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Northern Virginia, VA: Labor force data

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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
2024	(1)1,757,553	(1)1,764,144	(1)1,777,384	(1)1,772,539	(1)1,782,081	(1)1,800,314	(1)1,806,436	(1)1,787,950	(1)1,780,736	(1)1,784,996	(1)1,774,434	(1)1,773,567	(1)1,780,178
2025	1,771,078	1,769,225	(p)1,774,097
Employment
2024	(1)1,715,059	(1)1,719,507	(1)1,735,213	(1)1,734,153	(1)1,737,832	(1)1,751,499	(1)1,755,455	(1)1,736,085	(1)1,734,548	(1)1,739,847	(1)1,728,837	(1)1,734,105	(1)1,735,178
2025	1,722,121	1,716,052	(p)1,717,143
Unemployment
2024	(1)42,494	(1)44,637	(1)42,171	(1)38,386	(1)44,249	(1)48,815	(1)50,981	(1)51,865	(1)46,188	(1)45,149	(1)45,597	(1)39,462	(1)45,000
2025	48,957	53,173	(p)56,954
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)2.4	(1)2.5	(1)2.4	(1)2.2	(1)2.5	(1)2.7	(1)2.8	(1)2.9	(1)2.6	(1)2.5	(1)2.6	(1)2.2	(1)2.5
2025	2.8	3.0	(p)3.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
Northern Virginia, Va. includes Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia.