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District of Columbia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	761.6	765.3	767.6	767.8	766.4	771.6	779.4	759.8	767.4	773.5	776.9	775.0	769.4
2025	761.4	762.1	765.3	765.2	(p)763.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	14.1	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.3	14.5	14.7	14.5	14.6	14.8	14.9	14.8	14.5
2025	14.4	14.6	14.6	14.7	(p)15.0
Manufacturing
2024	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
2025	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	(p)1.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	29.8	29.7	30.0	29.8	29.8	30.2	30.0	30.1	30.2	30.6	30.9	30.7	30.2
2025	29.7	29.4	29.4	29.4	(p)28.9
Information
2024	18.8	18.9	18.8	18.5	18.3	18.6	18.6	18.5	18.5	18.6	18.6	18.5	18.6
2025	18.2	18.3	18.3	18.1	(p)18.3
Financial Activities
2024	25.2	25.2	25.2	25.1	25.0	25.4	25.7	25.4	25.4	25.6	25.8	25.6	25.4
2025	25.6	25.3	25.1	25.1	(p)25.1
Professional & Business Services
2024	172.8	173.3	172.9	172.6	171.9	173.9	173.9	172.3	171.4	173.6	174.3	174.1	173.1
2025	170.3	170.3	170.4	168.3	(p)169.4
Educational & Health Services
2024	124.7	126.0	125.8	126.0	124.9	123.8	122.1	122.5	125.9	127.9	128.2	127.1	125.4
2025	125.9	126.8	127.0	127.4	(p)125.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	73.3	74.6	76.5	78.9	78.8	79.3	77.0	76.1	77.7	77.4	77.7	78.0	77.1
2025	74.6	76.2	78.1	80.7	(p)80.6
Other Services
2024	66.5	66.8	67.0	67.0	67.0	67.7	67.4	67.0	67.2	67.7	68.0	67.8	67.3
2025	66.4	67.1	67.1	68.1	(p)68.3
Government
2024	235.3	235.7	236.2	234.6	235.2	237.0	248.8	232.2	235.3	236.1	237.3	237.2	236.7
2025	235.1	232.9	234.1	232.2	(p)230.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(r)412,795	(r)415,516	(r)420,143	(r)414,648	(r)411,832	(r)417,730	(r)423,899	(r)414,427	(r)413,934	(r)414,714	(r)417,042	(r)417,094	(r)416,148
2025	420,553	425,768	424,053	418,667	(p)414,064
Employment
2024	(r)391,544	(r)393,627	(r)399,127	(r)396,120	(r)391,395	(r)394,016	(r)398,619	(r)389,451	(r)392,297	(r)393,287	(r)396,010	(r)396,492	(r)394,332
2025	396,816	401,216	398,646	394,504	(p)390,712
Unemployment
2024	(r)21,251	(r)21,889	(r)21,016	(r)18,528	(r)20,437	(r)23,714	(r)25,280	(r)24,976	(r)21,637	(r)21,427	(r)21,032	(r)20,602	(r)21,816
2025	23,737	24,552	25,407	24,163	(p)23,352
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)5.1	(r)5.3	(r)5.0	(r)4.5	(r)5.0	(r)5.7	(r)6.0	(r)6.0	(r)5.2	(r)5.2	(r)5.0	(r)4.9	(r)5.2
2025	5.6	5.8	6.0	5.8	(p)5.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised