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Washington, DC-MD

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Feb 2023
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2025
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2025
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2025
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – December 2022 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2023
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — December 2022 Benefits, Pay News Release Jan 2023
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2023
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2023
Washington, DC-MD Economy at a Glance:
Washington, DC-MD
Data Series Back
Data
Aug
2024
Sept
2024
Oct
2024
Nov
2024
Dec
2024
Jan
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

          (p)979.8

Employment(1)

          (p)944.8

Unemployment(1)

          (p)35.0

Unemployment Rate(2)

          (p)3.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

1,144.7 1,153.8 1,161.4 1,169.3 1,167.6 (p)1,145.2

12-month % change

0.9 1.2 1.2 1.7 1.8 (p)0.6

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

47.6 47.6 48.6 48.8 48.9 (p)47.5

12-month % change

1.1 1.7 3.6 4.3 5.2 (p)3.0

Manufacturing(3)

8.8 8.7 8.7 9.1 9.1 (p)8.8

12-month % change

3.5 2.4 1.2 2.2 0.0 (p)2.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

99.3 99.6 100.8 102.9 104.8 (p)99.7

12-month % change

0.4 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.4 (p)-0.3

Information(3)

21.3 21.3 21.5 21.5 21.3 (p)20.8

12-month % change

-6.6 -5.8 -5.3 -4.4 -4.9 (p)-5.0

Financial Activities(3)

38.8 38.9 39.0 39.4 38.8 (p)39.1

12-month % change

-0.3 0.5 1.0 2.3 1.3 (p)2.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

222.2 221.9 224.4 226.3 226.0 (p)220.9

12-month % change

-1.4 -1.2 -0.7 0.2 0.7 (p)-0.7

Education and Health Services(3)

166.4 170.0 172.4 173.5 172.3 (p)170.3

12-month % change

4.3 4.0 3.4 3.7 3.1 (p)1.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

118.2 119.1 117.2 116.3 115.8 (p)112.4

12-month % change

0.9 1.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 (p)-0.2

Other Services(3)

78.1 78.3 78.9 79.2 78.3 (p)77.0

12-month % change

0.8 1.4 1.7 1.8 0.9 (p)-0.4

Government(3)

344.0 348.4 349.9 352.3 352.3 (p)348.7

12-month % change

1.6 1.8 2.0 2.4 2.8 (p)1.5

Consumer Price Index: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

CPI-U, All items(4)

  317.382   316.745   318.175

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

    2.6   2.7   2.7

CPI-W, All items(5)

  311.877   311.384   312.999

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

    2.3   2.5   2.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary