Virginia Works Economic Information & Analytics

09/19/2025

Virginia Works – the Commonwealth’s Department of Workforce Development and Advancement – announced that Virginia’s nonagricultural employment increased by 7,200 to 4,281,600, according to August’s Current Employment Statistics Survey.

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08/19/2025

The June 2025 Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report is now available:

08/19/2025

Virginia Works – the Commonwealth’s Department of Workforce Development and Advancement – announced today that Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July increased by 0.1
percentage points to 3.6 percent, which is 0.8 percentage points above the rate from a year ago and 0.6 percentage points below the national rate, which increased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.2 percent. According to Local Area Unemployment Statistics (“the household survey”), the labor force decreased by 6,121 in July to
4,552,304 and the number of employed residents decreased by 8,380 to 4,389,741, as the number of unemployed residents increased by 2,259 to 162,563.

Full release:https://files.constantcontact.com/34f823be901/df21fc91-87d1-4a00-a27b-94a1ad443240.pdf

07/24/2025

Virginia Works announced that 2,600 unemployment insurance weekly initial claims were filed during the week ending July 19, 2025, which is 24.6 percent lower than last week's 3,446 claims and 27.1 percent higher than the comparable week of last year (2,045).

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07/20/2025

Virginia Works – the Commonwealth’s Department of Workforce Development and Advancement – announced that Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June increased by 0.1 percentage points to 3.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) household survey data. The labor force decreased by 10,116 to 4,558,145 as the number of unemployed residents increased by 4,025 to 160,116. The number of employed residents decreased by 14,141 to 4,398,029 according to the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (“the household survey”).

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Back to Newsroom For Release: July 18, 2025 Contact: Virginia Works Economic Information & Analytics Division [email protected] (804) 786-7496 Share RICHMOND— Virginia Works – the Commonwealth’s Department of Workforce Development and Advancement – announced today that Virginia’s seaso...

06/18/2025

Virginia Works announced that 3,972 unemployment insurance weekly initial claims were filed
during the week ending June 14, 2025, which is 19.1 percent higher than last week's 3,335 claims and 70.8 percent
higher than the comparable week of last year (2,325).

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06/12/2025

Virginia Works announce that 3,335 unemployment insurance weekly initial claims were filed during the week ending June 07, 2025, which is 18.0 percent higher than last week's 2,827 claims and 31.8 percent higher than the comparable week of last year (2,531).

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06/05/2025

Virginia Works announced that 2,827 unemployment insurance weekly initial claims were filed during the week ending May 31, 2025, which is 22.8 percent lower than last week's 3,662 claims and 41.5 percent higher than the comparable week of last year (1,998).

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05/29/2025

Virginia’s Latest Unemployment Insurance Weekly Initial Claims at 3,662; Continued Claims at 19,652

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05/22/2025

Virginia Works – the Commonwealth’s Department of Workforce Development and Advancement – announced the publication of 2024 Virginia Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) data on Monday.

Total statewide employment for all occupations was an estimated 4,064,640 in 2024, a 2.1% increase from 2023’s total employment of 3,981,130. Wages in Virginia also increased during this period, with the mean annual wage growing by 2.9% to $72,060 and the median annual wage growing by 6.2% to $53,020.

Full Press Release: https://www.virginiaworks.gov/oews/

05/22/2025

Virginia’s April Unemployment Rate at 3.3 percent; Labor Force Participation Rate is 65.4 percent.

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Virginia’s April Unemployment Rate at 3.3 percent; Labor Force Participation Rate is 65.4 percent Virginia’s April Unemployment Rate at 3.3 percent; Labor Force Participation Rate is 65.4 percent RICHMOND— Virginia Works – the Commonwealth’s Department of Workforce Development and Advancem...

05/01/2025

Virginia Works announced today that 2,516 unemployment insurance weekly initial claims were filed during the week ending April 26, 2025, which is 5.5 percent higher than last week’s 2,384 claims and 11.0 percent higher than the comparable week of last year (2,266).

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Virginia’s Latest Unemployment Insurance Weekly Initial Claims Down at 2,384; Continued Claims Down at 17,457 Virginia’s Latest Unemployment Insurance Weekly Initial Claims Down at 2,384; Continued Claims Down at 17,457 RICHMOND— Virginia Works announced today that 2,384 unemployment insurance...