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	(1)3,415.5	3,429.2	(1)3,425.0	(1)3,388.1
2025	3,359.7	3,369.7	(p)3,380.9
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	159.3	164.3	(p)169.7
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	56.8	56.9	(p)56.8
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	401.5	398.6	(p)398.3
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	81.8	80.7	(p)80.7
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	154.2	154.5	(p)154.0
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	802.5	799.8	(p)801.9
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	487.6	492.1	(p)493.4
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	304.9	306.1	(p)313.0
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	183.3	184.5	(p)182.8
Government
2024	715.1	721.7	721.8	723.3	727.7	727.0	721.8	713.4	727.1	(1)734.7	738.5	(1)736.3	725.7
2025	727.8	732.2	(p)730.3
Footnotes (1) Correction (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)3,517,378	(1)3,531,963	(1)3,559,077	(1)3,543,513	(1)3,542,699	(1)3,589,128	(1)3,620,225	(1)3,571,594	(1)3,556,844	(1)3,566,989	(1)3,552,067	(1)3,545,592	(1)3,558,089
2025	3,546,339	3,542,772	(p)3,551,689
Employment
2024	(1)3,416,555	(1)3,425,383	(1)3,457,328	(1)3,454,220	(1)3,443,365	(1)3,471,967	(1)3,497,103	(1)3,449,217	(1)3,449,838	(1)3,458,570	(1)3,444,563	(1)3,449,558	(1)3,451,472
2025	3,434,932	3,421,303	(p)3,425,822
Unemployment
2024	(1)100,823	(1)106,580	(1)101,749	(1)89,293	(1)99,334	(1)117,161	(1)123,122	(1)122,377	(1)107,006	(1)108,419	(1)107,504	(1)96,034	(1)106,617
2025	111,407	121,469	(p)125,867
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)2.9	(1)3.0	(1)2.9	(1)2.5	(1)2.8	(1)3.3	(1)3.4	(1)3.4	(1)3.0	(1)3.0	(1)3.0	(1)2.7	(1)3.0
2025	3.1	3.4	(p)3.5
Footnotes (1) Data were 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.