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
2023	3,310.1	3,327.8	3,337.4	3,358.1	3,372.3	3,397.5	3,388.8	3,373.6	3,370.3	3,385.0	3,396.9	3,392.6	3,367.5
2024	3,338.4	3,348.8	3,361.9	(p)3,381.2
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	160.8	161.5	162.8	163.2	163.9	165.0	165.1	164.7	163.5	163.9	163.6	164.5	163.5
2024	160.2	157.9	160.4	(p)160.5
Manufacturing
2023	56.4	56.6	56.7	57.0	57.3	58.0	58.2	57.9	57.8	57.8	57.8	57.9	57.5
2024	57.1	57.3	57.7	(p)58.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	403.9	398.2	398.8	399.3	401.8	405.2	404.7	403.8	400.5	407.2	417.2	422.2	405.2
2024	405.7	401.6	400.6	(p)399.7
Information
2023	82.0	82.1	81.8	82.0	81.6	81.1	80.6	80.1	79.5	78.9	79.6	79.9	80.8
2024	78.3	79.0	79.4	(p)79.2
Financial Activities
2023	154.4	154.4	154.6	154.8	154.9	155.9	154.9	154.4	153.1	153.2	153.1	153.5	154.3
2024	150.4	150.3	150.9	(p)150.1
Professional & Business Services
2023	808.5	812.5	810.9	817.0	816.8	823.3	825.7	822.2	812.3	811.3	809.3	808.8	814.9
2024	802.9	803.6	805.7	(p)812.4
Educational & Health Services
2023	447.8	451.8	452.5	455.1	452.3	453.0	452.0	452.3	459.6	463.8	464.8	464.0	455.8
2024	461.2	465.6	464.8	(p)467.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	301.1	303.8	310.3	318.5	326.8	338.7	338.5	334.8	323.8	323.5	321.1	316.5	321.5
2024	304.4	306.1	310.3	(p)319.9
Other Services
2023	190.7	191.2	192.0	192.2	193.0	195.7	197.1	195.8	194.2	194.4	195.3	195.3	193.9
2024	193.3	193.2	194.8	(p)196.0
Government
2023	704.5	715.7	717.0	719.0	723.9	721.6	712.0	707.6	726.0	731.0	735.1	730.0	720.3
2024	724.9	734.2	737.3	(p)738.0
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
2023	(t)3,433,103	(t)3,453,996	(t)3,478,623	(t)3,467,353	(t)3,479,279	(t)3,509,822	(t)3,532,628	(t)3,501,232	(t)3,485,609	(t)3,492,881	(t)3,489,423	(t)3,466,039	(t)3,482,499
2024	3,476,564	3,485,308	3,516,518	(p)3,510,541
Employment
2023	(t)3,336,744	(t)3,358,617	(t)3,388,694	(t)3,394,303	(t)3,393,385	(t)3,416,643	(t)3,438,537	(t)3,400,863	(t)3,390,702	(t)3,396,239	(t)3,399,594	(t)3,379,256	(t)3,391,131
2024	3,378,860	3,381,061	3,419,392	(p)3,420,349
Unemployment
2023	(t)96,359	(t)95,379	(t)89,929	(t)73,050	(t)85,894	(t)93,179	(t)94,091	(t)100,369	(t)94,907	(t)96,642	(t)89,829	(t)86,783	(t)91,368
2024	97,704	104,247	97,126	(p)90,192
Unemployment Rate
2023	(t)2.8	(t)2.8	(t)2.6	(t)2.1	(t)2.5	(t)2.7	(t)2.7	(t)2.9	(t)2.7	(t)2.8	(t)2.6	(t)2.5	(t)2.6
2024	2.8	3.0	2.8	(p)2.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (t) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024.
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.