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

Charlottesville, 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
 Charlottesville, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2025

 122.6 124.2 125.1 125.3 124.7 124.3 122.5 123.3 125.5 126.4 127.3 127.0 124.9

2026

 124.1 125.3 126.0 126.4 127.2 127.4 (p)126.1            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2025

 13.7 13.5 13.6 13.5 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.8 13.6 13.8 13.9 14.3 13.7

2026

 13.7 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.9 14.0 (p)13.9            

Professional & Business Services

2025

 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.1 16.1 16.2 16.0 16.0 15.8 15.8 15.8 15.8 16.0

2026

 15.5 15.4 15.4 15.6 15.6 15.8 (p)15.8            

Leisure & Hospitality

2025

 13.7 13.9 14.1 14.2 14.7 14.7 14.8 14.5 14.5 14.5 14.5 14.4 14.4

2026

 14.1 14.0 14.3 14.4 14.8 15.5 (p)15.5            

Government

2025

 39.6 41.1 41.3 41.3 40.3 39.3 37.8 38.8 41.3 42.1 42.9 42.3 40.7

2026

 40.9 42.6 42.8 42.7 43.0 42.1 (p)40.8            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Charlottesville, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2025

 118,300 119,151 120,362 120,192 119,135 119,294 118,182 117,991 118,802 (1)- 119,677 119,083 (2)119,106

2026

 118,913 119,899 120,460 120,481 121,415 120,881 (p)120,211            

Employment

2025

 114,906 115,573 116,870 117,024 115,606 115,478 114,470 114,245 115,482 (1)- 115,533 115,557 (2)115,522

2026

 115,094 115,753 116,510 117,054 117,499 116,571 (p)116,291            

Unemployment

2025

 3,394 3,578 3,492 3,168 3,529 3,816 3,712 3,746 3,320 (1)- 4,144 3,526 (2)3,584

2026

 3,819 4,146 3,950 3,427 3,916 4,310 (p)3,920            

Unemployment Rate

2025

 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.2 2.8 (1)- 3.5 3.0 (2)3.0

2026

 3.2 3.5 3.3 2.8 3.2 3.6 (p)3.3            

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

The Charlottesville, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Albermarle, Fluvanna, Greene, and Nelson Counties and Charlottesville City in Virginia.