summary of latest prince William county employment data:

Labor Force:	248,026*	June, 2019
Employed:	241,483*	June, 2019
Unemployment Rate:	2.6*	June, 2019
Establishments of Employment:	9,619*	4th Quarter, 2018
Employment at PWC Establishments:	131,216*	4th Quarter, 2018
Average Weekly Wage:	$995.00*	4th Quarter, 2018

Sources: United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS); Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). https://www.bls.gov/data/#unemployment

Notes: An "establishment" is an economic entity that produces goods and services, usually at a single location, and is involved in one or predominantly one industry activity. "Employment at PWC establishments" indicates the total number of employees working in Prince William County establishments. These employees may reside inside or outside of the county.

*Preliminary estimate

EMPLOYEES AND ESTABLISHMENTS IN PRINCE WILLIAM

Source: United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. http://data.bls.gov/

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Establishments of Employment in PWC	7,275	7,421	7,687	7,958	8,037	8,254	8,870	9,212	9,293	9,455
Change		2.01%	3.58%	3.53%	0.99%	2.70%	7.46%	3.86%	0.88%	1.74%
Employees Working in PWC	102,075	103,877	108,137	112,954	116,645	119,463	122,607	126,283	127,892	130,324
Change		1.77%	4.10%	4.45%	3.27%	2.42%	2.63%	3.00%	1.27%	1.90%

Labor Force

[The number of residents 16 years of age and older "classified in the civilian labor force plus members of the U.S. Armed Forces."]

Source: United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS). http://data.bls.gov/

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual	Change
2009	207,120	207,285	207,792	208,552	209,142	210,313	212,150	208,903	206,985	207,657	208,151	206,946	208,417	​
2010	214,177	214,102	215,950	218,405	218,776	219,350	221,559	219,824	219,664	219,450	219,432	220,045	218,394	​4.79%
2011	222,663	223,048	223,911	224,109	224,527	225,335	227,548	226,281	226,758	226,449	225,935	225,772	225,195	​3.11%
2012	227,226	228,407	228,463	227,330	228,781	229,856	231,050	228,334	229,266	230,106	228,527	228,609	228,830	​1.61%
2013	230,134	230,081	230,323	230,362	231,708	232,925	234,078	231,396	231,475	230,710	230,456	229,611	231,105	​0.99%
2014	231,019	231,806	232,402	230,981	232,634	233,654	234,624	231,267	230,066	231,826	230,353	229,204	231,653	​0.24%
2015	231,213	230,898	230,935	231,356	233,246	233,376	234,246	230,788	228,945	230,632	230,020	230,020	231,306	​-0.15%
2016	231,670	232,436	233,804	233,297	234,841	236,407	238,041	234,949	234,341	236,006	235,056	234,505	234,613	​1.43%
2017	236,420	237,247	238,962	238,835	239,968	241,496	243,025	239,428	239,669	239,266	238,575	237,226	239,177	​1.95%
2018	239,319	241,194	241,604	241,093	242,396	244,037	245,468	240,749	240,716	241,670	240,958	240,607	241,651	​1.03%
2019	242,766	244,122	245,342	244,371	246,139	248,026								​
2020														​
Note: All 2010-2018 data were subject to revision on April 19, 2019.														​
Italicized: Preliminary estimate.														​

EMPLOYMENT

[The number of residents 16 years of age and older who are employed]

Source: United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS). http://data.bls.gov/

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual	​Change
2009	196,941	196,488	196,654	198,013	197,802	198,391	200,533	197,509	195,351	195,900	196,490	194,643	197,060	​
2010	199,663	199,423	201,594	205,380	205,416	205,882	208,314	206,784	207,018	207,048	206,927	207,719	205,097	​4.08%
2011	209,337	209,886	211,262	212,314	212,096	212,033	214,348	212,883	213,545	213,854	214,144	213,646	212,446	​3.58%
2012	214,285	215,255	216,030	216,167	216,618	217,046	218,127	216,046	217,703	218,748	217,658	217,291	216,748	​2.02%
2013	217,374	217,731	218,467	219,330	219,817	220,099	221,456	219,182	219,566	218,148	218,981	218,544	219,058	​1.07%
2014	218,729	219,337	220,085	220,446	221,129	221,844	222,645	219,496	219,155	221,280	220,038	219,332	220,293	​0.56%
2015	219,983	219,918	220,457	222,094	223,165	223,328	224,466	221,550	220,194	222,036	221,759	222,018	221,747	​0.66%
2016	222,785	223,528	225,059	225,651	226,781	227,307	228,989	225,850	225,373	227,150	226,809	226,379	225,972	​1.91%
2017	227,055	227,948	230,213	231,092	231,844	233,026	234,575	230,970	231,930	232,036	231,423	230,484	231,050	​2.25%
2018	231,536	233,548	234,446	235,023	236,207	236,865	238,648	233,935	234,636	235,712	235,386	234,898	235,070	​1.74%
2019	235,410	237,015	238,600	238,880	239,730	241,483								​
2020														​
Note: All 2010-2018 data were subject to revision on April 19, 2019.														​
Italicized: Preliminary estimate.														​

unemployment rate

[The ratio of unemployed to the civilian labor force expressed as a percent: 100 * (unemployed/ labor force)​]

Source: United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS). http://data.bls.gov/

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual	​Change*
2009	4.9	5.2	5.4	5.1	5.4	5.7	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.9	5.4	​
2010	6.8	6.9	6.6	6	6.1	6.1	6	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	6.1	​17.08%
2011	6	5.9	5.6	5.3	5.5	5.9	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.6	5.2	5.4	5.7	​-4.12%
2012	5.7	5.8	5.4	4.9	5.3	5.6	5.6	5.4	5	4.9	4.8	5	5.3	​-5.23%
2013	5.5	5.4	5.1	4.8	5.1	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.4	5	4.8	5.2	​-0.29%
2014	5.3	5.4	5.3	4.6	4.9	5.1	5.1	5.1	4.7	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.9	​-5.70%
2015	4.9	4.8	4.5	4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.5	4.1	​-15.85%
2016	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.3	3.4	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.5	3.5	3.7	​-9.60%
2017	4	3.9	3.7	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.2	3	3	2.8	3.4	​-5.95%
2018	3.3	3.2	3	2.5	2.6	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.4	2.7	​-19.02%
2019	3	2.9	2.7	2.2	2.6	2.6								​
2020														​
Note: All 2010-2018 data were subject to revision on April 19, 2019.														​
Italicized: Preliminary estimate. *The change values indicate percent change in the number of unemployed individuals, not the change in unemployment rate.														​

 

Average Annual Unemployment Rates

[The ratio of unemployed to the civilian labor force expressed as a percent: 100 * (unemployed/ labor force)​. In this case, each year represents the mean of all monthly unemployment rates for that year.          MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area

Washington, D.C. MSA = Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Prince William County	2.3	4.0	4.7	3.6	3.3	3.3	2.8	2.6	2.0	1.9	1.8	2.5	3.4	3.4	3.0	2.7	2.4	2.5	3.3	5.4	6.1	5.7	5.3	5.2	4.9	4.1	3.7	3.4	2.7
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA	3.2	4.6	5.2	4.7	4.1	4.2	3.9	3.6	3.1	2.6	2.7	3.4	4.0	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.1	3.0	3.7	6.0	6.3	6.1	5.8	5.6	5.1	4.4	3.9	3.7	3.3
Virginia	4.5	5.9	6.3	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.4	3.8	2.9	2.7	2.3	3.2	4.2	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.1	3.0	3.9	6.7	7.1	6.6	6.1	5.7	5.2	4.5	4.1	3.7	3.0

Notes: Virginia 2014-2018 unemployment data reflect revised population controls and model reestimation. 2010-2018 unemployment data for Prince William County and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria MSA were subject to revision on April 19, 2019

Source: United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS). http://data.bls.gov/

 

employment TRENDS: MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES, 1990 - Present

Average Percentage of Employees in Each Industry Group (sorted highest to lowest for most recent year - Prince William County)

	​1990	​1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2016	2017	2018, Quarter 3	Counties in Northern Virginia Regional Planning Commission, 2017*	​Virginia, 2017
Retail Trade	​21.3%	​22.2%	​​21.0%	​18.7%	​19.3%	18.8%	18.4%	17.8%​	17.1%​	9.9%	11.0%
Educational Services	​11.0%	​11.7%	​​11.7%	​13.1%	​13.9%	12.8%	12.7%	12.9%​	11.6%	8.1%	9.3%​
Accommodation and Food Services	​10.6%	​10.9%	​​10.2%	​9.8%	​10.2%	10.8%	11.1%	11.0%​	11.2%​	8.7%	​9.1%
Construction	11.9%​	11.1%​	11.4%​	15.1%​	9.7%​	10.6%​	10.7%​	10.7%​	11.1%	5.1%​	5.3%​​
Healthcare and Social Assistance	​4.9%	​6.7%	​​7.4%	​7.3%	​9.1%	10.0%	10.1%	10.1%	10.8%	9.4%	12.7%​
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	​3.6%	​4.2%	​​5.0%	​6.2%	7.6%	7.4%	7.4%	7.4%​	7.7%	20.7%	11.0%​
Public Administration	​8.4%	​5.9%	​​6.2%	4.9%	​6.6%	6.1%	5.9%	5.9%​	5.8%	7.4%	6.5%​
Administrative and Support and Waste Management	​2.3%	​4.2%	​​5.6%	5.1%	4.8%	5.2%	5.4%	5.1%​	5.5%	6.5%	6.3%​
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	​1.6%	​2.4%	​​2.8%	​3.0%	3.0%	3.4%	3.3%	3.4%​	4.2%	1.9%	​1.8%
Other Services (except public administration)	​4.0%	​4.0%	​​3.4%	​3.3%	​3.2%	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%​	3.4%	4.6%	​3.8%
Wholesale Trade	​2.7%	​2.2%	​​2.5%	​2.2%	​2.4%	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%​	2.3%	1.9%	2.9%​
Transportation and Warehousing	​3.0%	​2.9%	​​2.5%	​2.3%	2.4%	2.0%	2.0%	1.9%​	2.0%​	3.5%	​3.6%
Finance and Insurance	​2.3%	​1.8%	​​1.7%	​1.8%	​1.6%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%​	1.6%	3.4%​	3.6%​
Manufacturing	​5.2%	​3.9%	​​3.3%	​2.2%	​1.7%	1.5%	1.6%	1.6%​	1.5%	1.6%	​6.4%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	​2.2%	​1.4%	​​1.4%	​1.6%	​1.5%	1.3%	1.3%	1.4%​	1.3%​	1.6%	1.4%​
Information	​2.5%	​2.6%	​​2.0%	​1.5%	1.5%	1.4%	1.1%	1.2%​	1.1%	3.0%	​1.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	​0.2%	​0.5%	​​0.8%	​0.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%​	0.6%​	2.0%	​1.9%
Utilities	​1.7%	​1.1%	​​0.8%	​0.6%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%​	0.6%​	0.4%	​0.5%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	​0.2%	​0.2%	​​0.2%	​0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%​	0.1%​	0.1%​	0.1%	​0.4%
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	​N/A	​N/A	​​N/A	N/A	0.1%	0.1%​	0.1%​	0.1%​	0.1%​	0.0%​	​0.2%

Source: Virginia Employment Commission. Labor Market Information: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). http://www.vec.virginia.gov/

*The Northern Virginia Regional Commission Includes the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William; the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Fall Church, Manassas, Manassas Park; the towns of Dumfries, Leesburg, Purcellville, and Vienna.

Note: The percentages are derived from the average number of employees for an industry group divided by the average total number of employees in the county.

N/A = Data not available.

20 largest employers IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY

Rank	Employer​	​Ownership	​Size
​1	Prince William County School Board	​Local Gov't	​1,000+
​2	County of Prince William	​Local Gov't	​​1,000+
​3	U.S. Department of Defense	​Fed Gov't	​1,000+
​4	Wal Mart	​Private	​1,000+
​5	Morale Welfare and Recreation	​Fed Gov't	​1,000+
​6	Sentara Healthcare	​Private	​​1,000+
​7	Wegmans Store #07	​Private	​500-999
​8	Northern VA Comm. College	​State Gov't	​500-999
​9	M J Morgan Group	Private	​500-999
​10	Target Corp	​Private	​500-999
​11	Sfx Entertainment	​Private	​500-999
​12	MAG Aerospace*	​​Private	​500-999
​13	Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.	Private	500-999
​14	Minnieland Private Day School	​​Private	​​500-999
​15	Food Lion	Private	500-999
​16	George Mason University	State Gov't	250-499
​17	Giant Food	Privae	250-499
​18	The Fishel Company	​​Private	250-499
​19	Harris Teeter Supermarket	Private	250-499
20	US Foodservice	​​Private	250-499

Data Currency: 2018, 2nd Quarter

*MAG Aerospace is no longer located in Prince William County.

Source: Virginia Employment Commission. Labor Market Information: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). http://www.vec.virginia.gov/

employees & Establishments in washington, D.C. area, 2017:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA

• Employees: 3,115,388
• Establishments: 193,466