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Virginia: 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	Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2023	4,140.1	4,151.6	4,154.4	4,156.6	4,164.0	4,174.1	4,171.8	4,179.5	4,187.4	4,182.5	4,187.3	4,191.3
2024	4,199.3	4,211.8	4,230.0	(p)4,233.4
Mining and Logging
2023	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2
2024	7.2	7.3	7.2	(p)7.3
Construction
2023	214.9	214.5	214.7	214.0	213.7	214.2	214.5	215.5	216.2	216.6	217.9	218.2
2024	218.9	220.0	222.0	(p)222.2
Manufacturing
2023	246.3	246.4	245.8	245.7	246.0	246.6	246.0	246.1	246.3	246.2	246.6	247.5
2024	248.7	248.2	249.7	(p)250.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	672.7	672.0	672.3	673.0	673.9	674.3	672.0	672.5	672.7	673.1	674.5	672.2
2024	670.4	673.8	677.2	(p)678.9
Information
2023	71.3	70.9	70.9	71.0	70.8	70.5	70.0	70.3	70.3	69.2	69.3	69.7
2024	69.4	69.5	69.7	(p)70.1
Financial Activities
2023	220.7	220.5	221.1	220.8	221.1	222.4	222.5	222.9	223.1	222.1	222.2	222.6
2024	222.4	221.0	221.1	(p)221.6
Professional & Business Services
2023	810.3	812.0	811.6	811.0	811.5	812.5	809.1	809.4	809.5	803.8	801.6	802.8
2024	808.1	815.2	817.9	(p)819.7
Educational & Health Services
2023	572.1	574.2	575.9	576.6	579.8	581.6	583.5	585.2	588.1	588.4	589.8	594.1
2024	596.3	598.8	599.6	(p)602.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	403.5	407.2	406.6	408.4	409.7	412.4	413.5	415.1	415.8	415.2	416.6	418.8
2024	416.0	414.2	415.3	(p)412.7
Other Services
2023	196.4	197.1	197.8	198.3	198.4	199.4	199.4	199.8	200.6	201.8	201.3	201.2
2024	200.9	200.3	201.5	(p)202.8
Government
2023	724.5	729.5	730.4	730.5	731.8	732.9	734.0	735.4	737.5	738.8	740.2	737.0
2024	741.0	743.5	748.8	(p)745.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2023	(r)4,518,655	(r)4,533,501	(r)4,543,184	(r)4,547,557	(r)4,548,344	(r)4,548,388	(r)4,550,962	(r)4,557,001	(r)4,565,476	(r)4,573,605	(r)4,577,183	(r)4,579,693
2024	4,588,384	4,591,517	4,588,725	(p)4,584,350
Employment
2023	(r)4,380,227	(r)4,398,433	(r)4,413,559	(r)4,424,189	(r)4,430,011	(r)4,432,076	(r)4,432,267	(r)4,431,976	(r)4,432,525	(r)4,434,396	(r)4,436,953	(r)4,440,308
2024	4,448,607	4,451,772	4,454,564	(p)4,455,081
Unemployment
2023	(r)138,428	(r)135,068	(r)129,625	(r)123,368	(r)118,333	(r)116,312	(r)118,695	(r)125,025	(r)132,951	(r)139,209	(r)140,230	(r)139,385
2024	139,777	139,745	134,161	(p)129,269
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)3.1	(r)3.0	(r)2.9	(r)2.7	(r)2.6	(r)2.6	(r)2.6	(r)2.7	(r)2.9	(r)3.0	(r)3.1	(r)3.0
2024	3.0	3.0	2.9	(p)2.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised