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 |
|
2024 |
770.2 |
769.8 |
769.4 |
769.5 |
769.5 |
769.6 |
768.3 |
766.7 |
768.2 |
769.4 |
772.0 |
772.2 |
2025 |
768.7 |
768.0 |
769.4 |
768.0 |
766.3 |
763.8 |
763.1 |
757.8 |
|
|
|
|
Mining, Logging, & Construction |
|
2024 |
14.5 |
14.3 |
14.2 |
14.2 |
14.4 |
14.4 |
14.5 |
14.4 |
14.5 |
14.6 |
14.9 |
14.9 |
2025 |
14.9 |
15.0 |
14.8 |
14.8 |
14.9 |
14.9 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
|
|
|
|
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
2024 |
30.0 |
30.0 |
30.2 |
30.1 |
30.1 |
30.1 |
30.0 |
30.3 |
30.3 |
30.4 |
30.2 |
30.1 |
2025 |
29.7 |
29.5 |
29.6 |
29.7 |
29.3 |
29.1 |
29.2 |
29.2 |
|
|
|
|
Information |
|
2024 |
19.1 |
18.9 |
18.8 |
18.6 |
18.6 |
18.6 |
18.5 |
18.6 |
18.4 |
18.5 |
18.5 |
18.5 |
2025 |
18.5 |
18.4 |
18.4 |
18.2 |
18.4 |
18.1 |
18.1 |
17.9 |
|
|
|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2024 |
25.3 |
25.3 |
25.3 |
25.3 |
25.2 |
25.4 |
25.4 |
25.2 |
25.5 |
25.5 |
25.7 |
25.6 |
2025 |
25.8 |
25.4 |
25.1 |
25.2 |
25.2 |
25.6 |
25.5 |
25.3 |
|
|
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2024 |
174.4 |
174.1 |
173.7 |
173.3 |
173.0 |
172.7 |
172.4 |
172.4 |
172.3 |
172.6 |
173.4 |
173.6 |
2025 |
171.9 |
172.2 |
171.7 |
170.1 |
171.0 |
169.9 |
169.1 |
167.7 |
|
|
|
|
Education and Health Services |
|
2024 |
124.5 |
124.7 |
124.3 |
125.2 |
125.7 |
125.9 |
125.9 |
126.3 |
126.3 |
125.9 |
125.9 |
126.1 |
2025 |
125.8 |
125.5 |
126.0 |
126.4 |
126.4 |
126.2 |
126.4 |
125.1 |
|
|
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2024 |
77.5 |
77.4 |
77.6 |
77.5 |
77.0 |
77.2 |
75.9 |
75.7 |
76.7 |
76.5 |
77.3 |
77.8 |
2025 |
77.9 |
78.8 |
79.7 |
80.5 |
79.0 |
79.0 |
79.6 |
79.7 |
|
|
|
|
Other Services |
|
2024 |
67.2 |
67.3 |
67.2 |
67.4 |
67.4 |
67.3 |
66.8 |
66.9 |
67.1 |
67.5 |
67.7 |
67.5 |
2025 |
67.1 |
67.9 |
67.9 |
68.2 |
68.4 |
68.1 |
68.0 |
68.2 |
|
|
|
|
Government |
|
2024 |
236.6 |
236.7 |
237.0 |
236.7 |
236.9 |
236.8 |
237.7 |
235.7 |
235.9 |
236.7 |
237.2 |
236.9 |
2025 |
235.9 |
234.1 |
235.0 |
233.7 |
232.6 |
231.7 |
231.0 |
228.5 |
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
2024 |
414,907 |
415,603 |
416,043 |
416,182 |
416,007 |
415,642 |
415,417 |
415,530 |
416,021 |
416,626 |
416,930 |
416,960 |
2025 |
418,255 |
420,027 |
420,973 |
421,500 |
420,830 |
420,912 |
420,306 |
418,950 |
|
|
|
|
Employment |
|
2024 |
393,751 |
394,299 |
394,579 |
394,533 |
394,191 |
393,701 |
393,379 |
393,455 |
393,970 |
394,599 |
394,893 |
394,909 |
2025 |
395,955 |
397,322 |
397,560 |
397,093 |
396,022 |
395,940 |
395,277 |
393,744 |
|
|
|
|
Unemployment |
|
2024 |
21,156 |
21,304 |
21,464 |
21,649 |
21,816 |
21,941 |
22,038 |
22,075 |
22,051 |
22,027 |
22,037 |
22,051 |
2025 |
22,300 |
22,705 |
23,413 |
24,407 |
24,808 |
24,972 |
25,029 |
25,206 |
|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
|
2024 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
2025 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
|
|
|
|
United States Department of Labor
