Employed residents in Virginia Beach, VA

Employed residents in Virginia Beach, VA was 225,705 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 1.2% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 34 cities in 2025.

2025, persons225,705

Change on 2024-1.2%

Rank1st of 34Cities in Virginia ranked

Series high228,8252023

Series low183,3671990

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Employed residents in Virginia Beach, VA, 1990 to 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 36 values

Period	persons
2025	225,705
2024	228,418
2023	228,825
2022	223,272
2021	217,921
2020	213,813
2019	226,818
2018	225,431
2017	223,180
2016	218,026
2015	219,773
2014	221,317
2013	218,991
2012	215,860
2011	214,824
2010	212,822
2009	209,809
2008	219,386
2007	218,917
2006	216,527
2005	214,226
2004	210,786
2003	208,834
2002	207,271
2001	205,427
2000	201,558
1999	207,048
1998	206,555
1997	203,441
1996	200,082
1995	199,950
1994	197,052
1993	195,718
1992	193,440
1991	189,258
1990	183,367

Rankings

US cities by employed residents 1706 places
Cities in Virginia by employed residents 34 places

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Virginia Beach, VA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Virginia Beach, VA, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/virginia-beach-va. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Virginia Beach, VA, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/virginia-beach-va.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Virginia Beach, VA, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/virginia-beach-va (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, Virginia Beach, VA, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/virginia-beach-va. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the employed residents in Virginia Beach, VA?

Employed residents in Virginia Beach, VA was 225,705 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 1.2% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 34 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Virginia Beach, VA?

228,825 in 2023, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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