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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	(p)718.7
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	(p)44.9
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	(p)31.2
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	(p)131.9
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	(p)6.1
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	(p)60.1
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	(p)122.3
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	(p)109.3
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	(p)64.3
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	(p)33.2
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	(p)115.4
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	727,754	723,747	723,738	726,343	725,279	731,348	740,668	731,007	722,322	(1)-	718,684	(p)718,547
2026	(p)717,417
Employment
2025	704,486	699,803	698,903	702,066	699,822	703,936	713,549	703,961	698,998	(1)-	691,482	(p)694,929
2026	(p)690,247
Unemployment
2025	23,268	23,944	24,835	24,277	25,457	27,412	27,119	27,046	23,324	(1)-	27,202	(p)23,618
2026	(p)27,170
Unemployment Rate
2025	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.2	(1)-	3.8	(p)3.3
2026	(p)3.8
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (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.