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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
2025	4,275.5	4,277.0	4,278.8	4,283.7	4,289.4	4,287.3	4,280.1	4,278.0	4,276.2	4,253.0	4,262.7	4,252.8
2026	4,248.0	(p)4,238.4
Mining and Logging
2025	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.7
2026	6.7	(p)6.7
Construction
2025	223.3	225.3	226.8	228.3	229.8	231.2	230.6	231.6	231.7	227.0	226.7	226.8
2026	227.5	(p)226.0
Manufacturing
2025	240.9	240.3	240.1	240.6	240.0	238.0	237.2	235.3	234.5	233.3	232.8	232.3
2026	230.2	(p)228.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	694.9	695.7	695.9	695.0	694.9	694.8	692.1	691.8	692.0	692.9	692.1	690.2
2026	691.6	(p)689.6
Information
2025	69.1	68.7	68.5	68.5	68.4	68.8	68.5	68.5	68.2	67.8	67.7	67.6
2026	67.0	(p)66.1
Financial Activities
2025	222.1	222.4	222.6	222.8	223.1	223.3	223.6	223.5	223.6	223.5	223.6	223.5
2026	222.4	(p)223.0
Professional & Business Services
2025	815.2	814.7	812.8	812.7	812.1	809.0	806.8	804.4	803.4	797.9	804.5	803.1
2026	796.2	(p)793.0
Educational & Health Services
2025	618.0	617.6	620.4	622.4	624.0	626.4	623.6	625.2	624.6	626.8	627.6	624.9
2026	631.6	(p)628.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	418.0	418.4	419.2	419.4	422.6	420.6	419.9	421.1	421.3	420.1	419.7	419.5
2026	419.9	(p)417.9
Other Services
2025	202.7	202.2	202.4	202.8	203.5	203.1	203.1	202.9	203.1	201.7	201.4	202.0
2026	202.0	(p)201.5
Government
2025	764.3	764.7	763.1	764.3	764.2	765.3	767.9	766.8	766.9	755.2	759.8	756.2
2026	752.9	(p)757.2
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
2025	(r)4,548,415	(r)4,545,016	(r)4,540,405	(r)4,535,111	(r)4,529,699	(r)4,524,672	(r)4,520,733	(r)4,517,843	(r)4,516,628	(1)-	(r)4,518,582	(r)4,519,825
2026	4,518,567	(p)4,513,203
Employment
2025	(r)4,403,078	(r)4,397,876	(r)4,392,361	(r)4,386,851	(r)4,382,013	(r)4,377,782	(r)4,373,042	(r)4,367,233	(r)4,361,630	(1)-	(r)4,357,573	(r)4,358,884
2026	4,352,975	(p)4,344,087
Unemployment
2025	(r)145,337	(r)147,140	(r)148,044	(r)148,260	(r)147,686	(r)146,890	(r)147,691	(r)150,610	(r)154,998	(1)-	(r)161,009	(r)160,941
2026	165,592	(p)169,116
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)3.2	(r)3.2	(r)3.3	(r)3.3	(r)3.3	(r)3.2	(r)3.3	(r)3.3	(r)3.4	(1)-	(r)3.6	(r)3.6
2026	3.7	(p)3.7
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised