More than 20,000 Fairfax County residents were counted as jobless for the 10th consecutive month in new employment data.
With 612,551 Fairfax residents employed in the civilian workforce and 20,272 looking for jobs, April’s unemployment rate of 3.2% was up from 2.8% year-over-year, according to data reported June 3 by the Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement.
The last time fewer than 20,000 Fairfax residents were reported as unemployed was in May 2025, when 19,741 people were without jobs as the impacts of the Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal workforce began to take effect…