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Lynchburg, 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	Lynchburg, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2025	102.6	103.6	104.2	105.3	104.3	103.9	102.9	104.4	105.2	105.2	105.7	105.5	104.4
2026	103.9	103.9	104.2	(p)105.1
Manufacturing
2025	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.7	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.7
2026	13.4	13.4	13.5	(p)13.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	18.1	18.2	18.2	18.2	18.3	18.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.6	18.8	18.3
2026	18.4	18.3	18.2	(p)18.5
Government
2025	13.0	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	12.4	12.7	13.1	13.3	13.5	13.4	13.1
2026	13.2	13.3	13.4	(p)13.4
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)
	Lynchburg, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2025	(1)124,510	(1)124,944	(1)126,032	(1)126,410	(1)124,881	(1)124,936	(1)124,634	(1)124,964	(1)124,911	(2)-	(1)124,889	(1)124,403	(1)(3)125,046
2026	125,182	125,085	125,329	(p)125,651
Employment
2025	(1)119,985	(1)120,278	(1)121,521	(1)122,429	(1)120,388	(1)120,162	(1)119,912	(1)120,270	(1)120,598	(2)-	(1)119,754	(1)119,889	(1)(3)120,471
2026	120,103	119,779	120,263	(p)121,213
Unemployment
2025	(1)4,525	(1)4,666	(1)4,511	(1)3,981	(1)4,493	(1)4,774	(1)4,722	(1)4,694	(1)4,313	(2)-	(1)5,135	(1)4,514	(1)(3)4,575
2026	5,079	5,306	5,066	(p)4,438
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)3.6	(1)3.7	(1)3.6	(1)3.1	(1)3.6	(1)3.8	(1)3.8	(1)3.8	(1)3.5	(2)-	(1)4.1	(1)3.6	(1)(3)3.7
2026	4.1	4.2	4.0	(p)3.5
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 Lynchburg, Va. MSA includes Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell Counties and Bedford and Lynchburg Cities in Virginia.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment