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Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	4,092.4	4,125.2	4,134.4	4,156.9	4,165.2	4,195.8	4,165.5	4,178.2	4,182.1	4,206.6	4,223.1	4,215.2	4,170.1
2024	4,147.7	4,182.0	4,210.5	(p)4,233.0
Mining & Logging
2023	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.3
2024	7.2	7.2	7.2	(p)7.3
Construction
2023	209.6	210.3	212.2	213.0	214.1	216.0	217.2	217.7	217.8	218.8	218.5	217.5	215.2
2024	213.5	215.4	219.2	(p)221.1
Manufacturing
2023	244.8	246.0	245.4	245.0	245.6	247.1	246.6	246.3	246.1	247.0	247.4	248.9	246.4
2024	247.5	247.3	248.8	(p)250.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	670.6	665.1	665.2	665.6	669.1	673.2	670.6	669.9	666.3	674.1	687.3	694.0	672.6
2024	670.2	667.3	669.7	(p)671.6
Information
2023	70.9	70.9	70.8	70.7	70.8	70.8	70.7	70.5	69.8	69.3	69.3	70.1	70.4
2024	68.8	69.3	69.4	(p)69.7
Financial Activities
2023	218.9	219.3	219.6	220.0	221.0	223.4	224.6	224.6	222.6	222.2	221.9	222.4	221.7
2024	220.4	220.2	219.7	(p)221.8
Professional & Business Services
2023	802.7	807.2	804.9	810.3	810.4	815.2	814.9	814.2	806.5	809.3	804.7	802.8	808.6
2024	798.4	807.7	813.5	(p)819.4
Educational & Health Services
2023	572.2	579.0	579.1	581.4	574.6	572.3	575.0	579.7	590.2	594.2	597.1	596.8	582.6
2024	593.0	600.6	600.2	(p)604.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	384.4	389.6	396.0	406.9	419.7	434.3	435.2	433.3	413.7	413.1	411.7	407.6	412.1
2024	395.1	395.4	403.9	(p)411.2
Other Services
2023	194.5	195.4	196.4	197.6	198.7	201.4	202.4	201.5	199.9	201.6	200.6	200.3	199.2
2024	199.5	198.8	200.3	(p)203.2
Government
2023	716.5	735.1	737.5	739.1	733.9	734.8	701.0	713.2	741.9	749.7	757.3	747.6	734.0
2024	734.1	752.8	758.6	(p)753.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(r)4,477,788	(r)4,519,896	(r)4,559,490	(r)4,545,442	(r)4,559,770	(r)4,588,762	(r)4,601,688	(r)4,572,149	(r)4,563,911	(r)4,572,312	(r)4,566,701	(r)4,534,581	(r)4,555,208
2024	4,558,770	4,567,444	4,580,043	(p)4,564,587
Employment
2023	(r)4,342,191	(r)4,388,445	(r)4,430,576	(r)4,436,865	(r)4,430,028	(r)4,454,641	(r)4,470,075	(r)4,427,324	(r)4,425,399	(r)4,436,269	(r)4,435,433	(r)4,412,610	(r)4,424,155
2024	4,433,559	4,434,381	4,468,309	(p)4,459,446
Unemployment
2023	(r)135,597	(r)131,451	(r)128,914	(r)108,577	(r)129,742	(r)134,121	(r)131,613	(r)144,825	(r)138,512	(r)136,043	(r)131,268	(r)121,971	(r)131,053
2024	125,211	133,063	111,734	(p)105,141
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)3.0	(r)2.9	(r)2.8	(r)2.4	(r)2.8	(r)2.9	(r)2.9	(r)3.2	(r)3.0	(r)3.0	(r)2.9	(r)2.7	(r)2.9
2024	2.7	2.9	2.4	(p)2.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised