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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Washington, DC-MD, Division Economic Summary (PDF)	Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	May 2026
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2026
Washington, DC-MD	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2026
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic	Consumer price indexes	Table	May 2026
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Washington Area Employment — April 2025	Employment	News Release	May 2025
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – December 2024	Average energy prices	News Release	Jan 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — December 2025	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Feb 2026
West Virginia Job Openings and Labor Turnover — December 2025	Employment, Unemployment	News Release	Feb 2026

Washington, DC-MD Economy at a Glance:

Washington, DC-MD
Data Series	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	(2)-	1,010.3	(p)1,007.0	978.8	(p)986.4
Employment(1)	(2)-	949.1	(p)955.2	923.8	(p)930.4
Unemployment(1)	(2)-	61.1	(p)51.8	54.9	(p)56.0
Unemployment Rate(3)	(2)-	6.1	(p)5.1	5.6	(p)5.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)	1,112.2	1,113.4	1,112.0	1,083.2	1,079.2	(p)1,085.3
12-month % change	-4.1	-4.2	-4.2	-4.8	-5.5	(p)-5.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)	48.0	47.8	48.2	46.8	45.3	(p)46.3
12-month % change	1.1	1.3	2.6	4.2	-0.7	(p)0.2
Manufacturing(4)	8.4	8.7	8.7	8.3	8.2	(p)8.3
12-month % change	-3.4	-5.4	-6.5	-3.5	-4.7	(p)-3.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)	100.4	102.5	105.1	99.5	97.5	(p)97.8
12-month % change	-1.1	-1.0	-0.4	-2.5	-3.8	(p)-2.9
Information(4)	21.5	21.5	21.9	20.6	20.2	(p)20.5
12-month % change	-0.9	-1.8	0.5	-4.6	-7.8	(p)-5.5
Financial Activities(4)	38.3	38.5	38.4	38.0	38.3	(p)38.3
12-month % change	-2.3	-1.8	-2.0	-2.6	0.0	(p)0.3
Professional and Business Services(4)	211.7	210.1	208.6	203.7	202.3	(p)202.7
12-month % change	-5.0	-5.4	-5.7	-6.4	-6.9	(p)-6.1
Education and Health Services(4)	173.1	173.1	172.6	171.4	172.2	(p)172.8
12-month % change	-0.3	-1.0	-1.0	-1.5	-1.8	(p)-1.4
Leisure and Hospitality(4)	118.1	117.1	114.9	110.0	110.2	(p)112.3
12-month % change	-1.4	-1.6	-2.6	-1.8	-3.0	(p)-3.0
Other Services(4)	73.2	73.5	73.5	72.0	72.6	(p)73.6
12-month % change	-6.4	-5.5	-5.3	-5.3	-3.8	(p)-1.7
Government(4)	319.5	320.6	320.1	312.9	312.4	(p)312.7
12-month % change	-7.8	-7.8	-7.6	-8.5	-9.4	(p)-9.6
Consumer Price Index: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
CPI-U, All items(5)		324.286		326.890		330.277
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)		2.4		2.7		3.0
CPI-W, All items(6)		318.985		323.650		327.542
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)		2.4		3.4		4.1
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary

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