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Washington

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Oct 2026
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2026
Frederick, MD, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2026
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2026
Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2026
Washington, DC-MD Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2026
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2026
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2026
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2026
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Workplace Fatalities in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Feb 2014
Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area – September 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release Oct 2026
County Employment and Wages in the District of Columbia — First Quarter 2026 Pay, Employment News Release Sep 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — June 2026 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria — May 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2026
Consumer Expenditures in the Washington Metropolitan Area — 2023–24 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — September 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2023
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Economy at a Glance:
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Data Series Back
Data		 Apr
2026		 May
2026		 June
2026		 July
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2026		 Sept
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,451.0 3,436.6 3,458.2 3,473.9 (p)3,440.0  

Employment(1)

 3,315.7 3,302.8 3,317.6 3,335.9 (p)3,309.3  

Unemployment(1)

 135.3 133.8 140.6 138.0 (p)130.7  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.0 (p)3.8  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,296.6 3,305.1 3,330.3 3,326.9 (p)3,299.6  

12-month % change

 -2.9 -2.9 -2.5 -2.1 (p)-2.0  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 171.6 171.2 173.3 173.0 (p)172.3  

12-month % change

 0.4 -0.7 -0.9 -0.9 (p)-1.8  

Manufacturing(3)

 55.7 55.7 55.9 56.4 (p)56.0  

12-month % change

 -2.5 -3.1 -3.3 -1.6 (p)-1.8  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 399.4 400.8 402.7 401.6 (p)399.6  

12-month % change

 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.4 (p)-0.5  

Information(3)

 78.2 78.3 78.3 78.9 (p)79.0  

12-month % change

 -4.4 -4.7 -5.7 -5.1 (p)-4.7  

Financial Activities(3)

 152.1 152.0 152.5 154.4 (p)152.9  

12-month % change

 -1.2 -1.5 -2.1 -0.9 (p)-1.4  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 770.2 767.2 776.7 782.4 (p)777.7  

12-month % change

 -3.8 -4.1 -3.1 -2.4 (p)-2.1  

Education and Health Services(3)

 499.0 493.3 492.2 490.0 (p)489.2  

12-month % change

 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 (p)-0.2  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 315.3 328.9 339.8 341.1 (p)331.2  

12-month % change

 -2.8 -1.8 -0.7 0.8 (p)-0.8  

Other Services(3)

 177.5 178.3 180.1 179.2 (p)178.4  

12-month % change

 -2.0 -2.0 -1.7 -2.3 (p)-1.6  

Government(3)

 677.6 679.4 678.8 669.9 (p)663.3  

12-month % change

 -6.7 -6.5 -5.9 -5.9 (p)-4.4  

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   334.707   335.716   338.730

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

     4.1   4.0   4.1

CPI-W, All items(5)

   332.020   332.247   336.598

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

     5.1   4.5   5.2

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