Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division: 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 Division: 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 Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	2,719.9	2,735.9	2,745.3	2,760.8	2,772.1	2,793.3	2,782.4	2,771.6	2,771.4	2,785.6	2,797.4	2,794.0	2,769.1
2024	2,751.2	2,758.8	2,770.7	(p)2,784.7
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	129.4	130.0	131.1	130.9	131.5	132.3	132.8	132.5	131.6	132.7	131.9	132.8	131.6
2024	130.0	128.0	130.4	(p)130.1
Manufacturing
2023	36.4	36.4	36.5	36.8	37.2	37.6	37.6	37.4	37.3	37.2	37.3	37.4	37.1
2024	36.8	36.9	37.4	(p)37.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	327.3	323.1	323.3	323.4	325.4	328.0	327.4	326.5	324.0	329.9	338.7	342.9	328.3
2024	329.5	326.3	325.7	(p)324.3
Information
2023	69.4	69.5	69.2	69.3	69.0	68.8	68.4	68.2	67.5	67.0	67.8	68.2	68.5
2024	66.7	67.3	67.7	(p)67.5
Financial Activities
2023	118.6	118.5	118.9	119.1	119.3	120.4	118.8	118.7	117.6	117.6	117.6	118.2	118.6
2024	115.8	115.6	115.9	(p)115.0
Professional & Business Services
2023	675.3	678.8	677.1	681.3	681.0	687.7	688.4	685.7	677.8	677.3	675.9	675.7	680.2
2024	671.5	671.6	673.4	(p)678.8
Educational & Health Services
2023	352.7	355.9	356.9	358.3	355.7	355.8	354.3	355.5	362.0	365.0	366.0	365.0	358.6
2024	363.4	365.9	365.1	(p)367.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	251.8	254.3	260.2	267.1	273.7	282.6	281.8	279.3	271.2	271.7	270.1	267.3	269.3
2024	256.2	257.7	261.2	(p)269.0
Other Services
2023	167.9	168.3	169.1	169.2	169.9	172.4	173.2	172.2	171.1	171.5	172.6	172.2	170.8
2024	170.8	170.7	172.1	(p)173.0
Government
2023	591.1	601.1	603.0	605.4	609.4	607.7	599.7	595.6	611.3	615.7	619.5	614.3	606.2
2024	610.5	618.8	621.8	(p)622.4
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 Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(t)2,755,097	(t)2,774,223	(t)2,795,694	(t)2,783,614	(t)2,796,546	(t)2,820,562	(t)2,835,044	(t)2,811,924	(t)2,801,098	(t)2,805,524	(t)2,803,687	(t)2,786,720	(t)2,797,478
2024	2,796,780	2,804,317	2,825,133	(p)2,815,867
Employment
2023	(t)2,673,198	(t)2,693,894	(t)2,718,210	(t)2,719,701	(t)2,721,586	(t)2,739,937	(t)2,754,643	(t)2,725,628	(t)2,719,583	(t)2,722,994	(t)2,726,083	(t)2,712,540	(t)2,719,000
2024	2,715,139	2,717,803	2,746,213	(p)2,742,347
Unemployment
2023	(t)81,899	(t)80,329	(t)77,484	(t)63,913	(t)74,960	(t)80,625	(t)80,401	(t)86,296	(t)81,515	(t)82,530	(t)77,604	(t)74,180	(t)78,478
2024	81,641	86,514	78,920	(p)73,520
Unemployment Rate
2023	(t)3.0	(t)2.9	(t)2.8	(t)2.3	(t)2.7	(t)2.9	(t)2.8	(t)3.1	(t)2.9	(t)2.9	(t)2.8	(t)2.7	(t)2.8
2024	2.9	3.1	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 Division 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, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.