• You get what you vote for. A lot of places are suffering brain drain, and the higher salaries that come with this. But, since MAGA is nothing but Billionaires on one end, and poverty stricken dumbasses on the other. No one is caring for the middle, except the Blue states. So, VA is losing a lot of good people to MD. We will take them, and you guys can have all our MAGA trash.

  • Youngkin and Trump’s economy. We winning yet MAGA?

  • Elections have consequences. I hope you have a good trust fund rely on. 🤷

  • Vote out all of the GOP!

  • Youngkin's legacy.

  • I don't understand the percent change in non-farm payrolls for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria. If the majority of the jobs lost were in NOVA, how did this particular area maintain a 0.0% change rate? We're there some massive gains in other job areas besides the feds? Or is it that the BLS doesn't have the data or is holding back on the data.

    The fastest-growing job sector in Virginia is “health care and social assistance.” That covers a lot of different jobs with different pay rates. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the median is $108,040 for health services managers, $61,900 for nurses and $34,800 for home health aides.

    It would appear that, while Virginia is gaining jobs, we’re gaining them in lower-paid fields than the jobs we’re losing. This is a point that calls out for more investigation.

    In the article

    Ah, got it. Thank you!

    And once the cuts to healthcare subsidies kick in, we’ll lose those jobs too!