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Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2024	(m)1,005,001	(m)1,010,466	(m)1,019,104	(m)1,010,161	(m)1,004,383	(m)1,017,875	(m)1,031,646	(m)1,012,035	(m)1,009,781	(m)1,012,618	(m)1,009,112	(m)1,013,650
2025	1,022,698	(p)1,024,729
Employment
2024	(m)965,381	(m)969,242	(m)979,534	(m)975,759	(m)966,960	(m)972,980	(m)983,780	(m)964,801	(m)969,148	(m)970,716	(m)968,065	(m)974,957
2025	979,229	(p)978,917
Unemployment
2024	(m)39,620	(m)41,224	(m)39,570	(m)34,402	(m)37,423	(m)44,895	(m)47,866	(m)47,234	(m)40,633	(m)41,902	(m)41,047	(m)38,693
2025	43,469	(p)45,812
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)3.9	(m)4.1	(m)3.9	(m)3.4	(m)3.7	(m)4.4	(m)4.6	(m)4.7	(m)4.0	(m)4.1	(m)4.1	(m)3.8
2025	4.3	(p)4.5
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary