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Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Dec 2024
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2024
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Washington Area Employment — March 2024 Employment News Release May 2024
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – October 2024 Average energy prices News Release Nov 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — September 2024 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2024
West Virginia Job Openings and Labor Turnover — June 2024 Employment, Unemployment News Release Aug 2024
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Economy at a Glance:
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Data Series Back
Data
May
2024
June
2024
July
2024
Aug
2024
Sept
2024
Oct
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

2,817.0 2,840.7 2,849.0 2,816.9 2,809.3 (p)2,814.0

Employment(1)

2,736.6 2,745.8 2,747.4 2,709.3 2,718.2 (p)2,724.8

Unemployment(1)

80.5 94.9 101.6 107.6 91.1 (p)89.2

Unemployment Rate(2)

2.9 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.2 (p)3.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

2,793.9 2,819.7 2,795.4 2,785.2 2,792.8 (p)2,813.6

12-month % change

0.8 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.8 (p)1.0

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

130.7 132.7 134.6 136.8 136.3 (p)138.2

12-month % change

-0.6 0.3 1.4 3.2 3.6 (p)4.1

Manufacturing(3)

38.2 38.5 39.1 39.0 38.8 (p)38.8

12-month % change

2.7 2.4 4.0 4.3 4.0 (p)4.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

326.1 329.5 329.4 328.4 328.1 (p)332.8

12-month % change

0.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.3 (p)0.9

Information(3)

67.9 68.9 68.2 68.3 67.7 (p)67.7

12-month % change

-1.6 0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.3 (p)1.0

Financial Activities(3)

114.7 115.2 114.6 114.0 113.2 (p)114.8

12-month % change

-3.9 -4.3 -3.5 -4.0 -3.7 (p)-2.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

682.2 689.5 688.3 681.5 679.0 (p)686.0

12-month % change

0.2 0.3 0.0 -0.6 0.2 (p)1.3

Education and Health Services(3)

364.3 363.2 358.6 359.2 365.4 (p)368.4

12-month % change

2.4 2.1 1.2 1.0 0.9 (p)0.9

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

275.3 284.3 282.2 284.5 275.6 (p)271.0

12-month % change

0.6 0.6 0.1 1.9 1.6 (p)-0.3

Other Services(3)

175.8 177.1 178.9 178.5 176.5 (p)176.3

12-month % change

3.5 2.7 3.3 3.7 3.2 (p)2.8

Government(3)

618.7 620.8 601.5 595.0 612.2 (p)619.6

12-month % change

1.5 2.2 0.3 -0.1 0.1 (p)0.6

Consumer Price Index: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

CPI-U, All items(4)

315.667   316.445   317.382  

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

  3.3   3.7   2.6  

CPI-W, All items(5)

311.200   312.077   311.877  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

  3.0   3.4   2.3  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary