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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(1)1,007,025	(1)1,011,784	(1)1,019,504	(1)1,012,450	(1)1,006,203	(1)1,022,160	(1)1,037,840	(1)1,016,830	(1)1,015,031	(1)1,019,262	(1)1,020,650	(1)1,018,599	(1)1,017,279
2025	1,022,698	1,024,825	1,024,656	1,018,829	1,007,704	(p)1,027,367
Employment
2024	(1)967,193	(1)970,279	(1)979,652	(1)977,836	(1)968,579	(1)976,945	(1)989,659	(1)969,311	(1)974,156	(1)977,119	(1)979,359	(1)979,724	(1)975,818
2025	979,229	979,016	978,149	974,927	962,257	(p)976,195
Unemployment
2024	(1)39,832	(1)41,505	(1)39,852	(1)34,614	(1)37,624	(1)45,215	(1)48,181	(1)47,519	(1)40,875	(1)42,143	(1)41,291	(1)38,875	(1)41,461
2025	43,469	45,809	46,507	43,902	45,447	(p)51,172
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)4.0	(1)4.1	(1)3.9	(1)3.4	(1)3.7	(1)4.4	(1)4.6	(1)4.7	(1)4.0	(1)4.1	(1)4.0	(1)3.8	(1)4.1
2025	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.5	(p)5.0
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary