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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
2021	727.3	726.6	728.9	730.4	734.8	739.1	743.9	746.2	748.9	759.1	760.1	762.2
2022	761.7	762.9	763.7	765.9	764.9	(p)764.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	15.0	15.2	15.1	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	15.1	15.3	15.5
2022	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.4	(p)15.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
2021	28.5	28.7	28.8	28.9	28.9	29.0	29.2	29.2	29.2	30.0	30.3	30.2
2022	30.3	30.7	30.1	30.1	29.9	(p)30.3
Information
2021	19.6	19.3	19.3	19.4	19.5	19.6	19.6	19.7	19.6	19.8	19.7	19.7
2022	19.7	19.6	19.5	19.3	19.2	(p)19.3
Financial Activities
2021	28.3	28.2	28.2	28.1	28.2	28.1	28.1	28.2	28.2	28.2	27.7	27.5
2022	27.4	27.7	27.5	27.4	27.3	(p)27.0
Professional & Business Services
2021	163.6	163.3	164.2	164.5	165.5	165.9	166.8	167.2	168.0	172.1	172.7	172.7
2022	172.7	173.2	174.2	174.1	172.6	(p)173.6
Education and Health Services
2021	121.0	120.4	120.0	119.6	119.2	119.5	119.9	119.9	119.7	121.2	120.2	120.6
2022	119.7	120.7	121.3	122.3	122.9	(p)122.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	37.7	38.9	40.3	41.5	44.6	48.4	52.1	53.8	55.2	59.1	61.0	62.3
2022	62.5	62.0	62.7	64.7	66.3	(p)67.2
Other Services
2021	71.4	71.0	71.1	71.4	71.6	71.3	71.1	71.2	71.5	71.0	70.8	71.4
2022	72.4	72.3	72.3	72.9	72.9	(p)73.0
Government
2021	241.2	240.6	240.8	240.9	241.3	241.3	241.1	241.1	241.6	241.5	241.3	241.1
2022	240.6	240.4	239.8	238.7	237.3	(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
2021	(r)377,559	(r)376,087	(r)376,646	(r)378,292	(r)380,511	(r)383,400	(r)384,615	(r)385,724	(r)385,061	(r)385,285	(r)384,477	(r)384,289
2022	385,288	384,825	385,347	385,597	386,366	(p)386,315
Employment
2021	(r)351,348	(r)351,076	(r)351,633	(r)352,631	(r)354,110	(r)355,729	(r)357,444	(r)359,101	(r)360,197	(r)361,082	(r)361,009	(r)360,828
2022	360,973	361,460	362,341	363,389	364,471	(p)365,159
Unemployment
2021	(r)26,211	(r)25,011	(r)25,013	(r)25,661	(r)26,401	(r)27,671	(r)27,171	(r)26,623	(r)24,864	(r)24,203	(r)23,468	(r)23,461
2022	24,315	23,365	23,006	22,208	21,895	(p)21,156
Unemployment Rate
2021	(r)6.9	(r)6.7	(r)6.6	(r)6.8	(r)6.9	(r)7.2	(r)7.1	(r)6.9	(r)6.5	(r)6.3	(r)6.1	(r)6.1
2022	6.3	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.7	(p)5.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised