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District of Columbia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2025	765.5	762.2	760.6	760.0	758.4	756.9	753.9	746.9	745.7	728.1	726.9	725.6
2026	720.1	720.1	720.8	720.7	718.5	720.7	(p)722.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	14.0	13.9	13.7	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.7	13.9	14.0	14.3
2026	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.4	14.5	(p)14.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
2025	29.9	29.8	30.0	30.1	29.9	29.8	29.8	29.7	29.6	29.7	29.6	29.7
2026	29.4	29.4	29.7	29.6	29.6	29.8	(p)29.7
Information
2025	18.8	18.8	18.7	18.4	18.5	18.6	18.3	18.2	18.1	18.1	18.1	18.4
2026	17.6	17.3	17.5	17.6	17.7	17.5	(p)17.5
Financial Activities
2025	25.7	25.1	25.0	25.2	25.1	25.1	25.0	25.0	24.8	24.8	24.8	24.7
2026	24.7	24.9	24.8	24.6	24.7	24.9	(p)25.1
Professional & Business Services
2025	169.9	168.7	167.4	167.4	167.1	166.7	166.0	165.0	164.3	162.4	161.3	161.7
2026	161.0	161.4	161.3	162.5	161.0	161.5	(p)161.7
Education and Health Services
2025	127.4	127.6	127.6	128.1	127.8	127.9	127.5	127.3	127.7	126.8	126.3	126.0
2026	126.0	125.9	126.3	125.5	124.7	126.0	(p)125.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	77.7	77.6	77.5	77.2	77.4	77.0	75.9	75.7	75.1	76.0	76.4	75.3
2026	75.1	75.0	75.3	75.8	76.1	75.9	(p)77.4
Other Services
2025	65.5	64.9	64.3	64.1	63.7	63.6	63.1	62.9	62.6	62.6	62.3	62.2
2026	62.0	62.6	63.0	62.5	62.2	62.8	(p)62.7
Government
2025	235.5	234.7	235.3	234.5	234.0	233.4	233.5	228.2	228.7	212.8	213.1	212.3
2026	209.0	208.4	207.7	207.3	207.1	206.8	(p)207.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2025	415,267	415,242	414,897	414,252	413,222	411,850	410,461	409,378	408,743	(1)-	408,918	409,140
2026	407,975	406,902	405,140	404,163	403,736	402,622	(p)401,923
Employment
2025	391,508	390,873	390,069	389,106	387,841	386,217	384,429	382,818	381,623	(1)-	381,318	381,611
2026	380,788	380,347	379,536	379,106	378,933	378,275	(p)378,128
Unemployment
2025	23,759	24,369	24,828	25,146	25,381	25,633	26,032	26,560	27,120	(1)-	27,600	27,529
2026	27,187	26,555	25,604	25,057	24,803	24,347	(p)23,795
Unemployment Rate
2025	5.7	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.5	6.6	(1)-	6.7	6.7
2026	6.7	6.5	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.0	(p)5.9
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary