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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	1,007,025	1,011,784	1,019,504	1,012,450	1,006,203	1,022,160	1,037,840	1,016,830	1,015,031	1,019,262	1,020,650	1,018,599	1,017,279
2025	1,022,698	1,024,825	1,024,656	1,018,829	1,007,704	1,027,460	1,036,214	(p)1,011,291
Employment
2024	967,193	970,279	979,652	977,836	968,579	976,945	989,659	969,311	974,156	977,119	979,359	979,724	975,818
2025	979,229	979,016	978,149	974,927	962,257	976,368	983,789	(p)954,407
Unemployment
2024	39,832	41,505	39,852	34,614	37,624	45,215	48,181	47,519	40,875	42,143	41,291	38,875	41,461
2025	43,469	45,809	46,507	43,902	45,447	51,092	52,425	(p)56,884
Unemployment Rate
2024	4.0	4.1	3.9	3.4	3.7	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.0	4.1	4.0	3.8	4.1
2025	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.5	5.0	5.1	(p)5.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary