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Harrisonburg

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Harrisonburg Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Aug 2017
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Virginia’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2015 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2016

Harrisonburg, VA Economy at a Glance:

Harrisonburg, VA
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2017

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 66.0 65.9 67.0 65.3 (p)66.3  

Employment(1)

 63.6 63.5 64.7 62.8 (p)63.5  

Unemployment(1)

 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.6 (p)2.8  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.9 (p)4.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 68.7 68.2 69.2 67.2 67.2 (p)66.8

12-month % change

 3.2 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.3 (p)2.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 13.9 13.8 13.8 14.0 13.9 (p)13.8

12-month % change

 6.9 5.3 3.8 3.7 2.2 (p)2.2

Government(3)

 13.2 13.1 13.3 11.9 11.8 (p)11.2

12-month % change

 2.3 0.8 0.8 1.7 1.7 (p)2.8

Footnotes
 (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary