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Richmond

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Richmond Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Oct 2024
Richmond, VA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2024
Richmond Area Employment — December 2023 Employment News Release Feb 2024
Fatal Occupational Injuries in the Richmond Area – 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Apr 2020
Workplace Fatalities in Richmond, VA – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Richmond — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release May 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Virginia’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2017
Richmond, VA Economy at a Glance:
Richmond, VA
Data Series Back
Data
Apr
2024
May
2024
June
2024
July
2024
Aug
2024
Sept
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

722.5 723.4 729.0 734.6 (p)729.2  

Employment(1)

704.7 703.0 706.2 709.5 (p)702.8  

Unemployment(1)

17.8 20.4 22.8 25.1 (p)26.5  

Unemployment Rate(2)

2.5 2.8 3.1 3.4 (p)3.6  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

721.7 723.2 730.2 731.6 732.3 (p)729.7

12-month % change

1.8 1.5 1.6 2.4 2.5 (p)2.6

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

44.1 44.9 45.8 46.5 46.5 (p)46.3

12-month % change

3.3 4.9 5.8 8.1 8.4 (p)8.4

Manufacturing(3)

32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.2 (p)32.2

12-month % change

-0.9 -1.8 -2.1 0.6 -0.6 (p)-0.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

129.7 130.5 131.3 130.9 131.1 (p)130.4

12-month % change

0.9 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.4 (p)1.5

Information(3)

6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0 (p)6.9

12-month % change

-1.4 -1.4 0.0 0.0 1.4 (p)-1.4

Financial Activities(3)

58.5 58.2 58.8 59.4 59.4 (p)58.4

12-month % change

-1.0 -1.7 -1.8 0.3 -0.2 (p)-1.2

Professional and Business Services(3)

125.0 124.0 125.6 125.7 124.7 (p)124.3

12-month % change

1.0 0.1 1.1 2.2 1.4 (p)1.1

Education and Health Services(3)

108.3 108.0 108.2 109.1 109.2 (p)110.1

12-month % change

3.6 4.1 5.3 5.2 4.9 (p)4.1

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

67.1 69.2 71.3 72.4 72.2 (p)68.3

12-month % change

0.3 -0.9 -3.0 -1.1 -0.3 (p)1.5

Other Services(3)

33.4 33.8 34.2 34.5 34.2 (p)33.7

12-month % change

2.8 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.3 (p)2.7

Government(3)

116.4 115.4 115.6 113.7 115.8 (p)119.1

12-month % change

4.4 3.6 3.1 2.1 4.0 (p)5.5

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.
(p) Preliminary