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District of Columbia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	754.9	759.4	762.7	765.0	765.3	769.9	778.1	760.2	767.5	770.4	769.8	769.1	766.0
2024	760.9	(p)765.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.2	15.1	14.9	15.0	14.7	14.7	15.0
2024	14.4	(p)14.3
Manufacturing
2023	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2024	1.0	(p)1.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	30.2	30.1	30.0	30.1	30.0	30.4	30.5	30.2	30.3	30.9	31.5	31.0	30.4
2024	30.4	(p)30.2
Information
2023	20.0	20.1	20.0	20.2	20.0	19.9	19.8	19.7	19.6	19.5	19.4	19.5	19.8
2024	19.2	(p)19.3
Financial Activities
2023	26.2	26.1	26.2	26.1	26.2	26.5	26.6	26.5	26.3	26.4	26.3	26.3	26.3
2024	25.7	(p)25.8
Professional & Business Services
2023	174.4	175.1	175.5	175.5	175.2	177.6	177.6	175.9	175.0	174.9	174.3	174.6	175.5
2024	173.4	(p)173.8
Educational & Health Services
2023	121.4	122.2	122.4	122.6	121.0	120.1	118.5	118.3	121.8	123.0	123.6	123.3	121.5
2024	123.1	(p)124.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	70.2	72.2	74.3	77.0	77.7	77.8	77.1	76.2	77.3	78.1	77.0	76.8	76.0
2024	72.7	(p)74.8
Other Services
2023	66.4	66.6	67.0	66.8	66.8	67.8	67.9	67.4	67.4	67.3	67.4	67.6	67.2
2024	67.0	(p)67.5
Government
2023	230.0	230.9	231.1	230.7	232.4	233.6	243.8	229.8	233.8	234.3	234.6	234.3	233.3
2024	234.0	(p)234.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(r)391,712	(r)394,275	(r)394,589	(r)391,535	(r)395,460	(r)399,532	(r)404,706	(r)399,178	(r)401,095	(r)402,111	(r)402,474	(r)402,344	(r)398,251
2024	404,669	(p)407,086
Employment
2023	(r)372,507	(r)374,430	(r)375,089	(r)375,461	(r)377,096	(r)378,607	(r)383,782	(r)377,764	(r)380,899	(r)381,817	(r)383,829	(r)383,289	(r)378,714
2024	383,677	(p)385,370
Unemployment
2023	(r)19,205	(r)19,845	(r)19,500	(r)16,074	(r)18,364	(r)20,925	(r)20,924	(r)21,414	(r)20,196	(r)20,294	(r)18,645	(r)19,055	(r)19,537
2024	20,992	(p)21,716
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)4.9	(r)5.0	(r)4.9	(r)4.1	(r)4.6	(r)5.2	(r)5.2	(r)5.4	(r)5.0	(r)5.0	(r)4.6	(r)4.7	(r)4.9
2024	5.2	(p)5.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised