Virginia was the only state in the nation that saw a statistically significant increase in unemployment last month, according to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Why it matters: More than 160,000 Virginians were out of work but looking for a job in June amid a gloomy national labor outlook for the unemployed.
State of play: The latest unemployment data, out Friday, suggests the state’s job losses go beyond the Trump administration’s culling of federal workers.
- Overall, there were roughly 8,400 fewer jobs in Virginia in June than in May.
- And Richmond saw the third-highest month-over-month decrease in nonfarm employment in the state.
Zoom in: All but four of the dozen or so nonagricultural industries in Virginia posted job losses between May and June, per detailed data from Virginia Works, the state’s workforce development arm…