Table Data - Employed Persons in Roanoke, VA (MSA)

Title Employed Persons in Roanoke, VA (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT514022000000005A
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 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2026-05-19 2:49 PM 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 137522
1991-01-01 138948
1992-01-01 142303
1993-01-01 143876
1994-01-01 147249
1995-01-01 149658
1996-01-01 149591
1997-01-01 148826
1998-01-01 151769
1999-01-01 151038
2000-01-01 145936
2001-01-01 146813
2002-01-01 146925
2003-01-01 143383
2004-01-01 142171
2005-01-01 145269
2006-01-01 149562
2007-01-01 151626
2008-01-01 152934
2009-01-01 146808
2010-01-01 147561
2011-01-01 148792
2012-01-01 149844
2013-01-01 150993
2014-01-01 152806
2015-01-01 150531
2016-01-01 146354
2017-01-01 147340
2018-01-01 148143
2019-01-01 149534
2020-01-01 141827
2021-01-01 144438
2022-01-01 149361
2023-01-01 152854
2024-01-01 152853
2025-01-01 152106

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