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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
2025	4,227.6	4,248.8	4,262.6	4,288.6	4,295.6	4,309.9	4,273.2	4,272.2	4,273.2	4,275.5	4,298.2	4,268.5	4,274.5
2026	4,195.0	4,199.8	4,222.5	(p)4,242.3
Mining & Logging
2025	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.7	6.9
2026	6.6	6.6	6.5	(p)6.5
Construction
2025	217.3	220.8	224.2	227.8	230.4	233.9	233.8	234.5	233.4	229.4	227.3	224.6	228.1
2026	221.4	220.0	225.7	(p)228.1
Manufacturing
2025	239.1	239.5	239.5	240.4	240.3	239.1	238.2	235.7	234.7	233.6	233.1	233.0	237.2
2026	228.7	227.4	228.9	(p)228.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	692.7	688.0	688.7	687.6	690.8	693.6	691.1	689.9	686.6	694.6	704.9	710.8	693.3
2026	689.9	682.3	683.2	(p)688.6
Information
2025	68.8	68.4	68.2	68.3	68.5	69.3	69.3	69.0	67.8	67.4	67.8	68.0	68.4
2026	66.3	65.1	65.9	(p)66.2
Financial Activities
2025	220.2	221.1	221.0	221.8	222.6	224.8	225.8	225.3	223.4	224.2	224.0	223.6	223.2
2026	220.7	221.1	220.8	(p)220.9
Professional & Business Services
2025	806.4	809.1	806.9	812.4	811.6	811.6	812.5	809.2	801.0	802.8	806.9	801.0	807.6
2026	786.2	783.8	783.3	(p)789.8
Educational & Health Services
2025	619.0	621.5	624.8	628.2	619.3	618.1	614.2	619.2	627.4	631.2	633.5	625.9	623.5
2026	629.8	631.2	633.4	(p)630.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	396.7	399.2	407.7	417.9	433.9	443.6	442.5	439.9	421.2	417.1	413.4	408.1	420.1
2026	399.6	398.2	407.3	(p)416.6
Other Services
2025	200.7	200.4	201.1	202.4	203.9	205.6	205.8	204.3	202.6	201.1	201.2	200.6	202.5
2026	199.4	198.8	200.4	(p)199.4
Government
2025	759.7	773.8	773.5	774.9	767.5	763.5	733.2	738.3	768.2	767.2	779.3	766.2	763.8
2026	746.4	765.3	767.1	(p)767.1
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
2025	(r)4,524,550	(r)4,525,216	(r)4,551,029	(r)4,551,575	(r)4,537,537	(r)4,561,571	(r)4,562,403	(r)4,522,970	(r)4,510,995	(1)-	(r)4,495,290	(r)4,475,723	(2)(r)4,528,987
2026	4,478,966	4,476,022	4,489,447	(p)4,484,880
Employment
2025	(r)4,378,048	(r)4,375,837	(r)4,402,832	(r)4,416,983	(r)4,389,680	(r)4,403,882	(r)4,404,038	(r)4,359,467	(r)4,357,817	(1)-	(r)4,319,110	(r)4,320,551	(2)(r)4,375,295
2026	4,304,247	4,299,374	4,318,506	(p)4,333,772
Unemployment
2025	(r)146,502	(r)149,379	(r)148,197	(r)134,592	(r)147,857	(r)157,689	(r)158,365	(r)163,503	(r)153,178	(1)-	(r)176,180	(r)155,172	(2)(r)153,692
2026	174,719	176,648	170,941	(p)151,108
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)3.2	(r)3.3	(r)3.3	(r)3.0	(r)3.3	(r)3.5	(r)3.5	(r)3.6	(r)3.4	(1)-	(r)3.9	(r)3.5	(2)(r)3.4
2026	3.9	3.9	3.8	(p)3.4
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised