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Northern Virginia, VA: 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	Northern Virginia, Va.
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	1,548.5	1,555.3	1,558.6	1,567.4	1,575.9	1,594.6	1,580.3	1,587.4	1,575.0	1,584.0	1,589.7	1,585.0	1,575.1
2024	1,560.7	1,569.3	1,579.9	(p)1,588.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	81.2	81.5	82.1	82.3	82.7	83.2	83.6	83.5	83.0	83.4	83.1	83.2	82.7
2024	80.9	81.4	83.5	(p)84.7
Manufacturing
2023	27.3	27.3	27.3	27.5	27.9	28.2	28.2	28.1	28.0	27.9	27.8	28.0	27.8
2024	27.8	27.8	27.9	(p)27.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	220.2	216.9	217.0	217.3	219.2	221.3	220.8	220.5	218.2	220.7	224.9	227.5	220.4
2024	219.3	217.4	218.0	(p)218.2
Information
2023	46.0	45.9	45.8	45.6	45.6	45.5	45.5	45.5	45.0	44.7	44.8	45.3	45.4
2024	44.4	44.5	44.7	(p)44.9
Financial Activities
2023	77.7	77.5	77.8	77.7	78.0	78.5	78.1	78.2	77.2	77.9	78.1	78.8	78.0
2024	77.8	77.7	78.1	(p)78.0
Professional & Business Services
2023	450.3	452.6	450.1	453.8	454.0	458.0	459.4	458.5	451.6	453.2	451.2	449.8	453.5
2024	446.6	450.0	452.1	(p)456.1
Educational & Health Services
2023	187.1	189.3	190.1	191.3	189.9	190.6	190.8	192.0	194.7	196.3	197.2	197.0	192.2
2024	195.1	196.9	197.2	(p)198.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	137.5	138.1	140.7	143.3	148.2	156.1	156.2	155.2	147.3	146.4	147.0	145.1	146.8
2024	141.6	141.4	143.5	(p)146.7
Other Services
2023	76.2	76.5	76.9	77.2	77.7	79.0	79.4	78.9	78.3	79.4	79.4	79.0	78.2
2024	78.1	77.6	78.4	(p)79.9
Government
2023	245.0	249.7	250.8	251.4	252.7	254.2	238.3	247.0	251.7	254.1	256.2	251.3	250.2
2024	249.1	254.6	256.5	(p)253.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Northern Virginia, Va.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(t)1,707,236	(t)1,719,773	(t)1,736,293	(t)1,730,682	(t)1,741,637	(t)1,755,639	(t)1,757,980	(t)1,746,885	(t)1,733,322	(t)1,735,390	(t)1,732,996	(t)1,719,772	(t)1,734,800
2024	1,729,646	1,731,387	1,737,471	(p)1,733,274
Employment
2023	(t)1,662,339	(t)1,676,471	(t)1,692,997	(t)1,693,825	(t)1,697,485	(t)1,710,172	(t)1,713,710	(t)1,697,950	(t)1,686,513	(t)1,689,091	(t)1,688,561	(t)1,679,087	(t)1,690,683
2024	1,687,944	1,686,568	1,699,667	(p)1,697,537
Unemployment
2023	(t)44,897	(t)43,302	(t)43,296	(t)36,857	(t)44,152	(t)45,467	(t)44,270	(t)48,935	(t)46,809	(t)46,299	(t)44,435	(t)40,685	(t)44,117
2024	41,702	44,819	37,804	(p)35,737
Unemployment Rate
2023	(t)2.6	(t)2.5	(t)2.5	(t)2.1	(t)2.5	(t)2.6	(t)2.5	(t)2.8	(t)2.7	(t)2.7	(t)2.6	(t)2.4	(t)2.5
2024	2.4	2.6	2.2	(p)2.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (t) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024.
Northern Virginia, Va. includes Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia.