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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
Sector	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	(p)785.1
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	(p)41.4
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	(p)58.4
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	(p)128.8
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	(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	(p)39.9
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	(p)115.6
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	(p)117.4
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	(p)87.1
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	(p)33.4
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	(p)154.0
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	825,798	825,286	832,446	830,701	835,111	842,103	847,936	842,992	838,890	838,126	835,143	(p)840,432
2023	(p)857,249
Employment
2022	793,302	797,028	806,400	806,075	806,697	813,800	819,837	812,849	814,003	811,697	806,917	(p)815,342
2023	(p)827,008
Unemployment
2022	32,496	28,258	26,046	24,626	28,414	28,303	28,099	30,143	24,887	26,429	28,226	(p)25,090
2023	(p)30,241
Unemployment Rate
2022	3.9	3.4	3.1	3.0	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.6	3.0	3.2	3.4	(p)3.0
2023	(p)3.5
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.