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Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2022	4,012.7	4,035.1	4,038.5	4,051.1	4,055.4	4,053.9	4,082.7	4,091.1	4,106.7	4,106.1	4,108.3	4,111.9
2023	4,128.0	4,133.1	4,136.7	(p)4,138.1
Mining and Logging
2022	6.9	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2
2023	7.2	7.1	7.1	(p)7.1
Construction
2022	207.1	208.1	208.3	208.1	207.6	208.5	209.5	210.3	211.5	212.6	212.1	214.7
2023	215.8	214.5	213.4	(p)212.1
Manufacturing
2022	240.2	241.8	243.7	244.6	244.9	245.2	245.6	245.3	246.1	246.6	245.6	245.3
2023	245.6	245.1	245.6	(p)246.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	660.3	665.0	664.5	665.1	665.2	664.1	667.8	668.9	669.7	666.2	666.0	667.3
2023	667.9	667.9	665.5	(p)665.0
Information
2022	68.8	69.0	69.1	69.2	69.4	69.3	70.2	70.8	70.6	70.4	71.1	71.4
2023	69.8	70.2	70.8	(p)71.1
Financial Activities
2022	214.0	214.5	215.1	215.6	215.8	216.2	217.2	217.6	218.5	218.0	213.8	214.2
2023	214.4	214.2	213.9	(p)216.2
Professional & Business Services
2022	792.7	797.7	797.6	801.3	802.5	802.6	809.3	810.8	811.7	811.3	809.1	807.8
2023	814.3	812.4	814.8	(p)810.2
Educational & Health Services
2022	544.3	546.5	545.6	550.9	552.8	552.5	556.7	557.0	561.3	564.0	567.4	567.8
2023	570.4	572.3	573.8	(p)574.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	379.5	383.2	384.9	386.7	386.4	386.9	393.0	393.5	397.7	396.5	401.0	401.4
2023	407.9	407.9	408.4	(p)411.1
Other Services
2022	188.2	188.9	189.3	190.1	190.0	189.7	190.8	191.2	191.6	192.2	192.9	194.4
2023	195.1	195.2	195.6	(p)196.0
Government
2022	710.7	713.4	713.3	712.4	713.7	711.7	715.5	718.5	720.8	721.1	722.1	720.4
2023	719.6	726.3	727.8	(p)728.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2022	(r)4,390,475	(r)4,409,478	(r)4,421,757	(r)4,427,764	(r)4,428,210	(r)4,427,042	(r)4,428,430	(r)4,434,229	(r)4,445,177	(r)4,457,720	(r)4,465,650	(r)4,470,272
2023	4,487,575	4,505,399	4,529,061	(p)4,550,748
Employment
2022	(r)4,261,556	(r)4,283,613	(r)4,300,032	(r)4,310,885	(r)4,315,572	(r)4,315,557	(r)4,313,022	(r)4,311,198	(r)4,312,867	(r)4,317,964	(r)4,324,760	(r)4,330,531
2023	4,342,658	4,359,522	4,385,492	(p)4,410,619
Unemployment
2022	(r)128,919	(r)125,865	(r)121,725	(r)116,879	(r)112,638	(r)111,485	(r)115,408	(r)123,031	(r)132,310	(r)139,756	(r)140,890	(r)139,741
2023	144,917	145,877	143,569	(p)140,129
Unemployment Rate
2022	(r)2.9	(r)2.9	(r)2.8	(r)2.6	(r)2.5	(r)2.5	(r)2.6	(r)2.8	(r)3.0	(r)3.1	(r)3.2	(r)3.1
2023	3.2	3.2	3.2	(p)3.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised