Seasonally Adjusted Regional Employment
Statistics for District of Columbia's
Metropolitan Statistical Areas

JULY 2010

EMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW UNEMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY

Summary of Monthly Change

Labor Force:	335,025	Change from June:	-2,114
Unemployment:	32,976	Change from June:	-604
Unemployment Rate:	9.8%	Change from June:	-0.2%

Nonfarm Employment:	729,300	Change from June:	17,800


6-month	1-year	3-year		6-month	1-year	3-year

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State Employment Overview

State Unemployment Overview

State Employment by Industry

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Jul-10

Jul
Non-Farm
Payroll

Jun
to
Jul

May
to
Jun

Current Quarter
Total (000s)	%AR

Previous Quarter
Total (000s)	%AR

Year to date
2010 %AR	2009 %AR

(Thousands)

PAYROLL JOBS

Total Nonfarm

729.3

17.8

1.2

8.7

5.0

4.4

2.5

6.9

1.3

Goods Producing

12.5

0.2

0.1

0.7

27.1

-0.5

-15.5

3.1

-20.5

NR/Construction

10.9

-0.1

0.0

0.5

22.1

-0.4

-12.9

1.6

-20.3

Manufacturing

1.4

0.0

6.8

0.0

-1.0

0.7

-10.6

Service-Providing

713.9

13.1

2.8

7.5

4.4

4.7

2.7

6.0

1.5

Trade Transport Util.

27.3

-0.2

0.0

0.5

8.2

0.2

3.0

5.2

-4.9

Wholesale Trade

4.5

0.0

0.1

5.3

0.1

4.8

5.2

-5.8

Retail Trade

17.9

-0.1

-0.2

0.2

4.6

0.3

7.0

5.0

-7.4

Transport Warehouse Util.

4.8

-0.1

0.1

0.2

15.7

-0.1

-8.2

2.3

2.8

Information

18.5

-0.1

0.0

-0.2

-3.5

0.2

4.4

1.9

-14.5

Fin. Activities

26.0

-0.1

0.2

3.7

0.0

2.0

-5.6

Finace & Ins.

15.1

0.0

-0.1

0.1

2.7

0.0

1.1

-7.3

Real Estate

11.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

6.0

0.0

0.9

3.5

-2.8

Professional/Business

158.5

6.7

1.2

2.9

7.8

1.0

2.7

10.2

-3.1

Prof Sci and Tech

96.9

-1.7

-1.5

-2.9

-11.1

-0.3

-1.3

-8.3

-3.1

Admin Support

61.0

7.6

3.4

5.8

56.9

1.7

14.9

55.8

-2.3

Education/Health

105.8

1.4

0.0

-1.6

-5.8

2.9

11.8

5.8

2.7

Educ. Services

49.3

1.3

0.6

-0.3

-2.7

2.3

21.8

15.2

3.3

Health Care

56.5

0.1

-0.6

-1.2

-8.3

0.6

4.3

-1.5

2.1

Leisure & Hosp.

59.0

1.2

0.5

0.8

5.5

-1.4

-9.0

2.7

0.9

Arts, Entertain

7.2

0.3

0.0

0.1

3.9

-0.1

-3.8

7.6

-2.4

Accom, Food

51.8

0.9

0.5

0.7

5.7

-1.3

-9.7

2.0

1.4

Other Services

63.7

0.1

-0.4

0.1

0.6

0.2

1.5

1.1

-4.9

Government

258.2

8.9

-0.3

5.4

9.0

1.5

2.5

9.4

9.9

Fed Gov

210.3

0.3

-0.1

3.5

6.9

2.5

4.9

5.5

4.1

HOUSEHOLD JOBS

Labor Force

335.0

-2.1

-1.0

-0.2

3.2

3.9

1.1

-0.9

# Employed

302.0

-1.5

0.5

4.6

6.3

4.1

5.7

5.1

-5.2

# Unemployed

33.0

-0.6

-1.5

-4.8

-40.8

-0.8

-8.2

-26.7

53.1

Level

Jul09

Jul08

Unemployment Rate

9.8

-0.2

-0.4

10.1

-1.4

11.5

-0.4

10.4

6.6

Notes:
Total Employment, Labor Force, and Unemployment data are drawn from the BLS household survey. All industry data are drawn from the BLS industry survey.