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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia > Washington

Washington

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2020
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2020
Silver Spring, MD, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2020
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2020
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2020
Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2020
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2020
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Washington Area Employment – October 2019 Employment News Release Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – December 2019 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area: 2017-18 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2019
County Employment and Wages in the District of Columbia – Second Quarter 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Dec 2018
Average Energy Prices - Washington DC Average energy prices Table Mar 2020
Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – January 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Feb 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area – December 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2020
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-MD-VA-WV Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2020
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Workplace Fatalities in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Feb 2014
Unemployment in the Washington Area by County – December 2019 Unemployment News Release Feb 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Virginia’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Maryland’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2015 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2016

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Economy at a Glance:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Jan
2020		 Feb
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,460.5 3,487.7 3,491.7 (p)3,482.3 (p)3,489.3  

Employment(1)

 3,360.6 3,389.3 3,395.1 (p)3,390.4 (p)3,381.6  

Unemployment(1)

 99.9 98.4 96.6 (p)91.9 (p)107.7  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 2.9 2.8 2.8 (p)2.6 (p)3.1  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,350.4 3,377.2 3,398.5 3,396.3 3,338.7 (p)3,361.3

12-month % change

 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.6 (p)1.7

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 166.9 166.6 166.0 163.5 161.6 (p)163.0

12-month % change

 2.5 1.7 1.5 0.2 1.4 (p)2.3

Manufacturing(3)

 56.8 57.4 58.0 58.2 57.6 (p)58.7

12-month % change

 2.2 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.4 (p)5.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 405.1 408.9 417.9 426.4 406.7 (p)404.2

12-month % change

 -0.3 0.0 -0.5 0.6 -0.1 (p)1.0

Information(3)

 76.8 77.6 77.8 77.0 77.3 (p)78.2

12-month % change

 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.3 2.9 (p)3.0

Financial Activities(3)

 160.7 162.2 161.4 163.0 162.8 (p)162.5

12-month % change

 1.0 1.8 1.3 2.3 2.8 (p)2.3

Professional and Business Services(3)

 779.3 787.4 792.2 787.3 780.1 (p)785.4

12-month % change

 2.8 2.7 3.3 3.3 2.6 (p)2.6

Education and Health Services(3)

 447.9 452.0 455.1 453.4 447.5 (p)451.7

12-month % change

 1.0 0.4 0.6 1.3 0.3 (p)0.1

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 336.3 335.5 335.4 334.6 326.4 (p)330.3

12-month % change

 0.1 1.1 1.9 1.7 2.0 (p)2.4

Other Services(3)

 210.2 211.5 211.3 212.8 212.5 (p)210.9

12-month % change

 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.7 2.7 (p)1.2

Government(3)

 710.4 718.1 723.4 720.1 706.2 (p)716.4

12-month % change

 0.9 1.3 1.8 1.6 1.3 (p)1.2

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 265.500   265.026   266.433  

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

   0.9   1.5   1.6  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 260.870   260.494   262.064  

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

   0.5   1.2   1.4  

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