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Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	4,157.6	4,186.2	4,206.7	4,225.7	4,230.6	4,253.3	4,230.8	4,233.8	4,248.4	4,277.9	4,296.6	4,287.5	4,236.3
2025	4,214.1	4,232.5	(p)4,249.5
Mining & 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	7.3
2025	7.2	7.1	(p)7.1
Construction
2024	211.1	212.8	214.9	216.7	218.0	221.0	222.4	222.2	221.3	222.5	222.5	218.1	218.6
2025	209.0	213.8	(p)223.0
Manufacturing
2024	243.5	244.3	243.8	243.8	244.1	245.5	244.3	243.6	243.3	243.8	243.4	243.3	243.9
2025	240.2	242.4	(p)242.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	673.4	668.9	669.1	669.3	673.1	676.4	675.6	674.1	672.3	679.1	691.6	699.6	676.9
2025	673.8	671.6	(p)673.3
Information
2024	69.9	69.7	69.9	69.9	70.3	70.6	70.7	70.4	69.6	69.7	70.6	72.1	70.3
2025	71.1	69.7	(p)69.4
Financial Activities
2024	218.6	219.5	219.3	220.1	220.6	222.2	223.2	222.9	220.9	222.8	221.3	219.5	220.9
2025	218.7	219.0	(p)219.0
Professional & Business Services
2024	798.2	802.9	804.8	811.1	812.3	816.7	821.9	820.6	815.2	821.0	817.7	814.5	813.1
2025	807.8	803.5	(p)800.5
Educational & Health Services
2024	598.9	603.9	606.3	609.1	598.1	597.9	601.0	605.2	617.3	622.5	626.3	628.8	609.6
2025	625.5	631.6	(p)632.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	394.1	396.8	405.4	415.8	427.8	439.4	438.2	433.2	415.2	413.0	410.2	407.6	416.4
2025	399.1	398.1	(p)407.4
Other Services
2024	201.2	202.2	203.4	203.7	204.3	206.7	207.5	206.4	204.8	203.2	205.5	204.0	204.4
2025	202.0	203.1	(p)203.0
Government
2024	741.4	757.9	762.6	758.9	754.7	749.6	718.6	727.8	761.1	772.9	780.1	772.7	754.9
2025	759.7	772.6	(p)771.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(r)4,537,012	(r)4,561,743	(r)4,597,582	(r)4,585,209	(r)4,586,847	(r)4,621,391	(r)4,638,615	(r)4,591,773	(r)4,585,879	(r)4,595,997	(r)4,570,346	(r)4,558,220	(r)4,585,885
2025	4,563,417	4,554,394	(p)4,566,725
Employment
2024	(r)4,410,048	(r)4,430,980	(r)4,473,316	(r)4,472,973	(r)4,458,010	(r)4,479,908	(r)4,489,711	(r)4,441,015	(r)4,452,805	(r)4,465,383	(r)4,438,389	(r)4,442,850	(r)4,454,616
2025	4,419,961	4,403,071	(p)4,409,591
Unemployment
2024	(r)126,964	(r)130,763	(r)124,266	(r)112,236	(r)128,837	(r)141,483	(r)148,904	(r)150,758	(r)133,074	(r)130,614	(r)131,957	(r)115,370	(r)131,269
2025	143,456	151,323	(p)157,134
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)2.8	(r)2.9	(r)2.7	(r)2.4	(r)2.8	(r)3.1	(r)3.2	(r)3.3	(r)2.9	(r)2.8	(r)2.9	(r)2.5	(r)2.9
2025	3.1	3.3	(p)3.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised