Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

For Printing: Use smallest text size, landscape orientation, and narrow margins (0.5 inch or less)

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
2021	3,899.7	3,903.0	3,911.7	3,913.3	3,919.4	3,921.7	3,950.4	3,967.2	3,958.9	3,973.4	3,986.8	3,994.4
2022	3,993.6	(p)4,014.9
Mining and Logging
2021	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.1
2022	7.0	(p)7.1
Construction
2021	205.3	205.3	205.3	205.7	206.1	205.6	206.1	205.7	205.4	203.6	204.2	204.5
2022	204.5	(p)207.4
Manufacturing
2021	237.6	238.4	238.6	236.9	236.5	233.3	236.4	236.8	237.0	234.3	235.5	235.0
2022	235.1	(p)236.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	652.4	651.7	652.7	652.2	653.3	654.6	655.1	655.7	654.6	657.8	660.7	662.0
2022	664.5	(p)667.3
Information
2021	65.2	65.4	65.5	65.6	65.7	66.0	66.0	66.0	66.0	67.9	68.0	67.6
2022	67.3	(p)66.7
Financial Activities
2021	209.6	210.1	210.5	210.2	209.9	209.4	209.9	210.2	210.4	209.3	209.8	210.0
2022	207.0	(p)207.2
Professional & Business Services
2021	767.8	769.7	773.3	773.3	775.5	774.3	777.7	778.8	778.7	780.1	781.5	783.6
2022	783.2	(p)788.0
Educational & Health Services
2021	532.8	533.0	533.9	535.3	535.8	533.4	539.0	538.0	534.1	535.6	539.9	539.3
2022	544.4	(p)539.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	337.5	337.7	338.7	338.7	341.3	348.8	366.4	368.4	370.8	373.1	378.4	385.3
2022	388.0	(p)393.0
Other Services
2021	181.8	181.9	181.6	182.8	182.8	182.6	183.7	184.7	184.2	186.7	185.8	186.5
2022	186.3	(p)187.8
Government
2021	702.8	702.9	704.7	705.6	705.5	706.7	703.1	715.9	710.8	718.0	716.0	713.5
2022	706.3	(p)715.2
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
2020	(r)4,453,855	(r)4,448,623	(r)4,447,482	(r)4,391,242	(r)4,274,171	(r)4,320,856	(r)4,313,312	(r)4,376,496	(r)4,302,424	(r)4,290,462	(r)4,271,293	(r)4,255,079
2021	4,254,052	4,236,621	4,238,036	(p)4,225,614
Employment
2020	(r)4,343,866	(r)4,337,089	(r)4,333,184	(r)3,895,532	(r)3,912,282	(r)3,939,193	(r)3,972,148	(r)4,068,442	(r)4,020,210	(r)4,027,562	(r)4,023,075	(r)4,018,875
2021	4,026,838	4,016,894	4,023,601	(p)4,028,276
Unemployment
2020	(r)109,989	(r)111,534	(r)114,298	(r)495,710	(r)361,889	(r)381,663	(r)341,164	(r)308,054	(r)282,214	(r)262,900	(r)248,218	(r)236,204
2021	227,214	219,727	214,435	(p)197,338
Unemployment Rate
2020	(r)2.5	(r)2.5	(r)2.6	(r)11.3	(r)8.5	(r)8.8	(r)7.9	(r)7.0	(r)6.6	(r)6.1	(r)5.8	(r)5.6
2021	5.3	5.2	5.1	(p)4.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised