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Northern Virginia, VA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Northern Virginia, Va.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2022

1,491.8 1,505.9 1,508.9 1,524.7 1,530.8 1,541.4 1,545.2 1,551.8 1,543.8 1,558.9 1,564.4 1,556.3 1,535.3

2023

1,541.9 1,546.1 1,552.5 1,558.5 1,566.1 1,582.1 1,570.0 1,575.8 1,569.2 (p)1,577.9      

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2022

77.0 78.1 78.8 79.6 80.0 80.3 81.8 81.9 82.1 83.6 82.7 84.3 80.9

2023

82.7 83.1 84.4 85.4 85.7 87.3 86.9 85.7 84.7 (p)84.0      

Manufacturing

2022

26.4 26.5 26.8 27.1 27.3 27.7 28.0 28.0 27.8 27.8 28.1 28.3 27.5

2023

27.9 27.8 28.0 28.0 28.1 28.4 28.4 28.3 28.0 (p)27.9      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

214.6 213.7 213.6 213.8 214.9 216.7 219.4 218.1 215.1 216.8 221.2 225.0 216.9

2023

219.2 215.6 214.5 215.5 218.1 220.0 219.2 219.0 217.3 (p)220.7      

Information

2022

43.6 43.9 44.0 44.2 44.5 44.4 45.1 45.3 44.8 45.6 46.0 46.0 44.8

2023

44.5 44.9 45.0 45.2 45.8 46.1 46.9 47.4 46.1 (p)45.7      

Financial Activities

2022

79.6 79.9 79.8 79.6 79.5 80.0 80.7 80.8 80.2 81.1 80.4 80.4 80.2

2023

79.0 80.0 79.8 80.2 79.6 79.8 80.2 81.0 80.8 (p)80.3      

Professional & Business Services

2022

436.5 439.9 438.7 444.9 445.3 447.2 453.4 453.9 447.6 452.6 450.3 447.1 446.5

2023

447.1 449.2 450.1 450.1 451.4 454.0 454.7 452.9 448.3 (p)451.2      

Educational & Health Services

2022

176.0 178.4 178.2 181.8 179.3 178.5 178.6 179.8 182.5 186.4 186.7 183.4 180.8

2023

181.6 183.8 184.8 184.4 185.2 187.0 187.9 190.2 192.6 (p)196.3      

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

125.2 127.4 130.3 133.2 138.5 145.5 150.0 147.6 141.0 139.7 140.2 137.8 138.0

2023

137.4 136.7 139.9 142.5 144.2 150.4 151.4 149.8 142.0 (p)139.1      

Other Services

2022

73.1 73.8 74.1 74.7 75.0 75.6 76.1 75.8 74.9 75.7 75.8 76.5 75.1

2023

76.5 76.2 77.3 78.6 77.6 78.7 80.2 78.8 78.7 (p)79.7      

Government

2022

239.8 244.3 244.6 245.8 246.5 245.5 232.1 240.6 247.8 249.6 253.0 247.5 244.8

2023

246.0 248.8 248.7 248.6 250.4 250.4 234.2 242.7 250.7 (p)253.0      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

Northern Virginia, Va.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

1,655,746 1,671,233 1,685,066 1,680,835 1,693,814 1,702,111 1,708,514 1,701,359 1,689,352 1,701,388 1,692,575 1,693,433 1,689,619

2023

1,706,026 1,720,757 1,746,224 1,741,859 1,760,060 1,774,739 1,779,937 1,765,633 1,759,497 (p)1,754,930      

Employment

2022

1,613,236 1,631,766 1,645,128 1,645,380 1,650,527 1,657,958 1,663,425 1,652,155 1,645,859 1,657,454 1,648,254 1,655,144 1,647,191

2023

1,657,880 1,677,528 1,702,347 1,703,468 1,718,042 1,730,208 1,738,128 1,717,920 1,712,325 (p)1,708,655      

Unemployment

2022

42,510 39,467 39,938 35,455 43,287 44,153 45,089 49,204 43,493 43,934 44,321 38,289 42,428

2023

48,146 43,229 43,877 38,391 42,018 44,531 41,809 47,713 47,172 (p)46,275      

Unemployment Rate

2022

2.6 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.5

2023

2.8 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.7 (p)2.6      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Northern Virginia, Va. includes 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.