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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2025

 3,366.3 3,379.2 3,383.7 3,393.7 3,404.5 3,415.5 3,398.6 3,365.6 3,353.0 3,332.4 3,343.3 3,332.4 3,372.4

2026

 3,262.6 3,260.2 3,276.9 (p)3,296.6                  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2025

 162.7 165.9 168.2 170.9 172.4 174.8 174.5 175.4 174.7 175.1 174.0 174.3 171.9

2026

 169.0 166.4 169.4 (p)171.7                  

Manufacturing

2025

 56.3 56.3 56.6 57.1 57.5 57.8 57.3 57.0 56.5 56.4 56.7 56.7 56.9

2026

 55.7 55.9 56.0 (p)55.8                  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2025

 405.4 401.4 401.2 398.8 400.5 402.6 403.2 401.6 398.2 401.8 410.8 416.9 403.5

2026

 401.9 395.0 396.4 (p)399.0                  

Information

2025

 82.5 82.4 82.2 81.8 82.2 83.0 83.1 82.9 81.7 81.6 81.8 82.5 82.3

2026

 78.6 77.4 77.8 (p)78.1                  

Financial Activities

2025

 154.0 153.4 153.1 153.9 154.3 155.7 155.8 155.1 153.5 153.3 153.2 152.7 154.0

2026

 151.3 152.4 152.4 (p)152.6                  

Professional & Business Services

2025

 802.0 802.9 798.4 800.6 799.9 801.6 801.8 794.4 782.9 783.5 782.9 779.4 794.2

2026

 765.1 763.2 763.4 (p)770.8                  

Educational & Health Services

2025

 492.4 496.3 497.4 498.3 494.5 493.6 489.3 490.1 494.1 496.2 496.6 494.1 494.4

2026

 493.0 495.8 497.5 (p)498.4                  

Leisure & Hospitality

2025

 309.5 310.8 316.2 324.5 334.9 342.1 338.4 333.9 322.2 320.0 316.6 312.7 323.5

2026

 304.2 302.6 308.5 (p)315.5                  

Other Services

2025

 181.9 181.1 181.0 181.2 181.9 183.3 183.5 181.3 179.8 179.1 179.3 178.6 181.0

2026

 176.5 176.8 178.0 (p)177.0                  

Government

2025

 719.6 728.7 729.4 726.6 726.4 721.0 711.7 693.9 709.4 685.4 691.4 684.5 710.7

2026

 667.3 674.7 677.5 (p)677.7                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2025

 (1)3,522,074 (1)3,526,051 (1)3,538,577 (1)3,532,408 (1)3,518,541 (1)3,552,155 (1)3,569,004 (1)3,513,703 (1)3,496,469 (2)- (1)3,470,066 (1)3,454,812 (1)(3)3,517,623

2026

 3,435,594 3,448,107 (p)3,451,644                    

Employment

2025

 (1)3,402,547 (1)3,398,633 (1)3,410,007 (1)3,415,051 (1)3,390,834 (1)3,412,149 (1)3,424,411 (1)3,364,937 (1)3,354,485 (2)- (1)3,320,220 (1)3,322,050 (1)(3)3,383,211

2026

 3,286,604 3,294,226 (p)3,309,493                    

Unemployment

2025

 (1)119,527 (1)127,418 (1)128,570 (1)117,357 (1)127,707 (1)140,006 (1)144,593 (1)148,766 (1)141,984 (2)- (1)149,846 (1)132,762 (1)(3)134,412

2026

 148,990 153,881 (p)142,151                    

Unemployment Rate

2025

 (1)3.4 (1)3.6 (1)3.6 (1)3.3 (1)3.6 (1)3.9 (1)4.1 (1)4.2 (1)4.1 (2)- (1)4.3 (1)3.8 (1)(3)3.8

2026

 4.3 4.5 (p)4.1                    

Footnotes
(1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) 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

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the District of Columbia; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.