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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
2024	707.1	709.2	712.4	715.6	719.3	723.8	724.1	721.4	719.9	725.9	731.0	727.2	719.7
2025	718.3	718.6	(p)719.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	41.1	41.4	41.9	42.5	42.7	43.3	43.7	43.9	43.7	43.9	43.8	42.9	42.9
2025	41.2	41.6	(p)43.2
Manufacturing
2024	31.8	31.6	31.9	31.9	31.9	32.1	32.0	32.0	31.9	32.1	32.0	32.1	31.9
2025	31.7	32.1	(p)32.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	131.4	130.1	129.7	129.6	130.8	131.8	131.9	131.2	130.6	132.3	136.5	138.1	132.0
2025	133.2	132.6	(p)132.9
Information
2024	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.4	6.6	6.6	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.4	6.4
2025	6.4	6.3	(p)6.2
Financial Activities
2024	57.2	57.6	57.3	57.5	57.7	58.0	58.1	58.3	57.8	58.2	57.8	57.5	57.8
2025	57.3	57.6	(p)57.4
Professional & Business Services
2024	123.4	123.8	124.0	124.7	124.9	125.5	125.1	124.8	124.5	124.9	124.3	123.7	124.5
2025	122.8	122.2	(p)122.0
Educational & Health Services
2024	106.6	107.2	107.3	107.9	106.7	106.3	107.7	107.9	109.5	111.5	112.1	111.5	108.5
2025	110.7	110.5	(p)110.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	64.3	64.7	66.7	68.5	70.8	73.0	72.9	71.2	67.6	68.0	67.9	67.6	68.6
2025	66.1	66.4	(p)66.9
Other Services
2024	32.7	33.0	33.1	33.0	33.2	33.4	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.2	33.7	33.3	33.3
2025	33.1	33.1	(p)32.9
Government
2024	112.2	113.4	114.0	113.6	114.0	113.8	112.8	112.3	114.6	115.6	116.6	114.1	113.9
2025	115.8	116.2	(p)116.1
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
2024	(1)721,456	(1)723,323	(1)728,955	(1)726,417	(1)729,729	(1)735,348	(1)740,895	(1)730,837	(1)727,450	(1)729,414	(1)727,438	(1)724,248	(1)728,792
2025	727,754	723,747	(p)724,089
Employment
2024	(1)700,204	(1)701,727	(1)708,177	(1)707,682	(1)708,589	(1)712,537	(1)716,594	(1)706,145	(1)705,357	(1)708,104	(1)705,869	(1)705,191	(1)707,181
2025	704,486	699,803	(p)699,331
Unemployment
2024	(1)21,252	(1)21,596	(1)20,778	(1)18,735	(1)21,140	(1)22,811	(1)24,301	(1)24,692	(1)22,093	(1)21,310	(1)21,569	(1)19,057	(1)21,611
2025	23,268	23,944	(p)24,758
Unemployment Rate
2024	(1)2.9	(1)3.0	(1)2.9	(1)2.6	(1)2.9	(1)3.1	(1)3.3	(1)3.4	(1)3.0	(1)2.9	(1)3.0	(1)2.6	(1)3.0
2025	3.2	3.3	(p)3.4
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (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.