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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

2018

 1,459.9 1,465.0 1,468.0 1,481.4 1,491.9 1,506.4 1,495.2 1,490.9 1,489.2 1,491.3 1,501.1 1,500.8 1,486.8

2019

 1,482.8 1,484.0 1,494.0 1,506.0 1,510.0 1,521.8 1,507.3 1,504.9 1,504.9 1,516.1 1,527.0 (p)1,522.4  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2018

 72.6 73.1 74.0 75.1 75.9 76.9 78.4 78.4 77.4 76.1 77.4 78.1 76.1

2019

 75.4 75.4 76.3 76.9 77.9 78.9 81.8 81.5 78.9 77.0 76.7 (p)75.2  

Manufacturing

2018

 25.5 25.7 25.7 26.0 26.2 26.6 26.6 26.5 26.2 26.2 26.3 26.6 26.2

2019

 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.8 26.9 27.0 26.9 26.8 26.8 27.0 (p)27.0  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2018

 216.1 213.3 213.3 214.3 216.1 217.8 217.0 216.4 215.3 216.0 220.0 222.2 216.5

2019

 213.9 211.1 211.4 212.0 214.8 215.4 213.5 212.8 212.2 213.5 217.7 (p)222.2  

Information

2018

 39.0 39.4 38.9 39.3 39.4 39.6 39.3 39.0 38.5 38.5 38.2 38.1 38.9

2019

 38.2 37.8 38.2 37.5 37.2 37.1 37.2 36.8 36.7 37.0 37.2 (p)37.1  

Financial Activities

2018

 77.0 77.3 77.4 77.7 78.2 79.1 79.2 78.7 78.4 77.7 76.8 76.7 77.9

2019

 77.1 76.7 77.2 78.2 77.5 79.2 78.2 79.0 79.4 80.2 79.4 (p)80.0  

Professional & Business Services

2018

 403.4 406.0 406.4 410.4 412.3 416.2 419.6 419.7 413.6 414.4 415.3 415.3 412.7

2019

 414.4 413.0 418.0 423.1 420.6 424.9 429.3 428.4 421.7 426.7 429.4 (p)427.1  

Educational & Health Services

2018

 168.9 169.7 169.7 171.3 168.9 168.4 168.7 168.8 170.9 171.3 172.5 170.5 170.0

2019

 168.9 169.6 170.0 170.9 169.6 169.0 167.8 168.9 172.3 173.7 174.7 (p)173.0  

Leisure & Hospitality

2018

 141.1 141.6 143.5 146.2 151.7 157.0 156.6 155.8 148.4 148.2 146.8 148.0 148.7

2019

 145.7 148.1 151.5 154.2 157.4 160.3 157.9 158.7 153.9 154.6 153.4 (p)152.3  

Other Services

2018

 78.0 77.9 78.0 78.3 78.8 79.6 79.5 79.2 78.3 78.2 79.1 79.2 78.7

2019

 79.1 79.1 78.7 77.9 79.0 80.3 80.8 79.8 78.4 78.6 78.8 (p)78.1  

Government

2018

 238.3 241.0 241.1 242.8 244.4 245.2 230.3 228.4 242.2 244.7 248.7 246.1 241.1

2019

 243.8 246.8 246.2 248.7 249.2 249.8 233.8 232.1 244.6 248.0 252.7 (p)250.4  

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

2018

 1,616,352 1,628,770 1,633,008 1,631,057 1,640,754 1,652,166 1,659,924 1,627,596 1,628,196 1,634,389 1,631,227 1,629,776 1,634,435

2019

 1,641,674 1,650,466 1,658,038 1,652,231 1,665,878 1,681,002 1,694,870 1,673,653 1,669,257 1,683,984 1,683,063 (p)1,681,822  

Employment

2018

 1,568,426 1,582,807 1,589,014 1,593,269 1,601,507 1,606,951 1,617,460 1,584,864 1,590,192 1,596,948 1,596,314 1,594,522 1,593,523

2019

 1,596,030 1,606,474 1,615,601 1,617,398 1,625,357 1,639,532 1,654,242 1,634,923 1,634,687 1,649,873 1,648,366 (p)1,648,704  

Unemployment

2018

 47,926 45,963 43,994 37,788 39,247 45,215 42,464 42,732 38,004 37,441 34,913 35,254 40,912

2019

 45,644 43,992 42,437 34,833 40,521 41,470 40,628 38,730 34,570 34,111 34,697 (p)33,118  

Unemployment Rate

2018

 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.5

2019

 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.1 (p)2.0  

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.