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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
2025	757.2	757.9	758.6	759.2	757.2	760.2	765.5	739.8	744.7	732.1	731.1	729.2	749.4
2026	712.3	714.4	(p)717.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.7	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	13.9	14.2	14.1	14.3	13.9
2026	14.0	13.8	(p)14.1
Manufacturing
2025	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1
2026	1.0	1.0	(p)1.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	29.6	29.6	29.8	29.9	29.8	29.9	29.9	29.6	29.7	30.0	30.3	30.4	29.9
2026	29.4	29.1	(p)29.4
Information
2025	18.7	18.8	18.7	18.2	18.3	18.6	18.4	18.2	18.1	18.2	18.2	18.5	18.4
2026	17.4	17.2	(p)17.4
Financial Activities
2025	25.5	25.0	24.9	25.0	24.9	25.2	25.2	25.1	24.8	24.8	24.8	24.8	25.0
2026	24.5	24.7	(p)24.7
Professional & Business Services
2025	168.8	168.1	166.4	166.6	166.2	168.2	167.6	164.8	163.2	163.8	162.3	162.5	165.7
2026	159.7	160.4	(p)160.2
Educational & Health Services
2025	128.1	129.3	129.1	129.4	127.4	126.4	123.9	123.4	127.2	128.1	128.0	127.3	127.3
2026	126.0	127.4	(p)127.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	73.4	74.8	76.7	79.0	79.7	79.4	76.7	75.6	75.7	76.9	76.7	75.1	76.6
2026	71.6	72.4	(p)73.8
Other Services
2025	65.0	64.6	63.9	63.7	63.4	64.0	63.5	62.8	62.6	62.3	62.5	62.4	63.4
2026	61.0	61.7	(p)62.3
Government
2025	233.5	233.1	234.5	232.6	232.6	233.5	245.2	225.2	228.4	212.8	213.2	212.9	228.1
2026	207.7	206.7	(p)207.0
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
2025	(r)414,837	(r)419,065	(r)417,247	(r)411,927	(r)408,710	(r)416,299	(r)418,025	(r)406,883	(r)406,266	(1)-	(r)409,281	(r)408,968	(2)(r)412,501
2026	402,421	405,671	(p)402,580
Employment
2025	(r)390,797	(r)393,994	(r)391,957	(r)389,067	(r)384,898	(r)389,619	(r)389,692	(r)378,170	(r)378,669	(1)-	(r)381,416	(r)382,881	(2)(r)386,469
2026	377,509	380,928	(p)379,701
Unemployment
2025	(r)24,040	(r)25,071	(r)25,290	(r)22,860	(r)23,812	(r)26,680	(r)28,333	(r)28,713	(r)27,597	(1)-	(r)27,865	(r)26,087	(2)(r)26,032
2026	24,912	24,743	(p)22,879
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)5.8	(r)6.0	(r)6.1	(r)5.5	(r)5.8	(r)6.4	(r)6.8	(r)7.1	(r)6.8	(1)-	(r)6.8	(r)6.4	(2)(r)6.3
2026	6.2	6.1	(p)5.7
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised