Covered employment (QCEW) in Alexandria city

Covered employment (QCEW) in Alexandria city was 80,604 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.9% from 2024. That is the 12th highest of 133 counties in 2025.

2025, jobs80,604

Change on 2024-0.9%

Rank12th of 133Counties in Virginia ranked

Series high100,5982008

Series low80,6042025

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Covered employment (QCEW) in Alexandria city, 2001 to 2025

jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.

All 25 values

Period	jobs
2025	80,604
2024	81,341
2023	81,319
2022	84,602
2021	84,081
2020	83,919
2019	90,924
2018	91,915
2017	93,774
2016	94,885
2015	96,328
2014	94,946
2013	95,203
2012	95,584
2011	94,568
2010	95,948
2009	98,188
2008	100,598
2007	100,137
2006	94,050
2005	93,602
2004	92,782
2003	91,248
2002	89,808
2001	91,678

Compared with Virginia and United States

Place	2025
Alexandria city	80,604
Virginia	4,149,424
United States	155,732,363

Rankings

US states by covered employment (QCEW) 51 places
Counties in Virginia by covered employment (QCEW) 133 places

Definition

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Covered employment (QCEW), Alexandria city, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Alexandria city, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/alexandria-city-virginia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Covered employment (QCEW), Alexandria city, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/alexandria-city-virginia.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Alexandria city, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/alexandria-city-virginia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the covered employment (QCEW) in Alexandria city?

Covered employment (QCEW) in Alexandria city was 80,604 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.9% from 2024. That is the 12th highest of 133 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest covered employment (QCEW) in Alexandria city?

100,598 jobs in 2008, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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