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Maryland: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Maryland
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2023	2,736.7	2,738.4	2,742.1	2,747.0	2,750.1	2,755.8	2,752.4	2,752.0	2,751.2	2,740.6	2,739.2	2,735.4
2024	2,741.4	2,743.6	(p)2,743.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	163.2	162.6	162.4	162.4	162.2	162.0	161.5	161.4	161.0	159.7	159.7	159.0
2024	156.9	157.2	(p)157.6
Manufacturing
2023	111.9	112.0	112.1	111.9	111.8	112.1	112.0	110.9	111.5	110.4	109.1	109.0
2024	110.0	109.7	(p)109.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	471.6	470.9	471.1	470.2	469.6	469.6	468.3	469.0	468.5	467.9	468.7	466.2
2024	466.4	465.0	(p)462.4
Information
2023	35.6	35.4	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.1	34.8	34.6	34.4	33.6	34.0	33.8
2024	33.5	33.6	(p)33.7
Financial Activities
2023	140.1	140.1	139.9	140.4	139.8	139.8	139.5	139.2	139.3	137.9	138.3	138.2
2024	138.0	137.4	(p)137.5
Professional & Business Services
2023	478.9	479.1	479.1	480.0	479.6	482.0	478.3	477.6	477.6	472.3	472.5	472.8
2024	473.0	471.9	(p)470.3
Educational & Health Services
2023	454.6	455.7	456.0	458.6	460.7	462.9	462.5	462.6	463.7	465.4	464.8	464.2
2024	465.9	470.3	(p)471.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	257.9	259.0	260.1	261.4	262.5	263.4	264.0	263.4	262.8	263.0	260.9	258.3
2024	260.5	262.5	(p)262.7
Other Services
2023	104.5	104.8	105.1	105.3	105.7	106.1	106.6	106.5	106.4	105.1	104.3	105.1
2024	104.7	105.2	(p)105.6
Government
2023	518.4	518.8	520.8	521.3	522.7	522.8	524.9	526.8	526.0	525.3	526.9	528.8
2024	532.5	530.8	(p)532.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Maryland
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2023	(r)3,162,469	(r)3,167,605	(r)3,171,755	(r)3,174,257	(r)3,182,318	(r)3,185,563	(r)3,189,399	(r)3,194,935	(r)3,195,355	(r)3,198,014	(r)3,194,731	(r)3,195,545
2024	3,192,770	3,191,144	(p)3,193,388
Employment
2023	(r)3,088,065	(r)3,097,668	(r)3,106,942	(r)3,115,324	(r)3,122,693	(r)3,126,321	(r)3,127,573	(r)3,127,160	(r)3,125,061	(r)3,124,790	(r)3,123,170	(r)3,125,020
2024	3,119,939	3,114,932	(p)3,113,213
Unemployment
2023	(r)74,404	(r)69,937	(r)64,813	(r)58,933	(r)59,625	(r)59,242	(r)61,826	(r)67,775	(r)70,294	(r)73,224	(r)71,561	(r)70,525
2024	72,831	76,212	(p)80,175
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)2.4	(r)2.2	(r)2.0	(r)1.9	(r)1.9	(r)1.9	(r)1.9	(r)2.1	(r)2.2	(r)2.3	(r)2.2	(r)2.2
2024	2.3	2.4	(p)2.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised