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	3,262.6	(p)3,260.2
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	(p)166.4
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	(p)55.9
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	(p)395.0
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	(p)77.4
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	(p)152.4
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	(p)763.2
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	(p)495.8
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	(p)302.6
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	(p)176.8
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	(p)674.7
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	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
2026	(p)3,437,516
Employment
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
2026	(p)3,287,948
Unemployment
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
2026	(p)149,568
Unemployment Rate
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
2026	(p)4.4
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.