Virginia’s unemployment rate in December was 3.7 percent, unchanged from November.
The December 2017 rate represented a decline of four-tenths of percentage point from December 2016, according to the Virginia Employment Commission. The national rate for December 2017 was 4.1 percent.
The numbers are seasonally adjusted, meaning that they take into account seasonal fluctuations in the labor force.
The lowest jobless rate in Virginia last year, 3.6 percent, occurred in October. That rate was the lowest seen in Virginia since March 2008.
Virginia’s nonfarm employment fell by 2,100 jobs in December to 3,966,500, the third consecutive monthly decline.
