Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data
For Printing: Use smallest text size, landscape orientation, and narrow margins (0.5 inch or less)
Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
|
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2022 |
3,225.7 |
3,260.0 |
3,266.0 |
3,292.2 |
3,301.9 |
3,308.8 |
3,333.7 |
3,321.0 |
3,318.4 |
3,343.7 |
3,363.8 |
3,355.9 |
3,307.6 |
2023 |
3,308.3 |
3,322.9 |
3,339.8 |
3,351.1 |
3,367.7 |
3,392.3 |
3,375.7 |
3,380.1 |
3,387.0 |
3,403.8 |
|
|
|
Mining, Logging, & Construction |
|
2022 |
156.9 |
158.8 |
160.1 |
160.5 |
161.3 |
161.7 |
164.2 |
164.5 |
164.3 |
165.5 |
164.4 |
165.7 |
162.3 |
2023 |
160.9 |
161.9 |
163.8 |
165.0 |
166.0 |
171.4 |
170.5 |
171.6 |
169.1 |
168.4 |
|
|
|
Manufacturing |
|
2022 |
55.1 |
55.3 |
55.6 |
55.6 |
55.9 |
56.5 |
57.2 |
57.2 |
57.0 |
57.5 |
58.2 |
58.5 |
56.6 |
2023 |
57.0 |
55.7 |
55.9 |
56.0 |
56.5 |
57.0 |
56.6 |
56.8 |
56.6 |
57.0 |
|
|
|
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2022 |
397.9 |
396.3 |
395.5 |
395.1 |
396.7 |
399.2 |
403.8 |
401.7 |
397.3 |
400.2 |
409.6 |
415.5 |
400.7 |
2023 |
402.0 |
395.9 |
394.7 |
394.7 |
398.1 |
399.6 |
398.8 |
397.8 |
396.3 |
403.3 |
|
|
|
Information |
|
2022 |
79.0 |
79.8 |
80.2 |
81.0 |
81.0 |
81.3 |
81.0 |
81.7 |
80.9 |
81.7 |
81.5 |
80.3 |
80.8 |
2023 |
78.3 |
78.4 |
78.8 |
79.0 |
79.6 |
81.2 |
82.1 |
82.2 |
81.3 |
80.6 |
|
|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2022 |
154.3 |
154.5 |
154.0 |
154.3 |
154.3 |
154.7 |
156.2 |
156.4 |
155.0 |
154.6 |
154.4 |
154.8 |
154.8 |
2023 |
152.0 |
152.7 |
153.2 |
153.0 |
152.5 |
153.1 |
153.4 |
153.5 |
153.7 |
151.4 |
|
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2022 |
788.2 |
795.2 |
792.7 |
802.3 |
803.5 |
805.1 |
813.0 |
812.4 |
804.1 |
810.9 |
810.5 |
806.1 |
803.7 |
2023 |
798.7 |
803.0 |
804.8 |
805.4 |
807.4 |
814.1 |
813.1 |
811.8 |
810.7 |
813.4 |
|
|
|
Educational & Health Services |
|
2022 |
429.4 |
436.5 |
436.0 |
439.5 |
434.9 |
431.1 |
432.6 |
434.4 |
441.0 |
450.2 |
453.4 |
450.5 |
439.1 |
2023 |
447.3 |
452.8 |
456.2 |
456.2 |
457.2 |
456.2 |
453.6 |
457.6 |
463.3 |
470.2 |
|
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2022 |
269.4 |
275.1 |
282.0 |
291.3 |
300.8 |
311.7 |
320.0 |
316.3 |
308.1 |
307.1 |
309.2 |
304.4 |
299.6 |
2023 |
298.2 |
299.7 |
308.6 |
315.1 |
318.7 |
329.0 |
330.7 |
329.1 |
322.0 |
320.0 |
|
|
|
Other Services |
|
2022 |
189.4 |
190.7 |
190.6 |
191.3 |
191.4 |
192.7 |
194.0 |
193.0 |
191.8 |
192.2 |
192.7 |
194.0 |
192.0 |
2023 |
193.6 |
194.0 |
195.4 |
197.7 |
198.9 |
199.8 |
202.0 |
200.1 |
199.7 |
200.4 |
|
|
|
Government |
|
2022 |
706.1 |
717.8 |
719.3 |
721.3 |
722.1 |
714.8 |
711.7 |
703.4 |
718.9 |
723.8 |
729.9 |
726.1 |
717.9 |
2023 |
720.3 |
728.8 |
728.4 |
729.0 |
732.8 |
730.9 |
714.9 |
719.6 |
734.3 |
739.1 |
|
|
|
Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
|
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Labor Force |
|
2022 |
3,373,592 |
3,400,815 |
3,422,906 |
3,408,214 |
3,421,524 |
3,448,362 |
3,470,109 |
3,441,495 |
3,418,523 |
3,438,714 |
3,423,207 |
3,422,792 |
3,424,188 |
2023 |
3,443,770 |
3,466,137 |
3,503,826 |
3,486,168 |
3,508,342 |
3,530,751 |
3,556,199 |
3,523,158 |
3,510,742 |
3,512,514 |
|
|
|
Employment |
|
2022 |
3,257,108 |
3,291,554 |
3,318,427 |
3,318,261 |
3,320,426 |
3,335,463 |
3,360,833 |
3,329,320 |
3,320,542 |
3,337,114 |
3,327,012 |
3,336,554 |
3,321,051 |
2023 |
3,339,382 |
3,364,946 |
3,410,155 |
3,406,236 |
3,418,360 |
3,442,381 |
3,470,124 |
3,429,586 |
3,417,950 |
3,417,147 |
|
|
|
Unemployment |
|
2022 |
116,484 |
109,261 |
104,479 |
89,953 |
101,098 |
112,899 |
109,276 |
112,175 |
97,981 |
101,600 |
96,195 |
86,238 |
103,137 |
2023 |
104,388 |
101,191 |
93,671 |
79,932 |
89,982 |
88,370 |
86,075 |
93,572 |
92,792 |
95,367 |
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
|
2022 |
3.5 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
2023 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
|
|
|
|
The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the District of Columbia; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.
|
United States Department of Labor
