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Roanoke, 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	Roanoke, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	162.1	163.5	164.1	164.5	164.4	165.7	164.0	165.1	166.2	167.4	168.3	168.3	165.3
2024	166.0	167.2	168.4	168.4	169.3	168.8	168.7	167.9	168.3	(p)169.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	9.3	9.3	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.7
2024	9.8	9.9	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.3	(p)10.4
Manufacturing
2023	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.7	16.8	16.8	16.9	17.0	17.0	16.9	17.1	16.8
2024	17.0	16.9	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.0	16.8	16.8	16.7	(p)16.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	32.2	32.1	31.9	31.7	31.7	32.0	31.8	31.6	31.9	32.4	32.8	33.2	32.1
2024	31.9	31.9	32.1	31.9	32.1	32.2	32.1	32.0	32.0	(p)32.2
Information
2023	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
2024	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	(p)1.2
Financial Activities
2023	7.8	7.8	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.9
2024	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.7	(p)7.8
Professional & Business Services
2023	22.0	22.2	22.2	22.3	22.1	22.2	22.1	22.1	22.0	22.0	22.1	21.9	22.1
2024	22.0	22.1	22.6	22.5	22.2	22.2	22.5	21.8	21.7	(p)21.5
Educational & Health Services
2023	28.3	28.6	28.6	28.6	28.3	28.6	29.0	29.2	29.5	29.7	29.9	30.1	29.0
2024	29.8	30.3	30.2	30.4	30.5	30.6	30.7	30.7	30.9	(p)31.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	14.6	14.8	15.1	15.4	15.8	16.0	15.8	15.9	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.4
2024	15.0	14.9	15.1	15.3	15.8	16.2	16.1	16.1	15.6	(p)15.6
Other Services
2023	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.1	7.0	7.1
2024	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.3	7.2	(p)7.1
Government
2023	23.2	24.0	24.0	24.2	24.1	24.0	22.2	23.2	24.3	24.7	25.2	24.9	24.0
2024	24.5	25.2	25.3	25.1	25.3	23.8	23.7	23.7	25.0	(p)25.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Roanoke, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	159,397	161,002	162,775	161,660	162,044	162,977	162,689	162,638	163,117	163,491	163,572	162,963	162,360
2024	163,881	164,135	164,556	163,933	164,127	163,883	164,720	162,947	162,844	(p)162,819
Employment
2023	154,520	156,261	158,201	157,846	157,425	158,168	158,000	157,504	158,287	158,690	158,919	158,584	157,700
2024	159,400	159,354	160,611	160,166	159,767	158,894	159,231	157,216	157,826	(p)158,101
Unemployment
2023	4,877	4,741	4,574	3,814	4,619	4,809	4,689	5,134	4,830	4,801	4,653	4,379	4,660
2024	4,481	4,781	3,945	3,767	4,360	4,989	5,489	5,731	5,018	(p)4,718
Unemployment Rate
2023	3.1	2.9	2.8	2.4	2.9	3.0	2.9	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.9
2024	2.7	2.9	2.4	2.3	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.5	3.1	(p)2.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Roanoke, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, and Roanoke Counties and Roanoke and Salem Cities in Virginia.