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Richmond, 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	Richmond, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	721.3	722.1	724.4	728.9	732.7	738.1	734.0	733.7	731.2	730.6	734.0	730.5	730.1
2026	719.1	717.6	721.6	(p)725.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	43.4	44.0	44.7	45.4	46.3	47.1	47.1	47.3	47.0	46.2	45.9	45.3	45.8
2026	45.0	44.4	45.6	(p)46.3
Manufacturing
2025	31.7	31.8	31.9	32.1	32.0	32.0	32.0	32.0	31.8	31.9	31.8	31.6	31.9
2026	31.0	31.1	31.2	(p)31.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	134.4	132.5	131.5	131.4	131.9	132.5	131.6	131.3	131.3	133.0	135.0	135.9	132.7
2026	131.9	130.2	130.1	(p)130.9
Information
2025	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2
2026	6.2	6.2	6.2	(p)6.3
Financial Activities
2025	58.5	59.2	59.0	59.1	59.4	60.3	60.7	60.8	60.5	60.5	60.8	61.0	60.0
2026	59.9	60.1	60.0	(p)59.9
Professional & Business Services
2025	124.2	124.5	124.7	125.7	126.2	126.2	126.5	126.3	125.3	124.9	125.8	124.9	125.4
2026	122.8	122.3	121.9	(p)123.8
Educational & Health Services
2025	109.1	109.3	109.8	110.3	109.4	109.1	108.2	109.3	110.4	110.3	110.9	109.8	109.7
2026	109.1	109.1	109.6	(p)108.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	65.2	65.5	67.4	69.1	72.0	74.4	73.3	72.2	68.5	68.3	67.2	66.2	69.1
2026	64.5	64.9	67.4	(p)68.4
Other Services
2025	32.8	32.9	33.2	33.3	33.6	33.8	33.9	34.0	33.8	33.7	33.7	33.5	33.5
2026	33.3	33.2	33.5	(p)33.4
Government
2025	115.8	116.3	116.1	116.3	115.6	116.4	114.4	114.3	116.5	115.7	116.8	116.1	115.9
2026	115.4	116.1	116.1	(p)116.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Richmond, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2025	(1)722,015	(1)719,100	(1)722,548	(1)723,036	(1)723,210	(1)729,477	(1)732,972	(1)724,891	(1)721,714	(2)-	(1)718,752	(1)716,250	(1)(3)723,088
2026	717,793	714,774	(p)716,758
Employment
2025	(1)698,143	(1)695,270	(1)698,984	(1)701,455	(1)699,723	(1)704,918	(1)708,022	(1)699,445	(1)697,769	(2)-	(1)691,306	(1)692,163	(1)(3)698,836
2026	690,372	687,296	(p)689,977
Unemployment
2025	(1)23,872	(1)23,830	(1)23,564	(1)21,581	(1)23,487	(1)24,559	(1)24,950	(1)25,446	(1)23,945	(2)-	(1)27,446	(1)24,087	(1)(3)24,252
2026	27,421	27,478	(p)26,781
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)3.3	(1)3.3	(1)3.3	(1)3.0	(1)3.2	(1)3.4	(1)3.4	(1)3.5	(1)3.3	(2)-	(1)3.8	(1)3.4	(1)(3)3.4
2026	3.8	3.8	(p)3.7
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) 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
The Richmond, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Louisa, New Kent, Powhatan, Prince George, and Sussex Counties and Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond Cities in Virginia.