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Richmond, 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
Richmond, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2022

674.9 681.4 682.2 687.7 689.7 692.7 702.5 702.8 700.5 705.0 706.6 706.7 694.4

2023

699.4 699.8 704.8 707.4 711.2 713.8 715.9 713.6 713.7 (p)718.6      

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2022

40.8 41.1 41.6 42.3 42.4 42.8 43.2 42.7 42.5 42.0 41.2 41.2 42.0

2023

40.8 40.6 40.6 41.5 41.9 41.8 42.5 42.6 41.3 (p)41.2      

Manufacturing

2022

31.7 32.0 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 32.6 32.6 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.8 32.4

2023

32.5 32.5 32.6 32.2 32.5 32.3 32.2 32.2 32.0 (p)32.2      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2022

124.8 125.2 125.0 124.2 124.9 124.9 126.3 127.3 126.5 127.6 131.2 134.0 126.8

2023

129.4 129.0 128.2 128.7 129.8 130.4 130.1 131.0 130.9 (p)132.9      

Information

2022

6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.7

2023

6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.3 (p)6.2      

Financial Activities

2022

54.4 55.1 55.3 55.7 55.9 56.0 56.7 56.7 56.2 56.5 56.1 56.6 55.9

2023

56.3 56.8 56.3 56.8 57.2 56.7 57.6 57.4 56.7 (p)56.3      

Professional & Business Services

2022

122.0 123.4 122.7 124.2 124.0 124.7 127.9 127.3 126.9 127.7 125.8 125.2 125.2

2023

123.6 122.2 126.1 125.4 128.5 128.9 129.0 127.6 128.7 (p)128.5      

Educational & Health Services

2022

98.4 99.2 98.6 99.6 98.5 97.5 99.0 99.4 100.4 100.7 101.4 99.3 99.3

2023

100.0 101.0 101.5 101.5 100.6 98.4 99.2 99.3 100.2 (p)101.6      

Leisure & Hospitality

2022

58.6 59.8 61.2 63.5 65.6 68.4 70.3 69.2 65.5 66.8 65.7 65.1 65.0

2023

65.7 64.9 66.0 67.5 70.8 74.2 75.2 72.9 71.6 (p)71.6      

Other Services

2022

30.1 30.4 30.3 30.7 30.8 30.9 31.6 31.5 31.2 31.3 31.5 31.6 31.0

2023

31.6 31.8 31.6 31.9 31.9 32.2 32.3 31.9 31.3 (p)31.8      

Government

2022

107.6 108.6 108.6 108.6 108.7 108.3 108.1 109.4 112.0 113.2 114.4 114.3 110.2

2023

113.1 114.6 115.5 115.5 111.6 112.4 111.4 112.3 114.7 (p)116.3      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

Richmond, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

683,921 690,437 695,278 692,792 697,895 701,086 710,794 707,937 702,914 704,681 700,320 704,379 699,370

2023

709,163 713,292 725,285 723,384 731,451 733,806 742,294 734,077 733,926 (p)732,537      

Employment

2022

663,384 671,193 676,194 675,534 677,034 679,828 688,751 683,136 680,766 683,127 678,213 684,680 678,487

2023

685,026 691,251 703,576 704,421 711,004 712,073 721,383 710,112 710,236 (p)709,531      

Unemployment

2022

20,537 19,244 19,084 17,258 20,861 21,258 22,043 24,801 22,148 21,554 22,107 19,699 20,883

2023

24,137 22,041 21,709 18,963 20,447 21,733 20,911 23,965 23,690 (p)23,006      

Unemployment Rate

2022

3.0 2.8 2.7 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.2 2.8 3.0

2023

3.4 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.3 3.2 (p)3.1      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Richmond, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Louisa, New Kent, Powhatan, Prince George, and Sussex Counties and Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond Cities in Virginia.