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
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	(p)3,262.4
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	(p)169.3
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	(p)55.7
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	(p)402.2
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	(p)78.9
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	(p)151.3
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	(p)764.5
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	(p)493.5
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	(p)303.9
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	(p)176.4
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	(p)666.7
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
2024	3,517,378	3,531,963	3,559,077	3,543,513	3,542,699	3,589,128	3,620,225	3,571,594	3,556,844	3,566,989	3,552,067	3,545,592	3,558,089
2025	3,546,339	3,542,772	3,552,755	3,548,671	3,526,549	3,562,590	3,588,757	3,531,335	3,515,300	(1)-	3,496,146	(p)3,487,311
Employment
2024	3,416,555	3,425,383	3,457,328	3,454,220	3,443,365	3,471,967	3,497,103	3,449,217	3,449,838	3,458,570	3,444,563	3,449,558	3,451,472
2025	3,434,932	3,421,303	3,425,985	3,428,104	3,398,885	3,420,843	3,444,779	3,379,832	3,371,925	(1)-	3,336,766	(p)3,353,781
Unemployment
2024	100,823	106,580	101,749	89,293	99,334	117,161	123,122	122,377	107,006	108,419	107,504	96,034	106,617
2025	111,407	121,469	126,770	120,567	127,664	141,747	143,978	151,503	143,375	(1)-	159,380	(p)133,530
Unemployment Rate
2024	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.8	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.7	3.0
2025	3.1	3.4	3.6	3.4	3.6	4.0	4.0	4.3	4.1	(1)-	4.6	(p)3.8
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (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.