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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	720.1	720.1	(p)720.3
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	14.3	14.2	(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	29.4	29.4	(p)29.6
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	17.6	17.3	(p)17.5
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	24.7	24.9	(p)24.8
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	161.0	161.4	(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	126.0	125.9	(p)126.1
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	75.1	75.0	(p)75.0
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	62.0	62.6	(p)63.0
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	209.0	208.4	(p)207.7
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
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	407,975	406,902	(p)405,128
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	380,788	380,347	(p)379,523
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	27,187	26,555	(p)25,605
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	6.7	6.5	(p)6.3
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised