Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	808.8	812.6	816.0	821.0	822.3	826.5	825.7	825.1	825.0	827.2	830.5	828.0	822.4
2025	815.9	814.3	819.1	822.8	824.6	829.7	(p)825.2
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	41.4	41.8	42.0	42.0	42.2	42.3	42.5	42.4	42.3	42.2	41.8	41.5	42.0
2025	39.6	38.9	40.0	41.0	40.7	41.9	(p)42.4
Manufacturing
2024	59.1	59.4	58.2	58.2	58.2	58.7	58.9	58.5	58.3	58.1	58.5	58.1	58.5
2025	57.4	57.3	57.4	56.6	56.6	56.3	(p)55.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	129.9	129.1	129.2	129.4	130.3	130.9	130.9	131.1	130.9	131.8	133.7	135.4	131.1
2025	129.4	128.9	129.6	128.9	129.7	130.0	(p)129.7
Information
2024	8.6	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.2	8.1	8.0	7.9	8.0	8.1	8.3
2025	8.1	8.0	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.1	(p)8.1
Financial Activities
2024	41.8	41.8	41.8	42.0	42.0	42.5	42.8	42.6	41.6	41.8	41.3	40.8	41.9
2025	40.4	40.4	40.5	40.8	40.7	41.6	(p)41.5
Professional & Business Services
2024	121.0	122.0	123.2	124.5	123.9	123.5	124.9	124.5	123.4	124.0	124.1	122.9	123.5
2025	122.1	121.3	122.0	123.2	124.4	124.3	(p)124.5
Educational & Health Services
2024	121.7	122.9	122.9	123.7	121.7	121.9	122.7	123.3	125.6	126.4	127.1	127.3	123.9
2025	127.3	128.6	128.3	128.9	127.7	127.0	(p)126.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	88.5	88.6	90.5	93.4	97.1	99.5	100.4	98.9	94.0	92.8	92.1	91.6	94.0
2025	90.3	89.5	92.4	94.3	97.3	101.1	(p)101.8
Other Services
2024	35.1	35.1	35.4	35.7	35.9	36.1	36.2	36.1	35.7	35.5	35.8	35.6	35.7
2025	35.3	35.5	35.5	35.9	36.0	36.2	(p)36.1
Government
2024	161.7	163.4	164.3	163.6	162.5	162.6	158.2	159.6	165.2	166.7	168.1	166.7	163.6
2025	166.0	165.9	165.5	165.2	163.5	163.2	(p)158.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	875,360	878,736	885,312	883,819	885,581	891,163	897,352	886,708	884,536	882,667	878,129	875,850	883,768
2025	878,501	872,111	874,697	875,246	870,411	876,608	(p)881,966
Employment
2024	849,178	852,016	859,752	860,601	858,882	862,263	866,748	855,777	857,030	855,905	850,698	851,737	856,716
2025	848,754	841,787	843,388	844,481	837,767	841,202	(p)847,068
Unemployment
2024	26,182	26,720	25,560	23,218	26,699	28,900	30,604	30,931	27,506	26,762	27,431	24,113	27,052
2025	29,747	30,324	31,309	30,765	32,644	35,406	(p)34,898
Unemployment Rate
2024	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.6	3.0	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.1	3.0	3.1	2.8	3.1
2025	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.8	4.0	(p)4.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Gloucester, Isle of Wright, James City, Mathews, Surry, and York Counties and Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg Cities in Virginia; and Currituck County in North Carolina.