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Lynchburg, 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	Lynchburg, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2022	101.0	102.7	103.1	103.8	103.2	102.8	103.0	103.5	104.7	105.1	105.8	105.5	103.7
2023	104.2	104.9	104.5	105.0	105.3	105.0	105.1	104.5	105.2	(p)105.8
Manufacturing
2022	14.4	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8
2023	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.7	(p)14.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	18.7	18.8	18.9	18.8	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.6	18.6	18.8	19.1	19.1	18.8
2023	18.4	18.5	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.2	18.2	18.3	(p)18.4
Government
2022	12.5	12.6	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.5	12.1	12.3	12.8	12.8	13.0	13.0	12.7
2023	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	12.8	13.1	(p)13.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Lynchburg, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	119,878	121,321	122,389	122,051	121,968	121,952	122,343	122,575	122,606	122,807	122,582	122,957	122,119
2023	123,617	124,866	125,787	125,357	126,443	126,743	127,802	126,043	126,174	(p)126,139
Employment
2022	116,006	117,697	118,747	118,877	117,948	117,755	118,007	117,637	118,457	118,680	118,419	119,279	118,126
2023	118,898	120,603	121,588	121,795	122,376	122,347	123,653	121,312	121,698	(p)121,780
Unemployment
2022	3,872	3,624	3,642	3,174	4,020	4,197	4,336	4,938	4,149	4,127	4,163	3,678	3,993
2023	4,719	4,263	4,199	3,562	4,067	4,396	4,149	4,731	4,476	(p)4,359
Unemployment Rate
2022	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.6	3.3	3.4	3.5	4.0	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.0	3.3
2023	3.8	3.4	3.3	2.8	3.2	3.5	3.2	3.8	3.5	(p)3.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Lynchburg, Va. MSA includes Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell Counties and Bedford and Lynchburg Cities in Virginia.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment