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Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

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
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 4,018.2 4,024.2 4,037.4 4,047.8 4,050.2 4,068.6 (p)4,085.3        

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 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.3 7.4 7.5 (p)7.5        

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

 204.5 206.9 207.1 206.2 205.0 205.7 205.1 (p)205.8        

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

 235.1 236.0 235.6 235.8 237.2 237.6 237.8 (p)239.4        

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

 664.5 668.7 665.5 662.6 662.0 665.5 669.3 (p)670.9        

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 66.6 68.0 68.3 68.1 69.0 70.0 (p)70.4        

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

 207.0 207.0 207.4 207.5 206.2 207.3 206.8 (p)205.9        

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

 783.2 788.6 790.0 790.7 789.1 791.7 793.2 (p)795.1        

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

 544.4 540.8 546.2 553.8 556.6 561.8 566.5 (p)568.6        

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

 388.0 393.1 394.7 401.5 407.7 411.9 412.7 (p)410.3        

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

 186.3 187.8 188.1 189.1 188.7 186.6 185.6 (p)188.0        

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

 706.3 715.7 714.4 714.8 719.9 705.7 714.1 (p)723.4        

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

2021

 4,273,026 4,269,666 4,271,368 4,271,495 4,269,959 4,265,672 4,259,200 4,257,595 4,256,874 4,261,352 4,261,974 4,261,296

2022

 4,277,852 4,292,097 4,311,626 4,330,002 4,347,215 4,355,189 4,354,000 4,346,828 (p)4,346,936      

Employment

2021

 4,070,041 4,072,592 4,079,907 4,087,031 4,093,462 4,096,488 4,098,902 4,104,689 4,110,238 4,118,511 4,120,445 4,120,143

2022

 4,138,518 4,156,074 4,180,531 4,200,202 4,218,400 4,232,269 4,237,941 4,232,723 (p)4,233,716      

Unemployment

2021

 202,985 197,074 191,461 184,464 176,497 169,184 160,298 152,906 146,636 142,841 141,529 141,153

2022

 139,334 136,023 131,095 129,800 128,815 122,920 116,059 114,105 (p)113,220      

Unemployment Rate

2021

 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3

2022

 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.6 (p)2.6      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary