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Virginia Beach

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Virginia Beach Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary May 2019
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table May 2019
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2019
Virginia Beach Area Employment — June 2018 Employment News Release Jul 2018
Fatal Occupational Injuries in the Virginia Beach Area – 2016 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2018
Workplace Fatalities in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC– Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Virginia’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Construction Trades Occupations in North Carolina’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2017

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Economy at a Glance:

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
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2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)840.9 (r)838.9 841.4 852.1 (p)855.5  

Employment(1)

 (r)817.2 (r)813.6 811.4 821.7 (p)826.8  

Unemployment(1)

 (r)23.7 (r)25.3 30.0 30.3 (p)28.7  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)2.8 (r)3.0 3.6 3.6 (p)3.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 791.1 789.1 776.0 782.0 786.2 (p)794.4

12-month % change

 0.2 -0.3 0.4 0.3 -0.1 (p)0.2

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 37.7 38.0 36.8 38.2 38.2 (p)39.2

12-month % change

 -0.5 0.0 0.0 2.4 1.6 (p)3.4

Manufacturing(3)

 57.5 57.9 58.0 58.3 58.4 (p)59.0

12-month % change

 6.3 6.2 6.6 5.6 5.0 (p)5.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 132.8 132.5 127.3 125.5 126.9 (p)127.4

12-month % change

 -3.0 -3.3 -2.2 -3.0 -2.1 (p)-1.8

Information(3)

 10.4 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.2 (p)10.2

12-month % change

 -5.5 -8.0 -4.6 -7.3 -7.3 (p)-7.3

Financial Activities(3)

 38.7 38.6 38.2 38.5 38.3 (p)38.9

12-month % change

 1.3 0.8 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 (p)1.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 115.4 113.1 111.9 114.2 114.1 (p)116.3

12-month % change

 4.4 1.7 2.3 2.2 1.0 (p)1.4

Education and Health Services(3)

 113.8 113.2 112.6 114.1 114.7 (p)114.6

12-month % change

 0.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 (p)0.2

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 88.6 89.0 87.7 88.0 90.4 (p)93.1

12-month % change

 -0.3 -0.8 2.5 2.6 1.2 (p)0.1

Other Services(3)

 35.6 35.5 35.4 35.5 35.8 (p)36.0

12-month % change

 -0.3 -0.6 0.3 0.6 0.3 (p)0.6

Government(3)

 160.6 161.0 157.8 159.5 159.2 (p)159.7

12-month % change

 -1.5 -0.9 -0.8 -1.0 -1.5 (p)-1.2

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
(r) Revised