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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
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	(p)763.5
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	(p)14.8
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	(p)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	(p)18.1
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	(p)25.4
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	(p)170.5
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	(p)125.6
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	(p)78.7
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	(p)68.4
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	(p)231.7
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
2024	(r)414,907	(r)415,603	(r)416,043	(r)416,182	(r)416,007	(r)415,642	(r)415,417	(r)415,530	(r)416,021	(r)416,626	(r)416,930	(r)416,960
2025	418,255	420,027	420,973	421,500	420,830	(p)420,919
Employment
2024	(r)393,751	(r)394,299	(r)394,579	(r)394,533	(r)394,191	(r)393,701	(r)393,379	(r)393,455	(r)393,970	(r)394,599	(r)394,893	(r)394,909
2025	395,955	397,322	397,560	397,093	396,022	(p)395,938
Unemployment
2024	(r)21,156	(r)21,304	(r)21,464	(r)21,649	(r)21,816	(r)21,941	(r)22,038	(r)22,075	(r)22,051	(r)22,027	(r)22,037	(r)22,051
2025	22,300	22,705	23,413	24,407	24,808	(p)24,981
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)5.1	(r)5.1	(r)5.2	(r)5.2	(r)5.2	(r)5.3	(r)5.3	(r)5.3	(r)5.3	(r)5.3	(r)5.3	(r)5.3
2025	5.3	5.4	5.6	5.8	5.9	(p)5.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised