Virginia’s unemployment rate fell 0.3 of a percentage point in January to 5.3%. That’s nearly 3% lower that in January 2020. Nonagricultural private and public sector employers added over 14,000 jobs in January. The largest gain was in government jobs followed by trade and transportation then leisure and hospitality. The largest loss was in the manufacturing sector. The Virginia Employment Commission plans to release the January local area unemployment rates on Friday,