virginia, Va.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

1,707,236 1,719,773 1,736,293 1,730,682 1,741,637 1,755,639 1,757,980 1,746,885 1,733,322 1,735,390 1,732,996 1,719,772 1,734,800

2024

1,729,646 1,731,387 1,737,471 1,733,969 1,744,093 1,756,629 (p)1,751,295            

Employment

2023

1,662,339 1,676,471 1,692,997 1,693,825 1,697,485 1,710,172 1,713,710 1,697,950 1,686,513 1,689,091 1,688,561 1,679,087 1,690,683

2024

1,687,944 1,686,568 1,699,667 1,697,932 1,702,065 1,708,834 (p)1,699,584            

Unemployment

2023

44,897 43,302 43,296 36,857 44,152 45,467 44,270 48,935 46,809 46,299 44,435 40,685 44,117

2024

41,702 44,819 37,804 36,037 42,028 47,795 (p)51,711            

Unemployment Rate

2023

2.6 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.5

2024

2.4 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.7 (p)3.0            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Northern Virginia, Va. includes Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia.