District of Columbia
Data through June 2026Published August 2026Digest g0.1 · Provisional
Compiled from Census, BLS, Indeed Hiring Lab. Government statistics publish on a lag, so the latest month shown trails the calendar; every figure carries its own “data through” date.
This is the most recent edition. Newer government data for this state has not been published yet.
This month
Residential building permits rose 204.3% year over year, to 639 units authorized in June 2026. Census
01 · Indicators
- Construction employment
- Not published for this month.
- Building permits
- 639
- +204.3% YoY
- Census · Jun 2026
- Unemployment
- 6.0%
- −3.2% YoY
- BLS · Jun 2026
- Job postings index
- 69.2
- +1.0% YoY
- Indeed Hiring Lab · Jun 2026
02 · Tightest trades in District of Columbia
The Trade Demand Index is scored for the 50 states. District of Columbia is not in the index panel, so there is no trade ranking to show here yet.
Index 0–100, methodology v0.2 · Band is this state’s percentile among the 50 states for that trade · Wages adjusted by BEA regional price parity
03 · Desks
Open roles and hiring momentum in this market.
Coming in a later editionFederal construction awards and permit activity.
Coming in a later edition