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 |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2023 |
754.9 |
759.4 |
762.7 |
765.0 |
765.3 |
769.9 |
778.1 |
760.2 |
767.5 |
770.4 |
769.8 |
769.1 |
766.0 |
2024 |
760.9 |
765.4 |
765.5 |
767.5 |
769.1 |
773.2 |
780.2 |
764.9 |
772.7 |
777.3 |
|
|
|
Mining, Logging, & Construction |
|
2023 |
15.1 |
15.1 |
15.2 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
15.1 |
15.2 |
15.1 |
14.9 |
15.0 |
14.7 |
14.7 |
15.0 |
2024 |
14.4 |
14.2 |
14.5 |
14.5 |
14.5 |
14.5 |
14.7 |
14.8 |
14.6 |
14.9 |
|
|
|
Manufacturing |
|
2023 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2024 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
|
|
|
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2023 |
30.2 |
30.1 |
30.0 |
30.1 |
30.0 |
30.4 |
30.5 |
30.2 |
30.3 |
30.9 |
31.5 |
31.0 |
30.4 |
2024 |
30.4 |
30.2 |
30.4 |
30.2 |
30.2 |
30.6 |
30.5 |
30.3 |
30.8 |
31.1 |
|
|
|
Information |
|
2023 |
20.0 |
20.1 |
20.0 |
20.2 |
20.0 |
19.9 |
19.8 |
19.7 |
19.6 |
19.5 |
19.4 |
19.5 |
19.8 |
2024 |
19.2 |
19.3 |
19.5 |
19.4 |
19.5 |
19.8 |
19.6 |
19.7 |
19.7 |
19.8 |
|
|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2023 |
26.2 |
26.1 |
26.2 |
26.1 |
26.2 |
26.5 |
26.6 |
26.5 |
26.3 |
26.4 |
26.3 |
26.3 |
26.3 |
2024 |
25.7 |
25.7 |
25.7 |
25.6 |
25.5 |
25.5 |
25.6 |
25.5 |
25.2 |
25.5 |
|
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2023 |
174.4 |
175.1 |
175.5 |
175.5 |
175.2 |
177.6 |
177.6 |
175.9 |
175.0 |
174.9 |
174.3 |
174.6 |
175.5 |
2024 |
173.4 |
173.7 |
172.5 |
173.6 |
175.1 |
177.3 |
177.8 |
176.6 |
176.8 |
179.6 |
|
|
|
Educational & Health Services |
|
2023 |
121.4 |
122.2 |
122.4 |
122.6 |
121.0 |
120.1 |
118.5 |
118.3 |
121.8 |
123.0 |
123.6 |
123.3 |
121.5 |
2024 |
123.1 |
124.5 |
123.5 |
123.4 |
120.5 |
118.9 |
116.5 |
116.7 |
122.2 |
123.1 |
|
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2023 |
70.2 |
72.2 |
74.3 |
77.0 |
77.7 |
77.8 |
77.1 |
76.2 |
77.3 |
78.1 |
77.0 |
76.8 |
76.0 |
2024 |
72.7 |
74.9 |
75.5 |
77.3 |
79.4 |
79.8 |
78.6 |
77.4 |
79.7 |
78.5 |
|
|
|
Other Services |
|
2023 |
66.4 |
66.6 |
67.0 |
66.8 |
66.8 |
67.8 |
67.9 |
67.4 |
67.4 |
67.3 |
67.4 |
67.6 |
67.2 |
2024 |
67.0 |
67.6 |
68.5 |
68.8 |
69.5 |
70.3 |
70.6 |
70.1 |
70.1 |
70.7 |
|
|
|
Government |
|
2023 |
230.0 |
230.9 |
231.1 |
230.7 |
232.4 |
233.6 |
243.8 |
229.8 |
233.8 |
234.3 |
234.6 |
234.3 |
233.3 |
2024 |
234.0 |
234.3 |
234.4 |
233.7 |
233.8 |
235.4 |
245.2 |
232.8 |
232.5 |
233.0 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
2023 |
391,712 |
394,275 |
394,589 |
391,535 |
395,460 |
399,532 |
404,706 |
399,178 |
401,095 |
402,111 |
402,474 |
402,344 |
398,251 |
2024 |
404,669 |
407,070 |
413,739 |
407,568 |
404,091 |
408,421 |
413,048 |
405,839 |
403,018 |
403,303 |
|
|
|
Employment |
|
2023 |
372,507 |
374,430 |
375,089 |
375,461 |
377,096 |
378,607 |
383,782 |
377,764 |
380,899 |
381,817 |
383,829 |
383,289 |
378,714 |
2024 |
383,677 |
385,345 |
392,967 |
388,812 |
382,249 |
383,607 |
387,155 |
377,879 |
380,552 |
382,126 |
|
|
|
Unemployment |
|
2023 |
19,205 |
19,845 |
19,500 |
16,074 |
18,364 |
20,925 |
20,924 |
21,414 |
20,196 |
20,294 |
18,645 |
19,055 |
19,537 |
2024 |
20,992 |
21,725 |
20,772 |
18,756 |
21,842 |
24,814 |
25,893 |
27,960 |
22,466 |
21,177 |
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
|
2023 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.1 |
4.6 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.4 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
2024 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
5.0 |
4.6 |
5.4 |
6.1 |
6.3 |
6.9 |
5.6 |
5.3 |
|
|
|
United States Department of Labor
