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Maryland: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Maryland
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	2,687.8	2,702.4	2,716.2	2,742.1	2,764.4	2,777.6	2,768.0	2,761.3	2,757.7	2,761.5	2,763.3	2,756.5	2,746.6
2024	2,685.7	2,708.1	(p)2,721.1
Mining & Logging
2023	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5
2024	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
Construction
2023	156.7	157.3	158.4	160.0	161.1	162.8	163.1	162.6	161.0	159.9	159.4	158.3	160.1
2024	151.8	151.4	(p)153.1
Manufacturing
2023	111.2	111.3	111.2	111.4	111.4	112.5	112.6	111.5	111.3	111.0	109.9	109.9	111.3
2024	109.2	108.8	(p)108.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	471.7	464.5	464.4	463.1	465.7	469.3	467.2	467.3	464.3	470.2	478.9	481.3	469.0
2024	462.5	458.0	(p)456.1
Information
2023	35.3	35.2	35.2	35.5	35.6	35.3	34.8	34.6	34.2	33.8	34.0	33.6	34.8
2024	33.0	33.4	(p)33.6
Financial Activities
2023	138.9	139.2	138.8	139.7	139.4	140.6	140.8	140.2	139.3	138.7	139.3	138.4	139.4
2024	136.4	136.1	(p)136.0
Professional & Business Services
2023	471.5	472.3	473.6	480.8	481.5	484.1	483.8	482.7	476.3	476.6	475.9	474.5	477.8
2024	463.6	465.0	(p)464.0
Educational & Health Services
2023	450.0	455.5	456.3	460.2	461.0	461.6	461.9	460.2	463.3	468.8	469.1	467.8	461.3
2024	462.0	472.1	(p)474.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	240.1	241.1	247.0	257.0	268.1	281.2	285.5	282.1	268.0	262.4	255.2	249.2	261.4
2024	243.7	244.2	(p)250.4
Other Services
2023	103.1	103.5	104.3	105.2	106.0	106.9	108.5	107.8	106.3	104.8	103.6	104.9	105.4
2024	103.2	103.6	(p)105.1
Government
2023	507.9	521.1	525.5	527.7	533.1	521.8	508.3	510.8	532.3	533.9	536.6	537.2	524.7
2024	518.9	534.1	(p)538.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Maryland
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(r)3,143,168	(r)3,156,933	(r)3,180,143	(r)3,163,009	(r)3,165,711	(r)3,201,199	(r)3,234,383	(r)3,208,294	(r)3,190,509	(r)3,201,277	(r)3,196,718	(r)3,177,071	(r)3,184,868
2024	3,160,540	3,175,706	(p)3,218,845
Employment
2023	(r)3,061,786	(r)3,077,341	(r)3,113,530	(r)3,114,728	(r)3,109,600	(r)3,136,777	(r)3,164,280	(r)3,135,203	(r)3,123,422	(r)3,128,416	(r)3,131,020	(r)3,111,141	(r)3,117,270
2024	3,072,759	3,083,565	(p)3,125,468
Unemployment
2023	(r)81,382	(r)79,592	(r)66,613	(r)48,281	(r)56,111	(r)64,422	(r)70,103	(r)73,091	(r)67,087	(r)72,861	(r)65,698	(r)65,930	(r)67,598
2024	87,781	92,141	(p)93,377
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)2.6	(r)2.5	(r)2.1	(r)1.5	(r)1.8	(r)2.0	(r)2.2	(r)2.3	(r)2.1	(r)2.3	(r)2.1	(r)2.1	(r)2.1
2024	2.8	2.9	(p)2.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised