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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
2020	796.6	801.9	799.5	723.1	714.1	719.4	735.4	729.7	733.2	739.7	738.2	735.9	747.2
2021	726.2	729.1	731.0	739.5	740.4	746.5	762.4	747.6	750.5	(p)763.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	15.0	15.2	15.3	13.7	14.1	14.6	15.4	15.6	15.5	15.7	15.5	15.5	15.1
2021	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.5	15.5	15.9	16.2	16.2	16.0	(p)16.2
Manufacturing
2020	1.3	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2021	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	33.0	32.7	32.7	26.1	26.3	26.9	27.8	27.9	28.1	29.0	29.6	29.7	29.2
2021	28.8	29.2	29.1	29.1	28.9	29.2	29.0	28.8	28.6	(p)29.4
Information
2020	20.3	20.7	20.7	19.9	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.6	19.5	19.6	19.5	19.2	19.8
2021	19.1	19.1	19.2	19.3	19.2	18.9	19.0	18.7	18.4	(p)18.7
Financial Activities
2020	29.7	29.7	29.8	29.1	29.0	29.0	29.0	29.0	28.8	28.8	27.9	27.8	29.0
2021	27.9	27.8	27.6	28.4	28.3	28.2	27.9	28.0	27.9	(p)27.9
Professional & Business Services
2020	173.1	174.2	173.9	165.4	163.4	163.0	165.6	164.6	163.7	165.5	164.9	164.9	166.9
2021	163.8	164.3	164.1	166.4	165.9	168.3	169.1	167.3	165.6	(p)172.1
Educational & Health Services
2020	131.1	133.5	133.6	126.6	120.1	120.1	118.3	119.5	122.8	124.4	125.2	124.4	125.0
2021	123.4	125.5	125.6	126.3	125.8	123.1	125.6	124.5	125.3	(p)128.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	78.9	79.7	77.2	32.8	33.2	35.6	37.4	38.1	39.1	40.7	40.4	38.8	47.7
2021	35.8	37.9	39.8	43.9	45.4	49.9	51.8	53.9	55.9	(p)58.7
Other Services
2020	77.4	77.7	77.6	72.4	71.6	72.2	72.8	72.4	72.4	71.9	71.9	71.7	73.5
2021	70.2	69.6	69.6	69.3	69.9	70.7	71.6	71.1	70.7	(p)70.4
Government
2020	236.8	237.3	237.5	236.2	236.0	237.5	248.6	242.0	242.3	243.1	242.3	242.9	240.2
2021	240.9	239.4	239.7	240.3	240.5	241.3	251.2	238.1	241.1	(p)241.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases State Employment and Unemployment

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
2020	421,801	425,308	420,428	405,479	396,512	400,830	407,168	406,441	404,522	405,870	409,289	413,158	409,734
2021	407,077	407,673	403,594	401,023	403,110	410,775	419,413	411,618	409,255	(p)410,910
Employment
2020	400,775	404,594	397,484	362,532	360,847	364,052	368,356	370,306	368,874	372,532	375,016	376,699	376,839
2021	374,869	376,724	375,619	374,506	377,564	381,060	391,801	384,448	385,236	(p)387,949
Unemployment
2020	21,026	20,714	22,944	42,947	35,665	36,778	38,812	36,135	35,648	33,338	34,273	36,459	32,895
2021	32,208	30,949	27,975	26,517	25,546	29,715	27,612	27,170	24,019	(p)22,961
Unemployment Rate
2020	5.0	4.9	5.5	10.6	9.0	9.2	9.5	8.9	8.8	8.2	8.4	8.8	8.0
2021	7.9	7.6	6.9	6.6	6.3	7.2	6.6	6.6	5.9	(p)5.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases State Employment and Unemployment

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