Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division: 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 Division: 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 Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2022	2,649.6	2,677.7	2,685.5	2,706.9	2,713.4	2,722.9	2,733.6	2,722.6	2,724.7	2,747.4	2,763.1	2,754.7	2,716.8
2023	2,715.8	2,726.9	2,743.0	(p)2,749.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2022	124.3	126.3	127.4	127.6	128.3	128.9	130.8	131.1	131.2	132.6	131.5	132.7	129.4
2023	128.5	129.5	131.1	(p)131.7
Manufacturing
2022	35.9	36.0	36.2	36.3	36.5	37.0	37.1	37.1	37.0	37.3	37.8	38.1	36.9
2023	36.8	35.4	35.5	(p)35.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	322.1	320.9	320.4	319.7	320.8	323.1	326.1	324.1	320.6	323.3	331.3	336.2	324.1
2023	324.7	319.9	318.7	(p)318.0
Information
2022	67.0	67.6	68.0	68.3	68.4	68.6	68.3	68.9	68.2	69.0	69.0	67.9	68.3
2023	66.1	66.0	66.4	(p)66.8
Financial Activities
2022	119.6	119.8	119.9	120.0	120.1	121.1	121.6	121.9	121.1	120.9	120.4	120.9	120.6
2023	118.5	119.4	120.3	(p)120.3
Professional & Business Services
2022	656.0	661.3	659.9	667.4	668.9	672.4	674.7	674.1	668.2	672.4	671.9	668.9	668.0
2023	664.8	667.4	670.6	(p)668.7
Educational & Health Services
2022	338.7	344.6	344.6	347.9	343.1	340.6	339.5	341.6	347.9	356.0	357.8	354.1	346.4
2023	351.6	356.7	359.6	(p)357.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	223.5	228.2	234.4	242.9	250.7	259.3	265.8	263.1	257.3	256.7	258.7	253.7	249.5
2023	247.7	248.4	256.4	(p)264.2
Other Services
2022	166.7	167.8	168.0	168.4	168.4	169.7	170.2	169.4	168.4	169.3	170.0	171.0	168.9
2023	170.6	170.8	171.9	(p)174.3
Government
2022	595.8	605.2	606.7	608.4	608.2	602.2	599.5	591.3	604.8	609.9	614.7	611.2	604.8
2023	606.5	613.4	612.5	(p)612.4
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 Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	(1)2,697,680	(1)2,721,429	(1)2,740,407	(1)2,728,431	(1)2,739,139	(1)2,760,151	(1)2,776,679	(1)2,754,365	(1)2,738,232	(1)2,754,555	(1)2,742,405	(1)2,742,908	(1)2,741,365
2023	2,759,718	2,777,996	2,809,285	(p)2,792,343
Employment
2022	(1)2,603,265	(1)2,634,611	(1)2,656,642	(1)2,655,796	(1)2,657,329	(1)2,671,490	(1)2,688,949	(1)2,663,594	(1)2,658,695	(1)2,672,336	(1)2,663,040	(1)2,671,571	(1)2,658,110
2023	2,672,011	2,695,070	2,729,459	(p)2,724,020
Unemployment
2022	(1)94,415	(1)86,818	(1)83,765	(1)72,635	(1)81,810	(1)88,661	(1)87,730	(1)90,771	(1)79,537	(1)82,219	(1)79,365	(1)71,337	(1)83,255
2023	87,707	82,926	79,826	(p)68,323
Unemployment Rate
2022	(1)3.5	(1)3.2	(1)3.1	(1)2.7	(1)3.0	(1)3.2	(1)3.2	(1)3.3	(1)2.9	(1)3.0	(1)2.9	(1)2.6	(1)3.0
2023	3.2	3.0	2.8	(p)2.4
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 21, 2023. (p) Preliminary
The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Division 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, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.