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Total nonfarm employment for the Richmond, VA, metropolitan area increased by 22,400 over the year in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the local rate of job gain, 3.1 percent, compared to the 1.4-percent national increase. (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)
Industry employmentIn Richmond, VA, education and health services had the largest gain (9,300) among the private-industry supersectors. The metropolitan area had an 8.6-percent rate of employment increase, compared to 3.8 percent for the nation. (See chart 2.) Within the supersector, the health care and social assistance sector added 7,900 jobs over the year.
The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for January 2025 is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
With the release of January 2025 data on March 17, 2025, all nonfarm payroll employment estimates for states and areas presented in tables 3 and 4 of this news release will be adjusted to 2024 benchmark levels. Additionally, Current Employment Statistics (CES) metropolitan statistical area (MSA) estimates will be updated to reflect the revised delineations based on the 2020 Census, available in OMB Bulletin No. 23-01. As a result of this update, new MSAs will be added to publication, some existing MSAs will undergo name and/or compositional changes, and other existing areas will be dropped from publication. More information about MSA definitions in the CES program is available online. Details of these changes will be published in the annual CES State and Area benchmark article on March 17, 2025.
This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the CES program. More information about the CES data is available in the State Employment and Unemployment Summary and the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary. See the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Technical Note for more information on definitions and methodology.
Reliability of the employment estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Changes in metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Documentation on the reliability of state and area estimates is available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions.
Area definitions. The substate area data published in this news release reflect the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineations issued on April 10, 2018.
The Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Louisa, New Kent, Powhatan, Prince George, and Sussex Counties and Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond cities in Virginia.
Additional information
State and area employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website.
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Area | Back data |
Dec 2023 |
Oct 2024 |
Nov 2024 |
Dec 2024(1) |
Dec 2023 to Dec 2024(1) |
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Net change |
Percent change |
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United States |
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Total nonfarm |
158,269 | 160,030 | 160,539 | 160,458 | 2,189 | 1.4 | |
Mining and logging |
642 | 641 | 640 | 634 | -8 | -1.2 | |
Construction |
8,051 | 8,462 | 8,378 | 8,242 | 191 | 2.4 | |
Manufacturing |
12,991 | 12,866 | 12,891 | 12,898 | -93 | -0.7 | |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
29,648 | 29,150 | 29,581 | 29,842 | 194 | 0.7 | |
Information |
3,028 | 2,990 | 3,003 | 3,020 | -8 | -0.3 | |
Financial activities |
9,265 | 9,284 | 9,291 | 9,317 | 52 | 0.6 | |
Professional and business services |
22,965 | 23,125 | 23,124 | 23,045 | 80 | 0.3 | |
Education and health services |
25,980 | 26,834 | 26,992 | 26,962 | 982 | 3.8 | |
Leisure and hospitality |
16,485 | 16,951 | 16,761 | 16,784 | 299 | 1.8 | |
Other services |
5,846 | 5,920 | 5,926 | 5,917 | 71 | 1.2 | |
Government |
23,368 | 23,807 | 23,952 | 23,797 | 429 | 1.8 | |
Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area |
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Total Nonfarm |
718.7 | 739.2 | 743.6 | 741.1 | 22.4 | 3.1 | |
Mining, logging, & construction |
42.3 | 46.4 | 46.3 | 45.3 | 3.0 | 7.1 | |
Manufacturing |
32.4 | 32.2 | 32.1 | 32.0 | -0.4 | -1.2 | |
Trade, transportation, & utilities |
134.6 | 131.6 | 136.1 | 138.0 | 3.4 | 2.5 | |
Information |
7.0 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 | -0.1 | -1.4 | |
Financial activities |
59.0 | 59.1 | 58.5 | 58.3 | -0.7 | -1.2 | |
Professional & business services |
121.4 | 124.3 | 122.7 | 121.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Educational & health services |
107.7 | 114.6 | 115.5 | 117.0 | 9.3 | 8.6 | |
Leisure & hospitality |
66.1 | 69.4 | 69.2 | 69.0 | 2.9 | 4.4 | |
Other services |
33.1 | 33.4 | 33.8 | 33.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | |
Government |
115.1 | 121.4 | 122.5 | 119.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 | |
Footnotes |
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SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area |
Last Modified Date: Friday, January 31, 2025