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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Nonfarm

2023

764.3 764.6 766.2 767.3 767.9 769.8 767.5 763.1 766.1 765.4 765.9 766.6

2024

768.6 769.9 768.7 770.1 772.9 771.7 770.0 770.4 772.9 (p)772.6    

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

15.6 15.3 15.2 15.1 15.0 15.0 15.0 14.9 14.8 14.8 14.7 14.8

2024

14.8 14.7 14.7 14.6 14.5 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.5 (p)14.7    

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

2023

30.6 30.4 30.3 30.4 30.4 30.5 30.5 30.4 30.3 30.8 30.8 30.3

2024

30.4 30.3 30.5 30.5 30.6 30.7 30.6 30.7 31.2 (p)30.9    

Information

2023

20.2 20.1 20.1 20.2 20.0 19.8 19.7 19.6 19.7 19.5 19.4 19.5

2024

19.3 19.4 19.5 19.4 19.6 19.7 19.5 19.6 19.7 (p)19.8    

Financial Activities

2023

26.3 26.1 26.3 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.4 26.3 26.4 26.2 26.4 26.4

2024

26.1 25.9 25.7 25.7 25.5 25.4 25.4 25.3 25.2 (p)25.4    

Professional & Business Services

2023

175.9 175.9 176.3 176.2 175.8 176.5 175.9 175.8 175.5 174.1 174.2 174.3

2024

174.5 174.4 173.4 174.8 176.5 176.0 176.2 177.1 177.6 (p)178.5    

Education and Health Services

2023

121.3 120.6 120.5 121.7 122.1 123.3 122.3 121.5 121.3 121.2 121.7 122.6

2024

123.6 123.2 122.5 122.7 122.0 120.8 119.6 119.8 121.9 (p)121.2    

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

74.8 75.7 76.4 76.3 76.4 75.9 75.5 75.1 75.6 76.3 75.8 76.2

2024

76.2 77.7 76.9 77.6 78.4 78.0 77.3 77.5 78.5 (p)77.2    

Other Services

2023

67.1 67.1 67.3 67.2 67.3 67.6 67.2 67.2 67.4 67.1 67.3 67.5

2024

67.8 68.2 69.3 69.0 69.6 69.6 69.5 69.6 70.0 (p)70.4    

Government

2023

231.5 232.4 232.8 232.9 233.5 233.6 233.9 231.2 234.0 234.4 234.6 234.0

2024

234.9 235.1 235.2 234.8 235.1 236.1 236.4 235.3 233.2 (p)233.4    

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

2023

390,952 392,754 394,411 395,691 396,657 397,535 398,641 399,856 401,007 401,939 402,085 402,006

2024

403,524 404,642 406,755 408,223 408,477 408,423 407,959 407,425 406,464 (p)405,819    

Employment

2023

371,791 373,223 374,835 376,320 377,549 378,622 379,711 380,701 381,540 382,181 382,225 382,143

2024

383,212 383,855 385,720 386,947 386,782 386,430 385,543 384,182 383,137 (p)382,762    

Unemployment

2023

19,161 19,531 19,576 19,371 19,108 18,913 18,930 19,155 19,467 19,758 19,860 19,863

2024

20,312 20,787 21,035 21,276 21,695 21,993 22,416 23,243 23,327 (p)23,057    

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.9 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9

2024

5.0 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.7 (p)5.7    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary