Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: 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	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	3,118.4	3,130.4	3,150.7	3,182.6	3,196.7	3,221.4	3,240.7	3,234.8	3,232.1	3,272.6	3,293.1	3,295.2	3,214.1
2022	3,224.8	(p)3,254.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	157.2	157.4	159.0	160.8	161.5	162.6	163.7	162.5	161.2	162.9	163.0	161.6	161.1
2022	157.4	(p)160.5
Manufacturing
2021	54.3	54.4	54.5	54.6	55.2	55.5	55.6	55.3	54.9	55.6	55.6	56.5	55.2
2022	54.9	(p)55.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	393.4	385.9	386.5	386.9	390.3	395.7	397.6	396.0	390.6	396.5	411.4	418.5	395.8
2022	402.7	(p)399.5
Information
2021	74.3	74.8	74.9	75.6	76.1	76.5	77.2	77.4	76.5	77.6	77.4	77.8	76.3
2022	76.6	(p)76.5
Financial Activities
2021	155.1	155.7	156.0	156.7	156.8	157.3	158.6	158.3	156.7	156.0	154.2	154.0	156.3
2022	151.5	(p)152.4
Professional & Business Services
2021	766.2	768.2	771.9	780.4	782.6	783.3	791.1	790.2	782.8	796.3	795.7	791.8	783.4
2022	779.4	(p)787.7
Educational & Health Services
2021	421.2	426.0	426.8	428.2	420.9	418.9	419.7	421.0	425.0	429.7	430.5	432.5	425.0
2022	422.1	(p)428.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	212.4	217.1	225.0	238.2	250.2	269.8	283.5	283.2	276.7	283.8	286.8	288.1	259.6
2022	280.4	(p)283.0
Other Services
2021	190.6	190.6	191.5	193.2	193.8	195.3	196.9	195.9	194.5	194.1	194.0	195.3	193.8
2022	193.8	(p)194.4
Government
2021	693.7	700.3	704.6	708.0	709.3	706.5	696.8	695.0	713.2	720.1	724.5	719.1	707.6
2022	706.0	(p)716.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2020	(1)3,507,291	(1)3,528,641	(1)3,508,530	(1)3,376,600	(1)3,347,545	(1)3,434,608	(1)3,415,701	(1)3,431,156	(1)3,311,414	(1)3,351,733	(1)3,347,853	(1)3,329,956	(1)3,407,585
2021	3,304,214	3,316,385	3,331,047	(p)3,325,898
Employment
2020	(1)3,401,916	(1)3,429,358	(1)3,397,405	(1)3,057,689	(1)3,057,377	(1)3,134,319	(1)3,127,767	(1)3,163,717	(1)3,084,517	(1)3,136,233	(1)3,132,286	(1)3,114,460	(1)3,186,420
2021	3,105,566	3,125,632	3,145,215	(p)3,159,547
Unemployment
2020	(1)105,375	(1)99,283	(1)111,125	(1)318,911	(1)290,168	(1)300,289	(1)287,934	(1)267,439	(1)226,897	(1)215,500	(1)215,567	(1)215,496	(1)221,165
2021	198,648	190,753	185,832	(p)166,351
Unemployment Rate
2020	(1)3.0	(1)2.8	(1)3.2	(1)9.4	(1)8.7	(1)8.7	(1)8.4	(1)7.8	(1)6.9	(1)6.4	(1)6.4	(1)6.5	(1)6.5
2021	6.0	5.8	5.6	(p)5.0
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (p) Preliminary
The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the District of Columbia; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.