District of Columbia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
|
District of Columbia |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2022 |
757.4 |
757.7 |
760.9 |
762.2 |
765.1 |
762.8 |
768.3 |
766.4 |
767.0 |
767.2 |
769.8 |
770.2 |
2023 |
769.6 |
771.5 |
773.1 |
772.7 |
776.3 |
777.8 |
775.6 |
777.2 |
|
|
|
|
Mining, Logging, & Construction |
|
2022 |
15.5 |
15.5 |
15.5 |
15.4 |
15.5 |
15.3 |
15.1 |
15.3 |
15.4 |
15.3 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
2023 |
15.1 |
15.1 |
15.5 |
15.6 |
15.6 |
15.3 |
15.4 |
15.5 |
|
|
|
|
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
2022 |
30.0 |
30.3 |
30.4 |
30.4 |
30.2 |
30.1 |
30.6 |
30.7 |
30.6 |
30.7 |
30.8 |
30.6 |
2023 |
30.7 |
30.6 |
30.3 |
30.2 |
30.2 |
30.3 |
30.5 |
30.5 |
|
|
|
|
Information |
|
2022 |
20.4 |
20.5 |
20.7 |
20.7 |
20.7 |
20.7 |
20.7 |
21.1 |
20.9 |
20.9 |
21.0 |
21.1 |
2023 |
21.0 |
20.9 |
20.8 |
20.8 |
20.9 |
21.2 |
21.2 |
21.4 |
|
|
|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2022 |
27.4 |
27.4 |
27.4 |
27.4 |
27.5 |
27.5 |
27.8 |
27.8 |
27.7 |
27.6 |
27.8 |
27.9 |
2023 |
27.6 |
27.8 |
28.3 |
28.1 |
28.4 |
28.4 |
28.5 |
28.4 |
|
|
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2022 |
171.6 |
172.0 |
172.5 |
173.2 |
174.4 |
173.9 |
175.0 |
175.5 |
176.0 |
174.9 |
175.0 |
174.5 |
2023 |
174.6 |
174.0 |
174.7 |
174.4 |
174.7 |
175.2 |
174.7 |
174.4 |
|
|
|
|
Education and Health Services |
|
2022 |
120.4 |
120.1 |
120.7 |
121.6 |
123.6 |
123.1 |
123.2 |
122.8 |
123.0 |
122.7 |
122.8 |
123.1 |
2023 |
122.5 |
123.7 |
123.5 |
122.8 |
123.7 |
124.8 |
123.9 |
124.9 |
|
|
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2022 |
62.5 |
62.8 |
64.3 |
65.8 |
66.7 |
66.8 |
68.4 |
69.5 |
69.7 |
70.9 |
72.8 |
74.0 |
2023 |
74.3 |
75.5 |
75.9 |
75.5 |
76.6 |
77.5 |
76.2 |
76.3 |
|
|
|
|
Other Services |
|
2022 |
67.0 |
67.0 |
67.2 |
67.1 |
67.0 |
66.9 |
66.4 |
66.6 |
66.5 |
67.6 |
68.1 |
68.3 |
2023 |
68.6 |
68.3 |
68.8 |
69.6 |
70.3 |
69.9 |
69.8 |
70.0 |
|
|
|
|
Government |
|
2022 |
241.5 |
241.1 |
241.1 |
239.6 |
238.4 |
237.4 |
240.0 |
236.1 |
236.2 |
235.6 |
235.3 |
234.5 |
2023 |
234.2 |
234.6 |
234.3 |
234.7 |
234.9 |
234.2 |
234.4 |
234.8 |
|
|
|
|
Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
|
District of Columbia |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Labor Force |
|
2022 |
383,681 |
385,691 |
387,619 |
389,336 |
390,802 |
391,459 |
391,272 |
390,938 |
388,991 |
387,812 |
387,879 |
388,214 |
2023 |
389,168 |
389,688 |
390,485 |
390,815 |
391,919 |
392,470 |
392,647 |
393,221 |
|
|
|
|
Employment |
|
2022 |
360,522 |
364,028 |
367,319 |
370,343 |
372,745 |
374,370 |
375,093 |
375,521 |
373,095 |
371,532 |
371,498 |
371,865 |
2023 |
371,846 |
371,531 |
371,613 |
371,381 |
372,065 |
372,601 |
373,079 |
373,704 |
|
|
|
|
Unemployment |
|
2022 |
23,159 |
21,663 |
20,300 |
18,993 |
18,057 |
17,089 |
16,179 |
15,417 |
15,896 |
16,280 |
16,381 |
16,349 |
2023 |
17,322 |
18,157 |
18,872 |
19,434 |
19,854 |
19,869 |
19,568 |
19,517 |
|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
|
2022 |
6.0 |
5.6 |
5.2 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
2023 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
|
|
|
|
United States Department of Labor
