Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC: Nonfarm employment and labor force data
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
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Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area |
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Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2024 |
808.8 |
812.6 |
816.0 |
821.0 |
822.3 |
826.5 |
825.7 |
825.1 |
825.0 |
827.2 |
830.5 |
828.0 |
822.4 |
2025 |
819.4 |
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Mining, Logging, & Construction |
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2024 |
41.4 |
41.8 |
42.0 |
42.0 |
42.2 |
42.3 |
42.5 |
42.4 |
42.3 |
42.2 |
41.8 |
41.5 |
42.0 |
2025 |
40.9 |
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Manufacturing |
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2024 |
59.1 |
59.4 |
58.2 |
58.2 |
58.2 |
58.7 |
58.9 |
58.5 |
58.3 |
58.1 |
58.5 |
58.1 |
58.5 |
2025 |
57.4 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2024 |
129.9 |
129.1 |
129.2 |
129.4 |
130.3 |
130.9 |
130.9 |
131.1 |
130.9 |
131.8 |
133.7 |
135.4 |
131.1 |
2025 |
130.1 |
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Information |
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2024 |
8.6 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
8.0 |
7.9 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
8.3 |
2025 |
8.1 |
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Financial Activities |
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2024 |
41.8 |
41.8 |
41.8 |
42.0 |
42.0 |
42.5 |
42.8 |
42.6 |
41.6 |
41.8 |
41.3 |
40.8 |
41.9 |
2025 |
40.5 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2024 |
121.0 |
122.0 |
123.2 |
124.5 |
123.9 |
123.5 |
124.9 |
124.5 |
123.4 |
124.0 |
124.1 |
122.9 |
123.5 |
2025 |
122.3 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2024 |
121.7 |
122.9 |
122.9 |
123.7 |
121.7 |
121.9 |
122.7 |
123.3 |
125.6 |
126.4 |
127.1 |
127.3 |
123.9 |
2025 |
128.3 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2024 |
88.5 |
88.6 |
90.5 |
93.4 |
97.1 |
99.5 |
100.4 |
98.9 |
94.0 |
92.8 |
92.1 |
91.6 |
94.0 |
2025 |
90.4 |
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Other Services |
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2024 |
35.1 |
35.1 |
35.4 |
35.7 |
35.9 |
36.1 |
36.2 |
36.1 |
35.7 |
35.5 |
35.8 |
35.6 |
35.7 |
2025 |
35.4 |
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Government |
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2024 |
161.7 |
163.4 |
164.3 |
163.6 |
162.5 |
162.6 |
158.2 |
159.6 |
165.2 |
166.7 |
168.1 |
166.7 |
163.6 |
2025 |
166.0 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
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Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Labor Force |
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2024 |
880,886 |
881,950 |
885,773 |
883,329 |
886,538 |
892,516 |
896,962 |
887,967 |
886,034 |
883,477 |
880,581 |
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2025 |
855,742 |
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Employment |
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2024 |
855,366 |
854,891 |
862,880 |
861,650 |
861,289 |
864,214 |
865,984 |
855,314 |
857,395 |
856,558 |
852,935 |
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2025 |
827,281 |
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Unemployment |
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2024 |
25,520 |
27,059 |
22,893 |
21,679 |
25,249 |
28,302 |
30,978 |
32,653 |
28,639 |
26,919 |
27,646 |
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2025 |
28,461 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2024 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
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2025 |
3.3 |
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The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Gloucester, Isle of Wright, James City, Mathews, Surry, and York Counties and Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg Cities in Virginia; and Currituck County in North Carolina.
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United States Department of Labor
