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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Nonfarm

2020

 4,089.1 4,091.0 4,069.6 3,611.0 3,633.2 3,703.8 3,758.7 3,830.7 3,856.0 3,878.2 3,888.1 3,881.1

2021

 3,897.4 3,886.8 3,887.3 3,892.0 3,891.0 3,900.2 3,902.7 3,926.3 (p)3,929.0      

Mining and Logging

2020

 7.7 7.6 7.6 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.9

2021

 6.8 6.8 7.4 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.7 7.7 (p)7.7      

Construction

2020

 207.5 207.8 207.2 196.4 197.7 198.5 198.6 200.0 201.2 203.4 205.3 207.1

2021

 207.5 205.7 206.0 204.7 203.5 204.6 204.8 205.1 (p)204.9      

Manufacturing

2020

 243.3 243.5 242.8 224.9 222.6 227.1 229.8 231.6 233.0 234.6 234.1 235.9

2021

 235.0 234.7 236.4 237.4 236.7 236.4 236.6 237.0 (p)239.0      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2020

 660.2 659.9 658.5 589.1 596.3 618.8 630.4 636.8 643.0 648.7 649.2 649.7

2021

 655.3 655.6 654.0 657.4 656.9 658.9 656.8 654.6 (p)653.5      

Information

2020

 68.1 68.5 68.7 64.0 63.8 63.8 63.7 64.2 65.9 65.8 64.2 64.5

2021

 65.2 64.4 64.5 65.7 63.9 64.6 65.3 65.4 (p)65.7      

Financial Activities

2020

 214.5 214.3 214.1 208.3 207.6 206.8 207.6 208.3 208.9 207.3 208.1 208.4

2021

 207.7 207.2 206.2 205.7 205.4 204.5 202.8 203.8 (p)203.2      

Professional & Business Services

2020

 776.1 776.4 775.6 739.4 742.8 742.6 747.1 752.5 757.2 759.3 766.2 766.1

2021

 766.8 766.3 767.9 767.8 770.2 771.5 775.7 771.1 (p)781.0      

Educational & Health Services

2020

 556.4 557.9 554.6 493.0 503.2 512.0 516.8 521.9 524.7 529.4 530.0 528.5

2021

 530.8 532.8 531.4 531.5 534.7 533.8 531.4 531.7 (p)534.6      

Leisure & Hospitality

2020

 421.4 421.6 407.1 216.8 228.7 263.2 296.2 310.4 325.6 332.6 337.0 335.6

2021

 337.7 331.8 329.8 332.4 334.4 332.6 345.2 346.9 (p)344.9      

Other Services

2020

 196.8 196.3 194.4 159.0 164.1 171.4 175.9 178.7 180.4 180.1 179.8 179.6

2021

 179.5 179.3 180.5 180.4 180.5 181.5 180.9 185.2 (p)181.5      

Government

2020

 737.1 737.2 739.0 713.3 699.5 692.8 685.8 719.4 709.3 710.1 707.3 698.8

2021

 705.1 702.2 703.2 701.5 697.4 704.3 695.5 717.8 (p)713.0      

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

2020

 4,453,855 4,448,623 4,447,482 4,391,242 4,274,171 4,320,856 4,313,312 4,376,496 4,302,424 4,290,462 4,271,293 4,255,079

2021

 4,254,052 4,236,621 4,238,036 4,225,810 4,230,017 4,233,868 4,241,771 4,248,055 (p)4,244,196      

Employment

2020

 4,343,866 4,337,089 4,333,184 3,895,532 3,912,282 3,939,193 3,972,148 4,068,442 4,020,210 4,027,562 4,023,075 4,018,875

2021

 4,026,838 4,016,894 4,023,601 4,028,482 4,040,770 4,050,060 4,065,578 4,079,663 (p)4,084,410      

Unemployment

2020

 109,989 111,534 114,298 495,710 361,889 381,663 341,164 308,054 282,214 262,900 248,218 236,204

2021

 227,214 219,727 214,435 197,328 189,247 183,808 176,193 168,392 (p)159,786      

Unemployment Rate

2020

 2.5 2.5 2.6 11.3 8.5 8.8 7.9 7.0 6.6 6.1 5.8 5.6

2021

 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 (p)3.8      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary