Maryland: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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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
2012	2,507.0	2,523.2	2,553.6	2,569.6	2,588.3	2,598.2	2,576.3	2,577.5	2,586.7	2,606.3	2,603.6	2,604.0	2,574.5
2013	2,537.4	2,560.0	2,582.3	(P) 2,599.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2012	139.4	138.7	140.7	143.6	144.3	147.6	147.8	148.6	147.9	148.7	148.1	147.2	145.2
2013	143.5	143.9	148.0	(P) 149.6
Manufacturing
2012	109.7	109.1	109.3	109.6	109.6	110.6	110.6	109.8	107.9	105.8	105.4	105.5	108.6
2013	104.4	104.7	105.5	(P) 106.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	444.2	439.5	444.1	446.4	450.0	452.8	449.3	449.6	450.8	454.8	460.5	465.4	450.6
2013	445.7	442.3	443.9	(P) 449.2
Information
2012	39.8	39.9	39.9	38.8	39.0	40.3	40.3	40.4	39.8	40.2	40.4	40.1	39.9
2013	39.8	39.7	39.3	(P) 37.7
Financial Activities
2012	141.8	141.7	141.8	141.7	142.4	143.5	143.7	143.8	142.9	144.5	144.0	143.6	143.0
2013	142.7	142.9	143.6	(P) 143.8
Professional & Business Services
2012	396.7	397.7	404.4	407.6	410.0	414.6	412.6	417.2	414.1	418.3	414.0	414.7	410.2
2013	407.6	412.4	417.6	(P) 419.5
Educational & Health Services
2012	407.7	413.2	415.4	415.8	416.3	411.9	410.4	408.6	413.9	420.4	424.3	424.3	415.2
2013	420.0	422.9	425.1	(P) 425.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	220.8	221.7	229.8	239.3	251.1	264.1	264.3	264.5	254.2	247.2	239.7	236.8	244.5
2013	229.6	229.7	235.0	(P) 241.6
Other Services
2012	111.9	111.3	111.8	112.6	112.7	113.7	113.2	112.4	111.5	112.0	111.2	112.4	112.2
2013	110.4	111.5	111.0	(P) 111.5
Government
2012	495.0	510.4	516.4	514.2	512.9	499.1	484.1	482.6	503.7	514.4	516.0	514.0	505.2
2013	493.7	510.0	513.3	(P) 515.3
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
2012	(1) 3,081,044	(1) 3,089,552	(1) 3,105,219	(1) 3,087,493	(1) 3,115,937	(1) 3,148,816	(1) 3,171,029	(1) 3,130,887	(1) 3,128,437	(1) 3,152,112	(1) 3,132,194	(1) 3,128,826	(1) 3,122,629
2013	3,117,200	3,114,643	3,126,227	(P) 3,122,298
Employment
2012	(1) 2,858,503	(1) 2,866,093	(1) 2,895,160	(1) 2,891,262	(1) 2,908,680	(1) 2,921,546	(1) 2,942,196	(1) 2,910,814	(1) 2,923,342	(1) 2,945,745	(1) 2,929,605	(1) 2,921,910	(1) 2,909,571
2013	2,893,662	2,902,020	2,918,871	(P) 2,922,985
Unemployment
2012	(1) 222,541	(1) 223,459	(1) 210,059	(1) 196,231	(1) 207,257	(1) 227,270	(1) 228,833	(1) 220,073	(1) 205,095	(1) 206,367	(1) 202,589	(1) 206,916	(1) 213,058
2013	223,538	212,623	207,356	(P) 199,313
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 7.2	(1) 7.2	(1) 6.8	(1) 6.4	(1) 6.7	(1) 7.2	(1) 7.2	(1) 7.0	(1) 6.6	(1) 6.5	(1) 6.5	(1) 6.6	(1) 6.8
2013	7.2	6.8	6.6	(P) 6.4
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation. (P) Preliminary

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