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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	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	2,840.7	2,849.0	2,816.9	2,809.3	(p)2,814.0
Employment(1)	2,745.8	2,747.4	2,709.3	2,718.2	(p)2,724.8
Unemployment(1)	94.9	101.6	107.6	91.1	(p)89.2
Unemployment Rate(2)	3.3	3.6	3.8	3.2	(p)3.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	2,819.7	2,795.4	2,785.2	2,792.8	(p)2,813.6
12-month % change	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.8	(p)1.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	132.7	134.6	136.8	136.3	(p)138.2
12-month % change	0.3	1.4	3.2	3.6	(p)4.1
Manufacturing(3)	38.5	39.1	39.0	38.8	(p)38.8
12-month % change	2.4	4.0	4.3	4.0	(p)4.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	329.5	329.4	328.4	328.1	(p)332.8
12-month % change	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.3	(p)0.9
Information(3)	68.9	68.2	68.3	67.7	(p)67.7
12-month % change	0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.3	(p)1.0
Financial Activities(3)	115.2	114.6	114.0	113.2	(p)114.8
12-month % change	-4.3	-3.5	-4.0	-3.7	(p)-2.4
Professional and Business Services(3)	689.5	688.3	681.5	679.0	(p)686.0
12-month % change	0.3	0.0	-0.6	0.2	(p)1.3
Education and Health Services(3)	363.2	358.6	359.2	365.4	(p)368.4
12-month % change	2.1	1.2	1.0	0.9	(p)0.9
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	284.3	282.2	284.5	275.6	(p)271.0
12-month % change	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.6	(p)-0.3
Other Services(3)	177.1	178.9	178.5	176.5	(p)176.3
12-month % change	2.7	3.3	3.7	3.2	(p)2.8
Government(3)	620.8	601.5	595.0	612.2	(p)619.6
12-month % change	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)		316.445		317.382		316.745
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)		3.7		2.6		2.7
CPI-W, All items(5)		312.077		311.877		311.384
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)		3.4		2.3		2.5
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

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