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Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, 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-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2022

767.7 775.7 779.8 785.8 788.9 791.0 793.6 794.7 792.9 793.7 797.4 795.5 788.1

2023

783.4 787.6 791.0 796.9 801.3 805.8 799.5 (p)796.5          

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2022

39.3 39.9 40.2 40.6 40.6 41.2 41.3 41.3 41.4 40.9 41.4 41.5 40.8

2023

41.5 41.1 40.9 40.9 41.6 41.0 42.2 (p)41.9          

Manufacturing

2022

56.8 57.3 58.0 57.4 57.6 57.8 58.0 58.0 58.0 58.1 58.5 58.7 57.9

2023

58.2 58.2 58.3 58.3 58.3 58.9 58.5 (p)58.8          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

128.0 128.6 128.9 129.1 129.7 129.5 130.0 130.6 130.0 130.0 132.4 133.8 130.1

2023

128.6 127.5 127.1 127.3 127.1 127.5 127.2 (p)126.8          

Information

2022

9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.6 9.6 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.2 9.3

2023

9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.1 (p)9.1          

Financial Activities

2022

39.0 39.2 39.3 39.8 40.2 40.3 40.8 40.8 40.3 40.6 39.7 39.9 40.0

2023

39.9 40.1 40.2 40.6 40.3 40.6 40.1 (p)39.6          

Professional & Business Services

2022

116.3 117.9 117.9 119.0 119.9 118.9 119.0 119.2 118.2 119.6 118.2 116.8 118.4

2023

115.6 116.0 116.3 115.9 118.0 119.1 118.8 (p)118.1          

Educational & Health Services

2022

110.4 111.9 112.1 113.2 112.0 111.1 112.5 113.5 115.2 116.6 117.2 117.5 113.6

2023

117.1 118.0 117.8 118.3 119.0 117.4 117.8 (p)118.4          

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

81.9 82.9 85.2 87.9 91.0 94.2 97.1 96.0 92.5 89.5 90.3 88.1 89.7

2023

86.3 87.6 90.9 95.2 98.3 102.2 99.9 (p)98.3          

Other Services

2022

32.4 32.7 32.6 32.9 33.1 33.4 33.8 33.6 33.1 33.3 33.2 33.5 33.1

2023

33.4 33.3 33.2 33.6 33.4 33.6 33.6 (p)33.2          

Government

2022

154.3 156.0 156.3 156.6 155.5 155.2 151.5 152.1 154.9 155.8 157.3 156.5 155.2

2023

153.7 156.7 157.2 157.7 156.2 156.3 152.3 (p)152.3          

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C.Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

838,993 847,954 857,565 853,636 860,912 863,261 867,088 863,588 859,074 855,867 852,943 855,268 856,346

2023

857,088 865,604 877,537 878,149 888,408 892,051 (p)892,169            

Employment

2022

811,996 822,552 832,457 830,930 833,680 835,450 838,049 831,729 830,433 827,987 824,372 830,036 829,139

2023

826,713 837,917 850,331 854,551 862,785 865,292 (p)866,719            

Unemployment

2022

26,997 25,402 25,108 22,706 27,232 27,811 29,039 31,859 28,641 27,880 28,571 25,232 27,207

2023

30,375 27,687 27,206 23,598 25,623 26,759 (p)25,450            

Unemployment Rate

2022

3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.2

2023

3.5 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.0 (p)2.9            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. 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.