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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

Northern Virginia, VA: 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
 Northern Virginia, Va.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2021

 1,450.2 1,451.1 1,458.9 1,473.2 1,481.6 1,498.2 1,496.8 1,502.1 1,491.7 1,506.8 1,518.2 1,511.6 1,486.7

2022

 1,488.3 1,505.1 1,510.5 1,519.6 1,523.4 1,538.0 1,528.6 1,529.5 1,526.8 1,543.0 1,549.3 (p)1,539.7  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2021

 77.4 77.3 78.0 79.7 80.1 80.6 80.9 80.2 79.5 79.7 79.6 78.3 79.3

2022

 76.2 78.7 80.2 79.4 79.5 82.0 82.8 81.2 83.2 84.5 83.8 (p)85.1  

Manufacturing

2021

 26.5 26.5 26.3 26.5 26.8 27.1 26.9 26.8 26.5 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.6

2022

 26.4 26.5 26.8 26.4 26.4 26.6 26.6 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 (p)27.0  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2021

 214.3 209.5 209.8 209.6 211.3 215.0 216.4 215.2 211.8 214.5 223.0 226.5 214.7

2022

 219.4 219.0 218.0 218.7 220.2 223.8 223.2 224.9 223.1 224.8 229.0 (p)232.1  

Information

2021

 41.2 41.5 41.8 41.9 42.3 42.5 42.7 42.6 42.0 43.0 43.3 43.6 42.4

2022

 43.0 42.8 43.5 43.8 43.8 45.0 45.7 45.6 45.7 46.2 46.1 (p)46.3  

Financial Activities

2021

 78.2 78.6 78.5 79.0 78.9 79.4 80.1 80.0 79.2 78.2 78.1 78.0 78.9

2022

 75.9 77.3 77.1 76.5 75.6 76.6 75.8 75.2 74.3 74.6 74.2 (p)74.0  

Professional & Business Services

2021

 429.2 430.6 431.8 435.8 437.2 437.8 442.0 441.4 436.6 442.6 440.0 434.7 436.6

2022

 431.5 436.0 438.3 439.8 437.7 441.6 443.9 441.6 438.7 443.4 441.8 (p)438.1  

Educational & Health Services

2021

 168.5 169.9 169.7 171.9 169.9 169.3 170.0 171.1 171.9 171.6 172.1 172.6 170.7

2022

 170.2 171.7 173.2 175.4 175.1 176.6 178.4 176.0 176.6 180.5 181.0 (p)177.6  

Leisure & Hospitality

2021

 108.7 108.2 111.3 115.4 120.8 131.0 137.0 135.7 128.9 131.8 133.2 133.2 124.6

2022

 132.2 135.5 136.2 140.3 144.7 149.0 148.4 144.5 136.5 135.4 136.7 (p)134.3  

Other Services

2021

 70.5 70.5 71.0 71.6 72.0 72.8 73.6 73.2 72.1 72.4 72.5 72.6 72.1

2022

 72.1 72.5 72.4 73.6 73.5 73.9 73.6 74.6 73.1 74.4 74.5 (p)75.2  

Government

2021

 235.7 238.5 240.7 241.8 242.3 242.7 227.2 235.9 243.2 246.6 249.9 245.5 240.8

2022

 241.4 245.1 244.8 245.7 246.9 242.9 230.2 239.5 249.1 252.6 255.5 (p)250.0  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

Northern Virginia, Va.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2021

 1,605,916 1,615,066 1,620,325 1,618,749 1,624,159 1,639,638 1,649,726 1,628,400 1,610,265 1,620,585 1,625,108 1,621,719 1,623,305

2022

 1,635,795 1,641,602 1,654,653 1,645,364 1,649,560 1,662,764 1,663,130 1,643,955 1,635,560 1,652,841 1,640,871 (p)1,646,145  

Employment

2021

 1,534,387 1,546,377 1,553,960 1,561,005 1,563,893 1,572,473 1,586,762 1,569,818 1,563,330 1,579,420 1,585,614 1,583,634 1,566,723

2022

 1,587,269 1,600,435 1,615,813 1,609,188 1,606,534 1,619,886 1,621,308 1,599,137 1,599,454 1,613,020 1,598,824 (p)1,609,464  

Unemployment

2021

 71,529 68,689 66,365 57,744 60,266 67,165 62,964 58,582 46,935 41,165 39,494 38,085 56,582

2022

 48,526 41,167 38,840 36,176 43,026 42,878 41,822 44,818 36,106 39,821 42,047 (p)36,681  

Unemployment Rate

2021

 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.6 3.7 4.1 3.8 3.6 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.3 3.5

2022

 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.6 (p)2.2  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Northern Virginia, Va. includes Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia.