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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 Feb 2024
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2024
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Washington Area Employment — September 2023 Employment News Release Nov 2023
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – December 2023 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — September 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2023
West Virginia Job Openings and Labor Turnover — June 2023 Employment, Unemployment News Release Aug 2023
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Economy at a Glance:
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Data Series Back
Data
Aug
2023
Sept
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023
Jan
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

2,832.2 2,825.2 2,825.0 2,820.4 (p)2,786.0 (p)2,797.9

Employment(1)

2,749.8 2,744.1 2,742.4 2,743.3 (p)2,711.7 (p)2,716.4

Unemployment(1)

82.4 81.1 82.6 77.1 (p)74.3 (p)81.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7 (p)2.7 (p)2.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

2,771.6 2,771.4 2,785.6 2,797.4 2,794.0 (p)2,755.4

12-month % change

1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.8 (p)1.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

132.5 131.6 132.7 131.9 132.8 (p)130.3

12-month % change

0.1 -0.6 0.1 -0.5 0.5 (p)0.7

Manufacturing(3)

37.4 37.3 37.2 37.3 37.4 (p)37.1

12-month % change

0.0 0.3 -0.5 -0.8 -0.5 (p)1.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

326.5 324.0 329.9 338.7 342.9 (p)329.6

12-month % change

0.4 0.7 1.4 2.0 2.0 (p)0.7

Information(3)

68.2 67.5 67.0 67.8 68.2 (p)66.9

12-month % change

-2.7 -2.6 -4.1 -3.8 -2.7 (p)-3.6

Financial Activities(3)

118.7 117.6 117.6 117.6 118.2 (p)116.3

12-month % change

-1.5 -2.0 -2.4 -2.2 -1.3 (p)-1.9

Professional and Business Services(3)

685.7 677.8 677.3 675.9 675.7 (p)672.5

12-month % change

0.7 0.3 -0.5 -0.9 -0.1 (p)-0.4

Education and Health Services(3)

355.5 362.0 365.0 366.0 365.0 (p)363.7

12-month % change

4.0 3.8 3.7 3.4 4.0 (p)3.1

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

279.3 271.2 271.7 270.1 267.3 (p)257.1

12-month % change

5.7 5.7 6.2 5.6 4.8 (p)2.1

Other Services(3)

172.2 171.1 171.5 172.6 172.2 (p)171.1

12-month % change

1.2 1.2 1.4 1.9 2.0 (p)1.9

Government(3)

595.6 611.3 615.7 619.5 614.3 (p)610.8

12-month % change

1.3 1.6 2.4 2.2 2.6 (p)3.3

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

  309.254   308.419   309.961

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

    3.3   2.8   3.6

CPI-W, All items(5)

  304.941   303.920   305.371

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

    3.1   2.3   3.0

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