Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	3,333.7	3,345.3	3,354.7	3,367.0	3,380.4	3,408.0	3,411.8	3,392.2	3,393.9	3,415.4	3,429.2	3,424.9	3,388.0
2025	(p)3,365.2
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	160.1	161.0	162.8	163.3	164.1	166.8	168.5	168.1	167.8	169.1	169.4	166.5	165.6
2025	(p)160.5
Manufacturing
2024	56.7	56.5	56.7	56.4	56.7	57.1	57.4	57.4	57.1	57.0	57.5	57.5	57.0
2025	(p)56.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	401.1	396.6	396.2	395.7	398.3	401.7	402.8	400.6	399.3	404.2	412.5	418.2	402.3
2025	(p)401.0
Information
2024	81.2	81.2	81.3	81.0	81.0	81.3	82.6	82.2	81.5	81.4	82.1	83.2	81.7
2025	(p)82.3
Financial Activities
2024	152.6	152.8	153.0	153.5	153.4	154.7	155.6	155.1	154.5	155.9	156.2	155.2	154.4
2025	(p)154.8
Professional & Business Services
2024	803.8	807.4	806.1	808.3	808.5	815.1	822.6	819.2	812.8	819.2	817.2	816.7	813.1
2025	(p)805.1
Educational & Health Services
2024	471.3	474.8	476.0	478.0	475.0	475.7	473.9	475.9	483.3	490.0	493.5	492.6	480.0
2025	(p)488.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	308.6	309.5	316.2	323.6	331.4	342.5	338.9	334.0	325.1	318.6	314.9	313.0	323.0
2025	(p)304.8
Other Services
2024	183.2	183.8	184.6	183.9	184.3	186.1	187.7	186.3	185.4	185.4	187.4	185.8	185.3
2025	(p)183.7
Government
2024	715.1	721.7	721.8	723.3	727.7	727.0	721.8	713.4	727.1	734.6	738.5	736.2	725.7
2025	(p)728.2
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
2024	(1)3,447,858	(1)3,462,738	(1)3,492,593	(1)3,479,062	(1)3,477,488	(1)3,519,459	(1)3,541,442	(1)3,490,088	(1)3,478,650	(1)3,485,423	(1)3,466,777	(1)3,463,966
2025	(p)3,548,394
Employment
2024	(1)3,347,613	(1)3,357,205	(1)3,391,407	(1)3,390,185	(1)3,378,601	(1)3,403,042	(1)3,418,934	(1)3,368,303	(1)3,372,072	(1)3,377,620	(1)3,359,719	(1)3,368,280
2025	(p)3,437,168
Unemployment
2024	(1)100,245	(1)105,533	(1)101,186	(1)88,877	(1)98,887	(1)116,417	(1)122,508	(1)121,785	(1)106,578	(1)107,803	(1)107,058	(1)95,686
2025	(p)111,226
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)2.9	(1)3.0	(1)2.9	(1)2.6	(1)2.8	(1)3.3	(1)3.5	(1)3.5	(1)3.1	(1)3.1	(1)3.1	(1)2.8
2025	(p)3.1
Footnotes (1) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (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.