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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	(p)720.2
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	(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	(p)29.5
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	(p)17.6
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	(p)24.7
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	(p)161.2
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	(p)126.0
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	(p)75.1
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	(p)61.9
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	(p)208.9
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	(r)415,267	(r)415,242	(r)414,897	(r)414,252	(r)413,222	(r)411,850	(r)410,461	(r)409,378	(r)408,743	(1)-	(r)408,918	(r)409,140
2026	(p)407,967
Employment
2025	(r)391,508	(r)390,873	(r)390,069	(r)389,106	(r)387,841	(r)386,217	(r)384,429	(r)382,818	(r)381,623	(1)-	(r)381,318	(r)381,611
2026	(p)380,778
Unemployment
2025	(r)23,759	(r)24,369	(r)24,828	(r)25,146	(r)25,381	(r)25,633	(r)26,032	(r)26,560	(r)27,120	(1)-	(r)27,600	(r)27,529
2026	(p)27,189
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)5.7	(r)5.9	(r)6.0	(r)6.1	(r)6.1	(r)6.2	(r)6.3	(r)6.5	(r)6.6	(1)-	(r)6.7	(r)6.7
2026	(p)6.7
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised