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Roanoke, VA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Roanoke, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	162.1	163.5	164.1	164.5	164.4	165.7	164.0	165.1	166.2	167.4	168.3	168.3	165.3
2024	166.0	167.2	168.4	(p)168.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	9.3	9.3	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.7
2024	9.8	9.9	10.1	(p)10.1
Manufacturing
2023	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.7	16.8	16.8	16.9	17.0	17.0	16.9	17.1	16.8
2024	17.0	16.9	17.0	(p)17.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	32.2	32.1	31.9	31.7	31.7	32.0	31.8	31.6	31.9	32.4	32.8	33.2	32.1
2024	31.9	31.9	32.1	(p)31.9
Information
2023	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
2024	1.2	1.2	1.2	(p)1.2
Financial Activities
2023	7.8	7.8	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.9
2024	7.8	7.8	7.7	(p)7.8
Professional & Business Services
2023	22.0	22.2	22.2	22.3	22.1	22.2	22.1	22.1	22.0	22.0	22.1	21.9	22.1
2024	22.0	22.1	22.6	(p)22.5
Educational & Health Services
2023	28.3	28.6	28.6	28.6	28.3	28.6	29.0	29.2	29.5	29.7	29.9	30.1	29.0
2024	29.8	30.3	30.2	(p)30.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	14.6	14.8	15.1	15.4	15.8	16.0	15.8	15.9	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.4
2024	15.0	14.9	15.1	(p)15.3
Other Services
2023	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.1	7.0	7.1
2024	7.0	7.0	7.1	(p)7.1
Government
2023	23.2	24.0	24.0	24.2	24.1	24.0	22.2	23.2	24.3	24.7	25.2	24.9	24.0
2024	24.5	25.2	25.3	(p)25.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Roanoke, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(t)159,397	(t)161,002	(t)162,775	(t)161,660	(t)162,044	(t)162,977	(t)162,689	(t)162,638	(t)163,117	(t)163,491	(t)163,572	(t)162,963	(t)162,360
2024	163,881	164,135	164,556	(p)163,864
Employment
2023	(t)154,520	(t)156,261	(t)158,201	(t)157,846	(t)157,425	(t)158,168	(t)158,000	(t)157,504	(t)158,287	(t)158,690	(t)158,919	(t)158,584	(t)157,700
2024	159,400	159,354	160,611	(p)160,104
Unemployment
2023	(t)4,877	(t)4,741	(t)4,574	(t)3,814	(t)4,619	(t)4,809	(t)4,689	(t)5,134	(t)4,830	(t)4,801	(t)4,653	(t)4,379	(t)4,660
2024	4,481	4,781	3,945	(p)3,760
Unemployment Rate
2023	(t)3.1	(t)2.9	(t)2.8	(t)2.4	(t)2.9	(t)3.0	(t)2.9	(t)3.2	(t)3.0	(t)2.9	(t)2.8	(t)2.7	(t)2.9
2024	2.7	2.9	2.4	(p)2.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (t) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024.
The Roanoke, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, and Roanoke Counties and Roanoke and Salem Cities in Virginia.