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	(p)818.2
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	(p)41.5
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	(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	(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	(p)7.9
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	(p)40.6
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	(p)120.7
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	(p)128.5
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	(p)92.1
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	(p)35.5
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	(p)165.9
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	(1)875,360	(1)878,736	(1)885,312	(1)883,819	(1)885,581	(1)891,163	(1)897,352	(1)886,708	(1)884,536	(1)882,667	(1)878,129	(1)875,850	(1)883,768
2025	878,501	872,111	(p)873,996
Employment
2024	(1)849,178	(1)852,016	(1)859,752	(1)860,601	(1)858,882	(1)862,263	(1)866,748	(1)855,777	(1)857,030	(1)855,905	(1)850,698	(1)851,737	(1)856,716
2025	848,754	841,787	(p)842,744
Unemployment
2024	(1)26,182	(1)26,720	(1)25,560	(1)23,218	(1)26,699	(1)28,900	(1)30,604	(1)30,931	(1)27,506	(1)26,762	(1)27,431	(1)24,113	(1)27,052
2025	29,747	30,324	(p)31,252
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)3.0	(1)3.0	(1)2.9	(1)2.6	(1)3.0	(1)3.2	(1)3.4	(1)3.5	(1)3.1	(1)3.0	(1)3.1	(1)2.8	(1)3.1
2025	3.4	3.5	(p)3.6
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (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.