Total nonfarm employment for the Richmond, VA, metropolitan area stood at 734,700 in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that while employment levels in Richmond were little changed over the year, the national rate of job gain was 1.1 percent. (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year net change for total nonfarm employment in the Richmond metropolitan area, June 2022–June 2025

Period	Net change (in thousands)
Jun 2022	26.8
Jul 2022	25.6
Aug 2022	27.5
Sep 2022	28.6
Oct 2022	22.7
Nov 2022	22.1
Dec 2022	18.8
Jan 2023	26.7
Feb 2023	23.0
Mar 2023	22.2
Apr 2023	18.3
May 2023	20.6
Jun 2023	22.5
Jul 2023	13.7
Aug 2023	12.7
Sep 2023	13.4
Oct 2023	12.7
Nov 2023	12.7
Dec 2023	14.5
Jan 2024	10.3
Feb 2024	9.1
Mar 2024	12.6
Apr 2024	12.8
May 2024	13.1
Jun 2024	11.8
Jul 2024	13.9
Aug 2024	11.5
Sep 2024	13.2
Oct 2024	16.5
Nov 2024	16.0
Dec 2024	11.1
Jan 2025	11.2
Feb 2025	9.4
Mar 2025	7.5
Apr 2025	10.0
May 2025	11.7
Jun 2025	10.9

In Richmond, VA, little changed over the year among the metropolitan area’s private-industry supersectors. (See chart 2.) Education and health services employment stood at 111,400 in June. Trade, transportation and utilities employment stood at 134,000.

  

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Chart 2. Over-the-year net change for industry supersector employment in the Richmond metropolitan area, June 2025

Industry	Net change (in thousands)
Education and health services	5.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	2.2
Mining, logging, and construction	1.3
Leisure and hospitality	1.0
Other services	0.7
Manufacturing	0.5
Financial activities	0.0
Information	-0.2
Professional and business services	-0.3
Note: An asterisk indicates statistical significance at the 90-percent confidence level. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for July 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

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 July 21, 2023.

The Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, 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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Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area,
not seasonally adjusted (in thousands)

Area	Back data	Jun 2024	Apr 2025	May 2025	Jun 2025(p)	Jun 2024 to Jun 2025(p)
						Net change	Percent change
United States(1)
Total nonfarm		158,722	159,227	159,958	160,475	1,753	1.1
Mining and logging		627	622	623	624	-3	-0.5
Construction		8,378	8,214	8,352	8,492	114	1.4
Manufacturing		12,908	12,717	12,738	12,816	-92	-0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities		28,914	28,848	28,949	29,079	165	0.6
Information		2,967	2,920	2,934	2,961	-6	-0.2
Financial activities		9,200	9,190	9,224	9,290	90	1.0
Professional and business services		22,741	22,575	22,633	22,715	-26	-0.1
Education and health services		26,265	27,333	27,289	27,131	866	3.3
Leisure and hospitality		17,488	16,859	17,307	17,732	244	1.4
Other services		6,049	6,021	6,063	6,107	58	1.0
Government		23,185	23,928	23,846	23,528	343	1.5
Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total Nonfarm		723.8	725.6	731.0	734.7	10.9	1.5
Mining, logging, & construction		43.3	43.3	43.6	44.6	1.3	3.0
Manufacturing		32.1	32.3	32.5	32.6	0.5	1.6
Trade, transportation, & utilities		131.8	132.4	133.5	134.0	2.2	1.7
Information		6.6	6.3	6.3	6.4	-0.2	-3.0
Financial activities		58.0	58.1	57.5	58.0	0.0	0.0
Professional & business services		125.5	123.7	124.7	125.2	-0.3	-0.2
Educational & health services		106.3	110.8	112.4	111.4	5.1	4.8
Leisure & hospitality		73.0	70.2	72.3	74.0	1.0	1.4
Other services		33.4	33.3	33.6	34.1	0.7	2.1
Government		113.8	115.2	114.6	114.4	0.6	0.5
Footnotes (1) U.S. data are preliminary for two months after they are first published. (p) Preliminary
SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area