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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Virginia

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Virginia was 5,789,397 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.9% from 2024. That is the 12th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, jobs5,789,397
Change on 2024+0.9%
Rank12th of 51US states ranked
Series high5,789,3972025
Series low2,147,8521969

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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Virginia, 1969 to 2025

2M3M4M5M6M19691978198719962005201420251969: 2,147,852 jobs1970: 2,157,657 jobs1971: 2,196,371 jobs1972: 2,263,423 jobs1973: 2,384,496 jobs1974: 2,450,799 jobs1975: 2,425,437 jobs1976: 2,501,192 jobs1977: 2,584,568 jobs1978: 2,697,755 jobs1979: 2,767,118 jobs1980: 2,796,505 jobs1981: 2,811,756 jobs1982: 2,823,682 jobs1983: 2,896,818 jobs1984: 3,041,492 jobs1985: 3,181,471 jobs1986: 3,316,133 jobs1987: 3,479,609 jobs1988: 3,558,017 jobs1989: 3,655,230 jobs1990: 3,699,593 jobs1991: 3,641,765 jobs1992: 3,657,380 jobs1993: 3,730,015 jobs1994: 3,813,122 jobs1995: 3,902,673 jobs1996: 3,983,418 jobs1997: 4,081,751 jobs1998: 4,167,798 jobs1999: 4,261,127 jobs2000: 4,399,151 jobs2001: 4,417,451 jobs2002: 4,421,728 jobs2003: 4,467,318 jobs2004: 4,587,035 jobs2005: 4,700,990 jobs2006: 4,781,754 jobs2007: 4,869,298 jobs2008: 4,870,374 jobs2009: 4,758,069 jobs2010: 4,743,177 jobs2011: 4,802,651 jobs2012: 4,856,833 jobs2013: 4,898,874 jobs2014: 4,953,912 jobs2015: 5,061,102 jobs2016: 5,157,813 jobs2017: 5,230,606 jobs2018: 5,301,125 jobs2019: 5,332,212 jobs2020: 5,228,891 jobs2021: 5,396,825 jobs2022: 5,546,103 jobs2023: 5,663,743 jobs2024: 5,738,645 jobs2025: 5,789,397 jobs2M3M4M5M6M19691988200720251969: 2,147,852 jobs1970: 2,157,657 jobs1971: 2,196,371 jobs1972: 2,263,423 jobs1973: 2,384,496 jobs1974: 2,450,799 jobs1975: 2,425,437 jobs1976: 2,501,192 jobs1977: 2,584,568 jobs1978: 2,697,755 jobs1979: 2,767,118 jobs1980: 2,796,505 jobs1981: 2,811,756 jobs1982: 2,823,682 jobs1983: 2,896,818 jobs1984: 3,041,492 jobs1985: 3,181,471 jobs1986: 3,316,133 jobs1987: 3,479,609 jobs1988: 3,558,017 jobs1989: 3,655,230 jobs1990: 3,699,593 jobs1991: 3,641,765 jobs1992: 3,657,380 jobs1993: 3,730,015 jobs1994: 3,813,122 jobs1995: 3,902,673 jobs1996: 3,983,418 jobs1997: 4,081,751 jobs1998: 4,167,798 jobs1999: 4,261,127 jobs2000: 4,399,151 jobs2001: 4,417,451 jobs2002: 4,421,728 jobs2003: 4,467,318 jobs2004: 4,587,035 jobs2005: 4,700,990 jobs2006: 4,781,754 jobs2007: 4,869,298 jobs2008: 4,870,374 jobs2009: 4,758,069 jobs2010: 4,743,177 jobs2011: 4,802,651 jobs2012: 4,856,833 jobs2013: 4,898,874 jobs2014: 4,953,912 jobs2015: 5,061,102 jobs2016: 5,157,813 jobs2017: 5,230,606 jobs2018: 5,301,125 jobs2019: 5,332,212 jobs2020: 5,228,891 jobs2021: 5,396,825 jobs2022: 5,546,103 jobs2023: 5,663,743 jobs2024: 5,738,645 jobs2025: 5,789,397 jobs
jobs. Source: BEA, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 57 values
Periodjobs
20255,789,397
20245,738,645
20235,663,743
20225,546,103
20215,396,825
20205,228,891
20195,332,212
20185,301,125
20175,230,606
20165,157,813
20155,061,102
20144,953,912
20134,898,874
20124,856,833
20114,802,651
20104,743,177
20094,758,069
20084,870,374
20074,869,298
20064,781,754
20054,700,990
20044,587,035
20034,467,318
20024,421,728
20014,417,451
20004,399,151
19994,261,127
19984,167,798
19974,081,751
19963,983,418
19953,902,673
19943,813,122
19933,730,015
19923,657,380
19913,641,765
19903,699,593
19893,655,230
19883,558,017
19873,479,609
19863,316,133
19853,181,471
19843,041,492
19832,896,818
19822,823,682
19812,811,756
19802,796,505
19792,767,118
19782,697,755
19772,584,568
19762,501,192
19752,425,437
19742,450,799
19732,384,496
19722,263,423
19712,196,371
19702,157,657
19692,147,852

Compared with United States

Place2025
Virginia5,789,397
United States218,324,700

Virginia compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,966,686 jobsAlaska: 472,008 jobsArizona: 4,455,141 jobsArkansas: 1,811,561 jobsCalifornia: 25,407,891 jobsColorado: 4,231,488 jobsConnecticut: 2,424,541 jobsDelaware: 678,218 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 896,204 jobsFlorida: 15,174,955 jobsGeorgia: 7,184,433 jobsHawaii: 925,451 jobsIdaho: 1,238,642 jobsIllinois: 8,197,037 jobsIndiana: 4,213,622 jobsIowa: 2,122,389 jobsKansas: 2,007,083 jobsKentucky: 2,718,290 jobsLouisiana: 2,831,737 jobsMaine: 898,379 jobsMaryland: 4,009,451 jobsMassachusetts: 5,020,627 jobsMichigan: 5,946,187 jobsMinnesota: 3,914,167 jobsMississippi: 1,713,294 jobsMissouri: 3,998,549 jobsMontana: 761,061 jobsNebraska: 1,410,465 jobsNevada: 2,163,825 jobsNew Hampshire: 942,254 jobsNew Jersey: 6,095,348 jobsNew Mexico: 1,183,906 jobsNew York: 13,498,360 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,864,520 jobsNorth Dakota: 605,276 jobsOhio: 7,394,537 jobsOklahoma: 2,466,719 jobsOregon: 2,671,758 jobsPennsylvania: 8,150,272 jobsRhode Island: 690,505 jobsSouth Carolina: 3,245,739 jobsSouth Dakota: 665,420 jobsTennessee: 4,633,711 jobsTexas: 20,639,097 jobsUtah: 2,458,247 jobsVermont: 439,349 jobsVirginia: 5,789,397 jobsWashington: 4,879,224 jobsWest Virginia: 910,570 jobsWisconsin: 3,855,203 jobsWyoming: 451,906 jobs
  • Under 900K
  • 900K to 1.8M
  • 1.8M to 2.7M
  • 2.7M to 4.2M
  • 4.2M to 6.6M
  • 6.6M and over
Total employment (jobs, BEA), 2025, jobs. Virginia is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (Total employment (jobs, BEA), Virginia, 1969 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

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SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Virginia, 1969 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/virginia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Total employment (jobs, BEA), Virginia, 1969 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/virginia.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Virginia, 1969 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/virginia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states: Total employment (jobs, BEA), Virginia, 1969 to 2025}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Virginia was 5,789,397 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.9% from 2024. That is the 12th highest of 51 states in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest total employment (jobs, BEA) in Virginia?

5,789,397 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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