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Virginia: 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
Virginia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2022

3,954.7 4,002.9 4,014.5 4,052.3 4,054.1 4,068.1 4,078.5 4,094.5 4,105.1 4,127.5 4,145.6 4,134.3 4,069.3

2023

4,077.2 4,103.4 4,113.6 4,137.1 4,149.9 4,167.5 4,147.1 4,149.6 4,159.4 (p)4,185.1      

Mining & Logging

2022

6.9 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.1

2023

7.1 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.1 (p)7.1      

Construction

2022

201.0 203.3 205.4 208.1 208.6 210.6 212.9 212.7 212.8 214.4 212.1 213.0 209.6

2023

209.1 210.0 210.3 211.7 215.0 214.7 218.4 216.5 212.7 (p)214.7      

Manufacturing

2022

238.3 241.1 243.1 243.6 244.1 245.5 246.1 245.8 245.7 246.7 246.3 246.1 244.4

2023

243.5 244.2 244.5 245.1 245.0 247.2 246.5 245.8 245.5 (p)245.9      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

656.9 657.7 657.8 657.4 659.5 660.9 666.1 666.3 662.3 666.5 678.8 687.9 664.8

2023

667.2 661.5 656.4 657.8 662.0 667.2 665.8 665.5 662.2 (p)671.9      

Information

2022

68.2 68.7 68.9 69.1 69.4 69.7 71.0 71.0 70.2 70.6 71.1 71.5 70.0

2023

69.5 70.0 70.6 70.8 71.9 72.2 72.7 72.3 71.1 (p)71.0      

Financial Activities

2022

212.1 213.4 213.7 215.3 216.0 217.1 219.3 219.3 217.8 218.1 213.8 214.5 215.9

2023

212.6 213.6 212.8 216.4 216.4 217.6 218.5 218.4 218.0 (p)216.9      

Professional & Business Services

2022

783.7 791.9 790.3 800.6 800.8 803.3 814.9 815.4 808.1 816.5 813.3 807.8 803.9

2023

802.5 804.1 809.2 810.9 817.8 818.7 820.9 816.6 814.6 (p)819.5      

Educational & Health Services

2022

543.0 550.1 548.4 557.2 548.2 543.7 547.1 552.0 562.1 569.2 574.6 570.0 555.5

2023

566.1 573.2 573.8 575.4 572.6 569.9 573.2 575.0 583.1 (p)589.9      

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

354.6 363.2 371.0 382.1 393.5 408.1 419.0 414.8 401.3 394.9 395.8 389.8 390.7

2023

385.6 388.6 396.3 407.7 417.9 429.2 427.8 422.9 405.9 (p)401.9      

Other Services

2022

185.9 187.4 187.9 189.2 190.1 191.5 193.9 193.0 191.0 191.9 191.9 193.5 190.6

2023

193.9 193.9 194.5 195.7 194.0 196.8 197.5 195.3 192.4 (p)195.0      

Government

2022

704.1 719.1 720.9 722.6 716.8 710.6 681.1 697.0 726.6 731.5 740.7 733.1 717.0

2023

720.1 737.3 738.1 738.5 730.3 726.9 698.6 714.2 746.8 (p)751.3      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Virginia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

4,342,684 4,387,721 4,425,797 4,415,574 4,436,434 4,455,851 4,480,075 4,463,166 4,447,950 4,467,866 4,449,271 4,457,897 4,435,858

2023

4,477,079 4,520,085 4,581,599 4,569,901 4,607,115 4,635,410 4,657,422 4,617,533 4,622,056 (p)4,614,266      

Employment

2022

4,216,528 4,269,424 4,307,492 4,310,513 4,308,507 4,324,426 4,344,540 4,314,314 4,316,297 4,337,162 4,315,910 4,340,542 4,308,805

2023

4,331,223 4,388,440 4,451,124 4,456,880 4,483,405 4,503,903 4,533,056 4,475,861 4,482,395 (p)4,477,564      

Unemployment

2022

126,156 118,297 118,305 105,061 127,927 131,425 135,535 148,852 131,653 130,704 133,361 117,355 127,053

2023

145,856 131,645 130,475 113,021 123,710 131,507 124,366 141,672 139,661 (p)136,702      

Unemployment Rate

2022

2.9 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.9

2023

3.3 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.1 3.0 (p)3.0      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary