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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.
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	1,450.2	1,451.1	1,458.9	1,473.2	1,481.6	1,498.2	1,496.8	1,502.1	1,491.7	1,506.8	1,518.2	1,511.6	1,486.7
2022	1,488.3	1,505.1	1,510.5	1,519.6	1,523.4	(p)1,537.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	77.4	77.3	78.0	79.7	80.1	80.6	80.9	80.2	79.5	79.7	79.6	78.3	79.3
2022	76.2	78.7	80.2	79.4	79.5	(p)82.2
Manufacturing
2021	26.5	26.5	26.3	26.5	26.8	27.1	26.9	26.8	26.5	26.4	26.5	26.6	26.6
2022	26.4	26.5	26.8	26.4	26.4	(p)26.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	214.3	209.5	209.8	209.6	211.3	215.0	216.4	215.2	211.8	214.5	223.0	226.5	214.7
2022	219.4	219.0	218.0	218.7	220.2	(p)223.4
Information
2021	41.2	41.5	41.8	41.9	42.3	42.5	42.7	42.6	42.0	43.0	43.3	43.6	42.4
2022	43.0	42.8	43.5	43.8	43.8	(p)45.3
Financial Activities
2021	78.2	78.6	78.5	79.0	78.9	79.4	80.1	80.0	79.2	78.2	78.1	78.0	78.9
2022	75.9	77.3	77.1	76.5	75.6	(p)77.4
Professional & Business Services
2021	429.2	430.6	431.8	435.8	437.2	437.8	442.0	441.4	436.6	442.6	440.0	434.7	436.6
2022	431.5	436.0	438.3	439.8	437.7	(p)440.4
Educational & Health Services
2021	168.5	169.9	169.7	171.9	169.9	169.3	170.0	171.1	171.9	171.6	172.1	172.6	170.7
2022	170.2	171.7	173.2	175.4	175.1	(p)175.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	108.7	108.2	111.3	115.4	120.8	131.0	137.0	135.7	128.9	131.8	133.2	133.2	124.6
2022	132.2	135.5	136.2	140.3	144.7	(p)150.0
Other Services
2021	70.5	70.5	71.0	71.6	72.0	72.8	73.6	73.2	72.1	72.4	72.5	72.6	72.1
2022	72.1	72.5	72.4	73.6	73.5	(p)74.3
Government
2021	235.7	238.5	240.7	241.8	242.3	242.7	227.2	235.9	243.2	246.6	249.9	245.5	240.8
2022	241.4	245.1	244.8	245.7	246.9	(p)242.8
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
2021	(1)1,605,916	(1)1,615,066	(1)1,620,325	(1)1,618,749	(1)1,624,159	(1)1,639,638	(1)1,649,726	(1)1,628,400	(1)1,610,265	(1)1,620,585	(1)1,625,108	(1)1,621,719	(1)1,623,305
2022	1,635,795	1,641,602	1,654,653	1,645,364	1,649,560	(p)1,662,872
Employment
2021	(1)1,534,387	(1)1,546,377	(1)1,553,960	(1)1,561,005	(1)1,563,893	(1)1,572,473	(1)1,586,762	(1)1,569,818	(1)1,563,330	(1)1,579,420	(1)1,585,614	(1)1,583,634	(1)1,566,723
2022	1,587,269	1,600,435	1,615,813	1,609,188	1,606,534	(p)1,620,698
Unemployment
2021	(1)71,529	(1)68,689	(1)66,365	(1)57,744	(1)60,266	(1)67,165	(1)62,964	(1)58,582	(1)46,935	(1)41,165	(1)39,494	(1)38,085	(1)56,582
2022	48,526	41,167	38,840	36,176	43,026	(p)42,174
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)4.5	(1)4.3	(1)4.1	(1)3.6	(1)3.7	(1)4.1	(1)3.8	(1)3.6	(1)2.9	(1)2.5	(1)2.4	(1)2.3	(1)3.5
2022	3.0	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.6	(p)2.5
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (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.