Va. unemployment up a bit in February

Va. unemployment up a bit in February

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Friday that, according to the Current Employment Statistics (“CES” or “the establishment survey”), nonfarm payroll employment in Virginia fell by 1,000 in February and Virginia’s labor force participation rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 65.7 percent. According to BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (“LAUS”, or “the household survey”), Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February ...