Table Data - Employed Persons in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA)

Title Employed Persons in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT114790000000005A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-04-29 10:15 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 2288655
1991-01-01 2284155
1992-01-01 2302406
1993-01-01 2311388
1994-01-01 2365115
1995-01-01 2376300
1996-01-01 2377272
1997-01-01 2396213
1998-01-01 2438945
1999-01-01 2508254
2000-01-01 2584508
2001-01-01 2613384
2002-01-01 2625847
2003-01-01 2649606
2004-01-01 2699507
2005-01-01 2779773
2006-01-01 2852463
2007-01-01 2896049
2008-01-01 2937755
2009-01-01 2887713
2010-01-01 2914023
2011-01-01 2955389
2012-01-01 3005928
2013-01-01 3039271
2014-01-01 3064814
2015-01-01 3093929
2016-01-01 3200958
2017-01-01 3283206
2018-01-01 3328224
2019-01-01 3397876
2020-01-01 3205685
2021-01-01 3229659
2022-01-01 3349019
2023-01-01 3425550
2024-01-01 3451472

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