pillar · 20% of capacity score
Workforce Capacity
Does Virginia have the people to staff new growth? Primary signal: county unemployment rate (BLS LAUS). Score formula: clamp(100 − (un − 2) × 12).
Score formula: see /methodology#workforce.
Median unemployment
0.0%
BLS LAUS · latest
Tight (<3%)
0
counties
Healthy (3-5%)
0
counties
Slack (≥5%)
0
counties
tightest labor markets
Top 10 — lowest unemployment
| County | Unemp. | Score |
|---|
most slack
Bottom 10 — highest unemployment
| County | Unemp. | Score |
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BLS LAUS · monthly
All counties — labor force & unemployment
Data unavailable
BLS LAUS data not yet ingested.
Awaiting ingestion from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
future signal
Wages & occupation data
Data unavailable
QCEW wage data and OEWS occupation-level data are planned for the next iteration — they would let the score weight high-wage employment, not just headcount.
Awaiting ingestion from BLS QCEW / OEWS.