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

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

2025

 1,759,014 1,759,799 1,767,203 1,767,477 1,766,732 1,777,723 1,779,657 1,759,116 1,746,507 (1)- 1,736,428 1,730,248 (2)1,759,082

2026

 1,725,840 1,722,649 1,726,795 1,727,380 1,728,913 1,731,869 (p)1,739,599            

Employment

2025

 1,709,071 1,707,824 1,714,102 1,719,052 1,713,318 1,721,453 1,722,215 1,699,941 1,690,590 (1)- 1,671,452 1,672,971 (2)1,703,817

2026

 1,661,808 1,658,121 1,665,041 1,672,330 1,671,204 1,669,958 (p)1,680,572            

Unemployment

2025

 49,943 51,975 53,101 48,425 53,414 56,270 57,442 59,175 55,917 (1)- 64,976 57,277 (2)55,265

2026

 64,032 64,528 61,754 55,050 57,709 61,911 (p)59,027            

Unemployment Rate

2025

 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.2 (1)- 3.7 3.3 (2)3.1

2026

 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.6 (p)3.4            

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.
(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.