Richmond, VA MSA Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Updated on January 9, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in January 2022, the number of payroll employment in Richmond, VA MSA for was 529,964. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 2,444.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2015 to January 2022. This information can also be found in the table below.

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Richmond, VA MSA Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Richmond, VA MSA Number of Jobs Added to All Private Business Establishments
Richmond, VA MSA Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2015 489659
February 2015 489238 -421
March 2015 492404 3166
April 2015 500711 8307
May 2015 507825 7114
June 2015 510865 3040
July 2015 514528 3663
August 2015 515234 706
September 2015 513832 -1402
October 2015 517888 4056
November 2015 523045 5157
December 2015 523469 424
January 2016 507210 -16259
February 2016 507759 549
March 2016 509971 2212
April 2016 515919 5948
May 2016 518596 2677
June 2016 521785 3189
July 2016 519958 -1827
August 2016 520998 1040
September 2016 518198 -2800
October 2016 521605 3407
November 2016 525993 4388
December 2016 527167 1174
January 2017 511356 -15811
February 2017 514958 3602
March 2017 517494 2536
April 2017 521668 4174
May 2017 527159 5491
June 2017 531798 4639
July 2017 530431 -1367
August 2017 530639 208
September 2017 527187 -3452
October 2017 529142 1955
November 2017 531616 2474
December 2017 533368 1752
January 2018 517124 -16244
February 2018 520654 3530
March 2018 522262 1608
April 2018 526078 3816
May 2018 530231 4153
June 2018 535870 5639
July 2018 535796 -74
August 2018 535519 -277
September 2018 528007 -7512
October 2018 533621 5614
November 2018 538841 5220
December 2018 538480 -361
January 2019 525275 -13205
February 2019 525545 270
March 2019 526828 1283
April 2019 531615 4787
May 2019 535511 3896
June 2019 540974 5463
July 2019 539196 -1778
August 2019 538503 -693
September 2019 532775 -5728
October 2019 536573 3798
November 2019 543059 6486
December 2019 543199 140
January 2020 532490 -10709
February 2020 530918 -1572
March 2020 529114 -1804
April 2020 462850 -66264
May 2020 470703 7853
June 2020 485671 14968
July 2020 497362 11691
August 2020 499998 2636
September 2020 499025 -973
October 2020 506831 7806
November 2020 511079 4248
December 2020 512844 1765
February 2021 502439 -10405
March 2021 500572 -1867
April 2021 504344 3772
May 2021 507036 2692
June 2021 512038 5002
July 2021 517356 5318
August 2021 524661 7305
September 2021 523161 -1500
October 2021 515738 -7423
November 2021 523082 7344
December 2021 527520 4438
January 2022 529964 2444