- Manufacturing sector remained the same, after increasing by 100 jobs in the prior month. With employment at 1,100 jobs, jobs increased by 100 or 10 percent from a year ago.
- Mining, Logging and Construction sector increased by 300 jobs, after decreasing by 200 jobs in the prior month. With employment at 14,900 jobs, jobs decreased by 100 or 0.67 percent from one year ago.
- Trade, Transportation, and Utilities sector increased by 300 jobs, after increasing by 500 jobs in the prior month. With employment at 31,100 jobs, jobs increased by 200 or 0.65 percent from one year ago.
- Information sector increased by 100 jobs, after remaining the same the prior month. With employment at 19,800 jobs, jobs increased by 300 or 1.54 percent from one year ago.
- Financial Activities sector increased by 300 jobs, after decreasing by 300 jobs in the prior month. With employment at 25,500 jobs, jobs decreased by 900 or 3.41 percent from one year ago.
- Professional and Business Services sector increased by 2,800 jobs, after increasing by 200 jobs in the prior month. With employment at 179,600 jobs, jobs increased by 4,700 or 2.69 percent from one year ago.
- Educational and Health Services sector increased by 900 jobs, after increasing by 5,500 jobs in the prior month. With employment at 123,100 jobs, jobs increased by 100 jobs or 0.08 percent from one year ago.
- Leisure and Hospitality sector decreased by 1,200 jobs, after increasing by 2,300 jobs in the prior month. With employment at 78,500 jobs, jobs increased by 400 jobs or 0.51 percent from one year ago.
- Other Services sector increased by 600, after remaining the same the prior month. With employment at 70,700 jobs, jobs increased by 3,400 or 5.05 percent from one year ago.
- The number of employed District residents decreased by 300 over the month to 382,800. The civilian labor force decreased by 700 to 405,800.
- One year ago, total employment was 382,200 and the civilian labor force was 401,900.
Industry employment data is derived from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey, a monthly survey of business establishments conducted by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the US Department of Labor, which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data broken down by industry for the nation as a whole, all states, and most major metropolitan areas (often referred to as the “establishment” survey).
Resident employment and unemployment data are mainly derived from the District’s portion of the national Current Population Survey (CPS), a household survey conducted each month by the US Census Bureau under contract with BLS, which provides input to the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program (often referred to as the “household” survey).
Both industry and household estimates are revised each month based on additional information from updated survey reports compiled by BLS. In addition, these estimates are benchmarked (revised) annually based on actual counts from the District’s Unemployment Compensation Law administrative records and other data.
Data reflects 2023 annual benchmark revisions.
