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Richmond

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Richmond Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Aug 2026
Richmond, VA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2026
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2026
Richmond Area Employment — June 2025	Employment	News Release	Jul 2025
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 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2026
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	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		714.8	717.2	716.0	715.7	(p)717.4
Employment(1)		687.3	690.3	691.5	690.3	(p)690.0
Unemployment(1)		27.5	26.9	24.5	25.4	(p)27.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.8	3.7	3.4	3.5	(p)3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		717.6	721.6	724.7	726.1	731.6	(p)728.4
12-month % change		-0.6	-0.4	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	(p)-0.8
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		44.4	45.6	46.4	46.0	46.5	(p)46.0
12-month % change		0.9	2.0	2.2	-0.6	-1.3	(p)-2.3
Manufacturing(3)		31.1	31.2	30.9	30.9	31.1	(p)31.2
12-month % change		-2.2	-2.2	-3.7	-3.4	-2.8	(p)-2.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		130.2	130.1	130.9	130.9	131.2	(p)131.1
12-month % change		-1.7	-1.1	-0.4	-0.8	-1.0	(p)-0.4
Information(3)		6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	(p)6.2
12-month % change		1.6	1.6	0.0	-1.6	-1.6	(p)-1.6
Financial Activities(3)		60.1	60.0	60.0	59.6	59.9	(p)60.3
12-month % change		1.5	1.7	1.5	0.3	-0.7	(p)-0.7
Professional and Business Services(3)		122.3	121.9	123.7	123.2	124.8	(p)124.1
12-month % change		-1.8	-2.2	-1.6	-2.4	-1.1	(p)-1.9
Education and Health Services(3)		109.1	109.6	108.7	108.9	108.2	(p)108.2
12-month % change		-0.2	-0.2	-1.5	-0.5	-0.8	(p)0.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		64.9	67.4	68.4	71.6	74.6	(p)74.4
12-month % change		-0.9	0.0	-1.0	-0.6	0.3	(p)1.5
Other Services(3)		33.2	33.5	33.3	33.3	33.4	(p)33.0
12-month % change		0.9	0.9	0.0	-0.9	-1.2	(p)-2.7
Government(3)		116.1	116.1	116.2	115.5	115.7	(p)113.9
12-month % change		-0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	(p)-0.4
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. (p) Preliminary