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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
2025	(1)1,009,737	(1)1,013,628	(1)1,013,513	(1)1,006,981	(1)998,484	(1)1,012,690	(1)1,020,933	(1)997,865	(1)998,757	(2)-	(1)993,345	(1)989,518	(1)(3)1,005,041
2026	978,760	986,409	(p)983,882
Employment
2025	(1)962,748	(1)964,328	(1)964,168	(1)962,011	(1)950,258	(1)958,483	(1)964,269	(1)939,501	(1)943,195	(2)-	(1)937,501	(1)939,068	(1)(3)953,230
2026	923,847	930,451	(p)932,807
Unemployment
2025	(1)46,989	(1)49,300	(1)49,345	(1)44,970	(1)48,226	(1)54,207	(1)56,664	(1)58,364	(1)55,562	(2)-	(1)55,844	(1)50,450	(1)(3)51,811
2026	54,913	55,958	(p)51,075
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)4.7	(1)4.9	(1)4.9	(1)4.5	(1)4.8	(1)5.4	(1)5.6	(1)5.8	(1)5.6	(2)-	(1)5.6	(1)5.1	(1)(3)5.2
2026	5.6	5.7	(p)5.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary