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 |
775.3 |
|
|
|
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 |
14.6 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
19.6 |
|
|
|
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 |
25.4 |
|
|
|
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 |
177.7 |
|
|
|
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 |
122.0 |
|
|
|
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 |
78.6 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
235.1 |
|
|
|
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 |
406,524 |
|
|
|
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 |
383,196 |
|
|
|
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 |
23,328 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
United States Department of Labor
