Virginia’s unemployment rate dropped from 5.6% in December 2020 to 5.3% in January, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday. The state saw a gain of 14,100 nonfarm payroll jobs during January.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.3% in January, falling to 6.2% in February.
Nevertheless, Virginia’s January unemployment rate was still significantly higher than in January 2020, when the state unemployment rate was 2.5%.