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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
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 (p)168.3        

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 (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 (p)16.7        

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 (p)32.0        

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 (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 (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 (p)21.7        

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 (p)30.7        

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 (p)15.4        

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 (p)7.2        

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 (p)25.2        

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 (p)163,112        

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 (p)158,092        

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 (p)5,020        

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 (p)3.1        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Roanoke, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, and Roanoke Counties and Roanoke and Salem Cities in Virginia.