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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
2021	718.8	723.2	726.6	731.8	731.1	739.8	756.2	744.4	752.8	763.7	764.7	764.2	743.1
2022	754.0	757.8	759.6	766.1	761.5	(p)764.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	14.5	14.9	15.0	14.9	14.8	15.0	15.3	15.1	15.0	15.3	15.4	15.3	15.0
2022	15.0	14.9	15.0	15.3	15.3	(p)15.6
Manufacturing
2021	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.1
2022	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	(p)1.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	28.2	28.3	28.4	28.5	28.7	29.1	29.2	29.1	29.3	30.0	31.0	31.0	29.2
2022	30.0	30.8	30.1	30.1	29.6	(p)30.2
Information
2021	19.4	19.3	19.2	19.4	19.5	19.7	19.7	19.8	19.7	19.9	19.8	19.7	19.6
2022	19.5	19.6	19.6	19.5	19.3	(p)19.4
Financial Activities
2021	28.1	28.1	28.2	28.1	28.1	28.3	28.4	28.4	28.2	28.4	27.7	27.5	28.1
2022	27.2	27.5	27.3	27.3	27.2	(p)27.0
Professional & Business Services
2021	162.6	162.8	163.7	164.2	164.8	166.4	168.3	167.0	167.6	172.8	173.5	173.2	167.2
2022	171.3	172.3	173.0	174.4	172.3	(p)175.1
Educational & Health Services
2021	121.3	123.2	122.8	122.0	117.1	116.7	116.1	116.9	120.5	123.2	122.1	121.8	120.3
2022	119.5	122.2	122.7	123.7	122.5	(p)119.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	33.1	35.7	37.9	42.8	45.7	50.5	54.1	55.8	58.8	60.6	61.8	62.0	49.9
2022	59.8	58.9	60.9	65.0	66.0	(p)67.3
Other Services
2021	70.8	70.7	70.8	71.3	71.3	71.8	71.7	71.2	71.2	71.0	71.0	71.3	71.2
2022	71.2	71.5	71.6	72.4	72.8	(p)73.8
Government
2021	239.8	239.2	239.5	239.5	240.0	241.2	252.3	240.0	241.4	241.4	241.3	241.2	241.4
2022	239.4	239.0	238.3	237.3	235.4	(p)235.0
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
2021	(r)372,598	(r)377,008	(r)377,021	(r)375,753	(r)377,895	(r)385,643	(r)392,284	(r)383,310	(r)383,024	(r)384,506	(r)387,907	(r)383,122	(r)381,673
2022	382,062	386,239	386,783	382,763	381,350	(p)384,314
Employment
2021	(r)350,103	(r)352,271	(r)352,213	(r)351,509	(r)352,767	(r)354,522	(r)362,509	(r)355,195	(r)357,973	(r)360,687	(r)365,765	(r)363,416	(r)356,578
2022	357,742	364,600	364,868	365,184	362,850	(p)363,515
Unemployment
2021	(r)22,495	(r)24,737	(r)24,808	(r)24,244	(r)25,128	(r)31,121	(r)29,775	(r)28,115	(r)25,051	(r)23,819	(r)22,142	(r)19,706	(r)25,095
2022	24,320	21,639	21,915	17,579	18,500	(p)20,799
Unemployment Rate
2021	(r)6.0	(r)6.6	(r)6.6	(r)6.5	(r)6.6	(r)8.1	(r)7.6	(r)7.3	(r)6.5	(r)6.2	(r)5.7	(r)5.1	(r)6.6
2022	6.4	5.6	5.7	4.6	4.9	(p)5.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised