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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
Sector	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	(p)126.5
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	(p)13.7
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	(p)15.6
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	(p)14.5
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	(p)42.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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	(1)118,300	(1)119,151	(1)120,362	(1)120,192	(1)119,135	(1)119,294	(1)118,182	(1)117,991	(1)118,802	(2)-	(1)119,677	(1)119,083	(1)(3)119,106
2026	118,913	119,899	(p)120,442
Employment
2025	(1)114,906	(1)115,573	(1)116,870	(1)117,024	(1)115,606	(1)115,478	(1)114,470	(1)114,245	(1)115,482	(2)-	(1)115,533	(1)115,557	(1)(3)115,522
2026	115,094	115,753	(p)116,503
Unemployment
2025	(1)3,394	(1)3,578	(1)3,492	(1)3,168	(1)3,529	(1)3,816	(1)3,712	(1)3,746	(1)3,320	(2)-	(1)4,144	(1)3,526	(1)(3)3,584
2026	3,819	4,146	(p)3,939
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)2.9	(1)3.0	(1)2.9	(1)2.6	(1)3.0	(1)3.2	(1)3.1	(1)3.2	(1)2.8	(2)-	(1)3.5	(1)3.0	(1)(3)3.0
2026	3.2	3.5	(p)3.3
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 Charlottesville, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Albermarle, Fluvanna, Greene, and Nelson Counties and Charlottesville City in Virginia.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment