Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: 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
 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2011

 2,944.4 2,952.9 2,974.7 2,990.4 3,000.6 3,015.8 3,009.1 2,985.7 2,995.9 3,016.0 3,030.5 3,030.3 2,995.5

2012

 2,977.9 2,989.3 3,012.6 3,026.7 3,040.1 3,054.2 (P) 3,033.4            

Mining, Logging, & Construction

  

2011

 134.4 134.2 136.0 139.2 140.6 142.9 144.8 145.8 146.2 145.5 146.3 141.6 141.5

2012

 140.2 140.0 142.2 144.9 146.4 147.4 (P) 149.1            

Manufacturing

  

2011

 50.9 50.7 51.0 50.8 50.6 50.8 50.4 50.2 49.4 50.0 49.8 49.4 50.3

2012

 49.7 49.5 49.6 50.1 50.2 50.8 (P) 49.8            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 377.9 373.1 374.5 376.3 377.9 380.8 379.0 378.8 373.6 377.1 383.9 392.2 378.8

2012

 376.2 368.9 371.4 373.5 375.6 379.9 (P) 376.5            

Information

  

2011

 79.6 80.2 80.5 81.3 81.0 81.7 81.5 77.9 80.4 80.6 80.3 80.5 80.5

2012

 78.5 79.9 79.7 79.4 79.9 79.9 (P) 79.8            

Financial Activities

  

2011

 144.0 144.0 144.1 144.5 144.6 145.3 146.4 146.7 146.7 146.5 147.3 148.2 145.7

2012

 147.2 147.7 148.5 148.9 150.0 150.7 (P) 150.7            

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 680.2 682.4 687.5 690.6 689.1 694.1 691.3 689.6 687.7 690.9 691.1 690.1 688.7

2012

 679.4 682.4 689.3 693.3 694.9 700.8 (P) 701.5            

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 363.4 365.1 366.7 367.1 367.7 365.1 363.5 363.2 370.6 376.7 379.0 376.5 368.7

2012

 374.3 380.5 382.1 383.1 379.8 378.5 (P) 376.5            

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 250.1 251.3 258.1 266.2 271.4 279.5 279.4 276.7 270.8 268.7 269.3 269.2 267.6

2012

 263.1 264.8 270.0 274.8 282.3 286.5 (P) 287.9            

Other Services

  

2011

 180.8 181.5 182.1 182.4 183.0 184.6 184.1 184.2 181.2 181.4 183.0 183.0 182.6

2012

 182.0 180.9 181.8 182.0 183.3 185.2 (P) 185.4            

Government

  

2011

 683.1 690.4 694.2 692.0 694.7 691.0 688.7 672.6 689.3 698.6 700.5 699.6 691.2

2012

 687.3 694.7 698.0 696.7 697.7 694.5 (P) 676.2            

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2011

 (1) 3,149,287 (1) 3,143,056 (1) 3,157,890 (1) 3,146,409 (1) 3,163,684 (1) 3,185,612 (1) 3,210,409 (1) 3,179,910 (1) 3,182,369 (1) 3,186,989 (1) 3,183,178 (1) 3,181,590 (1) 3,172,532

2012

 (2) 3,174,984 (2) 3,190,180 (2) 3,201,707 (2) 3,184,472 3,205,873 3,236,126 (P) 3,259,722            

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 2,955,082 (1) 2,955,342 (1) 2,974,768 (1) 2,975,811 (1) 2,982,840 (1) 2,986,785 (1) 3,016,693 (1) 2,989,747 (1) 2,994,108 (1) 3,007,674 (1) 3,013,557 (1) 3,010,732 (1) 2,988,595

2012

 (2) 2,996,341 (2) 3,005,399 (2) 3,025,196 (2) 3,022,475 3,035,116 3,051,306 (P) 3,076,840            

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 194,205 (1) 187,714 (1) 183,122 (1) 170,598 (1) 180,844 (1) 198,827 (1) 193,716 (1) 190,163 (1) 188,261 (1) 179,315 (1) 169,621 (1) 170,858 (1) 183,937

2012

 (2) 178,643 (2) 184,781 (2) 176,511 (2) 161,997 170,757 184,820 (P) 182,882            

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 6.2 (1) 6.0 (1) 5.8 (1) 5.4 (1) 5.7 (1) 6.2 (1) 6.0 (1) 6.0 (1) 5.9 (1) 5.6 (1) 5.3 (1) 5.4 (1) 5.8

2012

 (2) 5.6 (2) 5.8 (2) 5.5 (2) 5.1 5.3 5.7 (P) 5.6            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(2) Corrected.
(P) Preliminary

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the District of Columbia; 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; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.