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District of Columbia: 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	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2023	764.3	764.6	766.2	767.3	767.9	769.8	767.5	763.1	766.1	765.4	765.9	766.6
2024	768.6	769.9	(p)769.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	15.6	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.8
2024	14.8	14.7	(p)14.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
2023	30.6	30.4	30.3	30.4	30.4	30.5	30.5	30.4	30.3	30.8	30.8	30.3
2024	30.4	30.3	(p)30.6
Information
2023	20.2	20.1	20.1	20.2	20.0	19.8	19.7	19.6	19.7	19.5	19.4	19.5
2024	19.3	19.4	(p)19.5
Financial Activities
2023	26.3	26.1	26.3	26.3	26.4	26.5	26.4	26.3	26.4	26.2	26.4	26.4
2024	26.1	25.9	(p)25.9
Professional & Business Services
2023	175.9	175.9	176.3	176.2	175.8	176.5	175.9	175.8	175.5	174.1	174.2	174.3
2024	174.5	174.4	(p)174.4
Education and Health Services
2023	121.3	120.6	120.5	121.7	122.1	123.3	122.3	121.5	121.3	121.2	121.7	122.6
2024	123.6	123.2	(p)121.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	74.8	75.7	76.4	76.3	76.4	75.9	75.5	75.1	75.6	76.3	75.8	76.2
2024	76.2	77.7	(p)77.4
Other Services
2023	67.1	67.1	67.3	67.2	67.3	67.6	67.2	67.2	67.4	67.1	67.3	67.5
2024	67.8	68.2	(p)68.9
Government
2023	231.5	232.4	232.8	232.9	233.5	233.6	233.9	231.2	234.0	234.4	234.6	234.0
2024	234.9	235.1	(p)235.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2023	(r)390,952	(r)392,754	(r)394,411	(r)395,691	(r)396,657	(r)397,535	(r)398,641	(r)399,856	(r)401,007	(r)401,939	(r)402,085	(r)402,006
2024	403,524	404,642	(p)406,754
Employment
2023	(r)371,791	(r)373,223	(r)374,835	(r)376,320	(r)377,549	(r)378,622	(r)379,711	(r)380,701	(r)381,540	(r)382,181	(r)382,225	(r)382,143
2024	383,212	383,855	(p)385,718
Unemployment
2023	(r)19,161	(r)19,531	(r)19,576	(r)19,371	(r)19,108	(r)18,913	(r)18,930	(r)19,155	(r)19,467	(r)19,758	(r)19,860	(r)19,863
2024	20,312	20,787	(p)21,036
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)4.9	(r)5.0	(r)5.0	(r)4.9	(r)4.8	(r)4.8	(r)4.7	(r)4.8	(r)4.9	(r)4.9	(r)4.9	(r)4.9
2024	5.0	5.1	(p)5.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised