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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
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.