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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
2024	164.1	165.9	167.0	167.6	167.5	166.8	166.9	166.8	168.0	169.2	170.0	170.0	167.5
2025	166.7	167.4	(p)168.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	9.3	9.3	9.6	9.7	9.8	9.9	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.0	9.8
2025	9.8	9.8	(p)10.2
Manufacturing
2024	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.1	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.3	17.5	17.5	17.6	17.2
2025	17.3	17.5	(p)17.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	31.8	31.7	31.6	31.5	31.4	31.4	31.3	31.3	31.3	31.6	31.9	32.2	31.6
2025	31.0	30.9	(p)31.1
Information
2024	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
2025	1.1	1.1	(p)1.0
Financial Activities
2024	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.6	7.5	7.4	7.5
2025	7.4	7.4	(p)7.4
Professional & Business Services
2024	21.4	21.8	22.1	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.4	22.3	22.0	21.9	21.9	21.8	22.0
2025	21.6	21.5	(p)21.6
Educational & Health Services
2024	29.6	29.9	30.0	30.1	29.8	30.1	30.3	30.3	30.5	30.8	30.9	31.0	30.3
2025	30.9	30.9	(p)30.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	14.6	14.7	15.0	15.3	15.8	15.8	15.7	15.8	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.4
2025	14.9	14.9	(p)15.2
Other Services
2024	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.3	7.2	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2
2025	7.0	7.1	(p)7.1
Government
2024	24.8	25.7	25.9	25.8	25.5	24.1	23.8	23.9	25.7	26.1	26.5	26.4	25.4
2025	25.7	26.3	(p)26.5
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
2024	(m)163,098	(m)163,930	(m)165,179	(m)164,646	(m)164,664	(m)164,692	(m)165,882	(m)163,561	(m)163,467	(m)163,791	(m)162,872	(m)163,096
2025	157,993	(p)157,702
Employment
2024	(m)158,555	(m)159,231	(m)160,792	(m)160,641	(m)160,087	(m)159,623	(m)160,509	(m)158,174	(m)158,703	(m)159,129	(m)158,229	(m)159,018
2025	152,972	(p)152,533
Unemployment
2024	(m)4,543	(m)4,699	(m)4,387	(m)4,005	(m)4,577	(m)5,069	(m)5,373	(m)5,387	(m)4,764	(m)4,662	(m)4,643	(m)4,078
2025	5,021	(p)5,169
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)2.8	(m)2.9	(m)2.7	(m)2.4	(m)2.8	(m)3.1	(m)3.2	(m)3.3	(m)2.9	(m)2.8	(m)2.9	(m)2.5
2025	3.2	(p)3.3
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary
The Roanoke, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, and Roanoke Counties and Roanoke and Salem Cities in Virginia.