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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
2024	4,206.2	4,212.0	4,223.1	4,224.8	4,226.7	4,232.7	4,236.3	4,237.2	4,250.2	4,253.7	4,259.7	4,273.9
2025	4,267.1	4,265.5	4,272.2	4,274.9	(p)4,276.1
Mining and Logging
2024	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3
2025	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	(p)7.1
Construction
2024	216.6	217.0	217.4	217.9	218.4	219.3	219.4	219.5	220.0	220.1	221.8	219.0
2025	214.6	218.9	224.1	228.7	(p)226.8
Manufacturing
2024	245.4	244.8	244.4	244.5	244.1	244.5	243.6	243.2	242.8	243.0	242.8	242.2
2025	241.4	242.9	244.2	242.6	(p)242.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	674.6	675.5	676.1	676.6	677.1	677.2	677.3	677.5	679.1	678.1	678.5	678.4
2025	675.9	678.8	680.3	680.1	(p)681.2
Information
2024	70.3	69.9	70.1	70.1	70.2	70.3	70.0	70.0	70.0	69.9	70.6	71.7
2025	71.7	70.5	70.2	70.5	(p)70.1
Financial Activities
2024	220.8	220.9	220.9	220.9	221.0	220.9	221.1	221.3	221.2	222.3	221.3	219.7
2025	220.2	220.5	221.0	220.6	(p)220.5
Professional & Business Services
2024	807.9	808.8	811.8	812.2	812.8	813.8	815.1	815.1	818.2	815.9	814.0	818.2
2025	817.0	809.7	808.3	808.0	(p)811.5
Educational & Health Services
2024	598.0	599.1	602.4	604.3	604.2	607.6	609.6	611.4	614.5	618.5	620.7	626.9
2025	629.0	630.2	631.5	631.3	(p)631.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	414.9	415.5	416.7	417.0	416.8	416.6	415.5	414.4	415.5	415.2	415.3	419.0
2025	419.3	416.9	418.0	418.6	(p)419.3
Other Services
2024	203.2	203.8	204.7	204.2	204.0	204.6	204.7	204.9	205.4	203.6	205.5	205.5
2025	204.5	204.8	204.7	206.2	(p)207.0
Government
2024	747.2	749.4	751.4	749.8	750.8	750.6	752.6	752.5	756.1	759.7	761.8	766.0
2025	766.3	765.1	762.7	761.2	(p)758.5
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
2024	(r)4,576,065	(r)4,576,369	(r)4,577,153	(r)4,578,332	(r)4,580,119	(r)4,582,249	(r)4,584,953	(r)4,588,480	(r)4,592,170	(r)4,595,523	(r)4,597,300	(r)4,598,454
2025	4,601,061	4,596,138	4,586,644	4,579,606	(p)4,568,075
Employment
2024	(r)4,445,718	(r)4,447,406	(r)4,449,162	(r)4,450,653	(r)4,452,366	(r)4,453,868	(r)4,455,142	(r)4,456,672	(r)4,458,479	(r)4,460,564	(r)4,462,224	(r)4,463,624
2025	4,464,004	4,455,726	4,441,007	4,427,617	(p)4,412,157
Unemployment
2024	(r)130,347	(r)128,963	(r)127,991	(r)127,679	(r)127,753	(r)128,381	(r)129,811	(r)131,808	(r)133,691	(r)134,959	(r)135,076	(r)134,830
2025	137,057	140,412	145,637	151,989	(p)155,918
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)2.8	(r)2.8	(r)2.8	(r)2.8	(r)2.8	(r)2.8	(r)2.8	(r)2.9	(r)2.9	(r)2.9	(r)2.9	(r)2.9
2025	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.3	(p)3.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised