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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

702.5 705.8 705.4 709.1 712.5 718.8 714.8 714.6 711.3 716.7 719.9 718.7 712.5

2024

710.6 714.7 718.7 721.7 723.2 730.2 731.6 732.3 (p)729.7        

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

41.9 42.0 42.3 42.7 42.8 43.3 43.0 42.9 42.7 42.7 42.6 42.3 42.6

2024

41.9 42.6 43.4 44.1 44.9 45.8 46.5 46.5 (p)46.3        

Manufacturing

2023

32.7 32.7 32.8 32.7 32.9 33.1 32.2 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.2 32.4 32.6

2024

32.0 32.1 32.3 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.2 (p)32.2        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

129.1 128.4 128.3 128.5 129.1 129.9 129.0 129.3 128.5 129.9 133.3 134.6 129.8

2024

130.0 129.5 129.7 129.7 130.5 131.3 130.9 131.1 (p)130.4        

Information

2023

6.8 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.9 7.0 6.9

2024

6.8 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0 (p)6.9        

Financial Activities

2023

60.2 60.5 59.3 59.1 59.2 59.9 59.2 59.5 59.1 59.0 58.9 59.0 59.4

2024

58.4 58.3 58.3 58.5 58.2 58.8 59.4 59.4 (p)58.4        

Professional & Business Services

2023

123.7 123.5 122.9 123.8 123.9 124.2 123.0 123.0 122.9 123.4 122.6 121.4 123.2

2024

121.8 123.2 124.5 125.0 124.0 125.6 125.7 124.7 (p)124.3        

Educational & Health Services

2023

102.9 104.2 103.9 104.5 103.7 102.8 103.7 104.1 105.8 106.7 107.1 107.7 104.8

2024

106.6 108.4 108.0 108.3 108.0 108.2 109.1 109.2 (p)110.1        

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

63.4 64.2 65.6 66.9 69.8 73.5 73.2 72.4 67.3 67.4 66.8 66.1 68.1

2024

65.1 64.7 65.9 67.1 69.2 71.3 72.4 72.2 (p)68.3        

Other Services

2023

32.0 32.1 32.2 32.5 32.7 33.0 33.1 32.8 32.8 33.3 33.2 33.1 32.7

2024

33.0 33.0 33.2 33.4 33.8 34.2 34.5 34.2 (p)33.7        

Government

2023

109.8 111.3 111.2 111.5 111.4 112.1 111.4 111.3 112.9 115.0 116.3 115.1 112.4

2024

115.0 116.0 116.6 116.4 115.4 115.6 113.7 115.8 (p)119.1        

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

2023

710,695 715,962 720,581 718,054 722,843 727,324 729,538 724,882 720,485 722,020 722,126 717,666 721,015

2024

722,778 722,997 724,723 722,494 723,374 728,969 734,601 730,504 (p)728,135        

Employment

2023

688,305 694,017 699,138 699,854 701,449 705,182 707,437 700,490 697,007 699,199 699,879 696,721 699,057

2024

701,615 700,654 705,767 704,684 703,020 706,216 709,516 703,904 (p)704,635        

Unemployment

2023

22,390 21,945 21,443 18,200 21,394 22,142 22,101 24,392 23,478 22,821 22,247 20,945 21,958

2024

21,163 22,343 18,956 17,810 20,354 22,753 25,085 26,600 (p)23,500        

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.2 3.1 3.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.0

2024

2.9 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.6 (p)3.2        

Footnotes
(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.