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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
2022	748.0	754.3	758.8	761.4	760.5	761.4	777.4	762.1	767.6	772.8	775.7	772.9	764.4
2023	762.2	765.4	769.3	(p)770.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2022	15.0	15.2	15.4	15.3	15.4	15.5	15.3	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.2	15.2	15.3
2023	14.7	14.7	15.2	(p)15.6
Manufacturing
2022	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2023	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	29.7	30.2	30.1	30.0	29.8	30.0	30.6	30.5	30.5	30.7	31.6	31.1	30.4
2023	30.5	30.5	30.2	(p)29.9
Information
2022	20.2	20.5	20.7	20.8	20.6	20.9	20.8	21.1	20.8	21.0	21.1	21.1	20.8
2023	20.9	20.9	20.9	(p)20.9
Financial Activities
2022	27.3	27.3	27.4	27.2	27.4	27.5	28.0	28.0	27.8	27.8	27.6	27.9	27.6
2023	27.4	27.6	28.3	(p)28.2
Professional & Business Services
2022	170.1	171.3	171.8	172.6	173.6	174.8	176.2	175.2	175.3	175.8	176.1	175.4	174.0
2023	173.5	173.2	173.7	(p)173.3
Educational & Health Services
2022	120.3	122.7	123.2	123.4	121.1	119.0	118.4	119.3	123.0	125.3	124.9	124.5	122.1
2023	121.9	124.8	124.8	(p)123.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	57.5	59.3	62.0	66.6	68.3	68.8	70.4	70.7	71.6	72.5	74.4	73.4	68.0
2023	71.1	71.5	74.2	(p)75.5
Other Services
2022	66.2	66.6	66.7	66.4	66.3	66.8	67.0	66.7	66.7	67.7	68.3	68.4	67.0
2023	68.0	67.8	68.0	(p)69.3
Government
2022	240.7	240.2	240.4	238.1	236.9	237.0	249.6	234.2	235.4	235.5	235.5	234.9	238.2
2023	233.2	233.4	233.0	(p)233.0
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
2022	(r)380,671	(r)387,107	(r)388,830	(r)386,488	(r)387,666	(r)392,180	(r)398,415	(r)391,193	(r)388,623	(r)386,974	(r)386,175	(r)386,520	(r)388,403
2023	392,894	392,256	391,796	(p)386,474
Employment
2022	(r)356,734	(r)365,514	(r)368,965	(r)370,349	(r)370,956	(r)372,959	(r)379,597	(r)373,359	(r)372,724	(r)370,346	(r)370,463	(r)370,787	(r)370,229
2023	373,602	373,060	371,942	(p)369,229
Unemployment
2022	(r)23,937	(r)21,593	(r)19,865	(r)16,139	(r)16,710	(r)19,221	(r)18,818	(r)17,834	(r)15,899	(r)16,628	(r)15,712	(r)15,733	(r)18,174
2023	19,292	19,196	19,854	(p)17,245
Unemployment Rate
2022	(r)6.3	(r)5.6	(r)5.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.3	(r)4.9	(r)4.7	(r)4.6	(r)4.1	(r)4.3	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.7
2023	4.9	4.9	5.1	(p)4.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised