Virginia has lost 22,400 federal government jobs since the end of last year, but the state’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.5% in November after rising for seven consecutive months earlier last year.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, still recovering from the 43-day federal government shutdown, reported Wednesday that Virginia’s jobless rate remained at the same level as in September, but the state’s labor participation rate fell by 0.3% to 64.3% as the labor pool continued to shrink.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
