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Unemployment rates trended lower across the board over the past month; nationally, statewide, regionally and locally according to the latest labor force report released on Wednesday.

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) — Governor Glenn Youngkin announces that Virginia’s labor force participation rate remained at 66.6% in February. According to the BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), the state labor force participation rate, which measures the proportion of the civilian population age 16 and older that is employed or actively looking for work did […]

RICHMOND, VA – Nearly 67% of Virginia’s population age 16 and up is employed or actively looking for work, according to government data. “Coming into office, Virginia was bottom third in the nation in job growth, and for our first 22 months we outpaced national job growth trends, rising to third in the nation in […]

Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced an increase of just over 7,300 more employed Virginians in August, bringing the total to 226,954 more Virginians employed

Governor Youngkin Announces August Economic Indicators Signal Continued Labor Market Strength

RICHMOND – On Aug. 17, 2023 Governor Glenn Youngkin announced nearly $2.3 million in workforce development opportunity grants awarded for 22 projects throughout Virginia.

Commonwealth Enjoys Highest Labor Force Participation Rate in More Than a Decade, Largest Year-Over-Year Growth in Nearly 45 Years The state of Virginia has…

Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced an increase of nearly 18,000 more employed Virginians in July, bringing the total to 219,452 more Virginians employed

Grants awarded for 22 projects throughout Virginia

Nearly $2.3 million in workforce development opportunity grants were awarded for 22 projects throughout Virginia.