Baltimore-Towson, MD: 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
Baltimore-Towson, Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2008

1,298.9 1,302.0 1,311.5 1,321.3 1,329.1 1,328.2 1,319.8 1,316.9 1,313.5 1,318.3 1,312.5 1,309.1 1,315.1

2009

1,271.3 1,270.6 1,276.8 1,283.8 1,293.5 1,295.5 1,286.5 1,277.4 (P) 1,276.7        

Mining, Logging, & Construction

 

2008

82.1 81.1 81.9 82.4 82.5 83.6 84.4 84.2 83.0 81.7 80.5 78.5 82.2

2009

74.5 71.2 71.0 70.8 72.9 75.5 74.4 72.9 (P) 74.0        

Manufacturing

 

2008

70.3 70.2 70.0 69.5 69.6 69.9 69.7 69.7 69.3 68.9 68.7 68.7 69.5

2009

67.5 67.3 67.2 67.1 67.1 67.2 67.1 67.0 (P) 66.8        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

244.1 240.4 241.4 240.8 241.9 243.0 241.1 240.7 239.5 239.8 241.2 241.3 241.3

2009

232.0 229.6 229.6 230.3 232.4 233.3 229.3 229.5 (P) 228.0        

Information

 

2008

23.4 23.5 23.8 23.6 23.7 23.4 23.0 23.0 22.9 22.9 22.8 22.6 23.2

2009

22.6 22.1 22.0 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.1 22.0 (P) 21.9        

Financial Activities

 

2008

79.2 79.5 79.7 79.4 79.5 79.7 79.1 78.9 78.1 77.8 76.0 76.2 78.6

2009

75.3 74.6 74.6 74.5 73.7 73.5 73.5 72.2 (P) 71.1        

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

190.4 190.6 192.4 194.9 196.1 196.5 197.1 197.9 195.8 196.7 194.8 194.7 194.8

2009

188.5 185.9 186.5 188.0 189.2 190.8 190.4 191.4 (P) 188.6        

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

224.4 226.2 227.4 228.3 228.3 227.3 226.9 226.2 229.1 230.3 230.8 231.0 228.0

2009

228.0 230.0 231.1 232.1 232.0 230.9 231.4 231.1 (P) 233.1        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

110.0 109.7 112.2 117.2 122.1 123.6 123.0 122.1 116.6 115.6 112.5 111.0 116.3

2009

106.7 107.2 108.5 112.0 117.0 121.0 120.4 119.6 (P) 116.3        

Other Services

 

2008

55.8 56.1 56.5 56.8 56.9 57.5 57.0 56.8 56.5 56.3 56.4 56.5 56.6

2009

55.4 55.6 56.3 56.5 56.8 57.3 57.7 56.9 (P) 56.6        

Government

 

2008

219.2 224.7 226.2 228.4 228.5 223.7 218.5 217.4 222.7 228.3 228.8 228.6 224.6

2009

220.8 227.1 230.0 230.5 230.3 223.8 220.2 214.8 (P) 220.3        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Baltimore-Towson, Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2008

1,401,491 1,393,742 1,400,916 1,401,294 1,411,792 1,418,798 1,429,839 1,411,221 1,397,310 1,405,835 1,399,785 1,393,753 1,405,482

2009

1,386,628 1,377,519 1,378,517 1,378,834 1,382,197 1,399,178 1,408,210 1,387,464 (P) 1,372,051        

Employment

 

2008

1,345,189 1,339,678 1,347,390 1,351,168 1,353,828 1,353,147 1,358,880 1,341,228 1,330,337 1,333,830 1,324,294 1,313,208 1,341,015

2009

1,289,596 1,273,314 1,277,892 1,282,551 1,278,332 1,288,714 1,296,429 1,281,686 (P) 1,268,020        

Unemployment

 

2008

56,302 54,064 53,526 50,126 57,964 65,651 70,959 69,993 66,973 72,005 75,491 80,545 64,467

2009

97,032 104,205 100,625 96,283 103,865 110,464 111,781 105,778 (P) 104,031        

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 4.1 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.8 4.6

2009

7.0 7.6 7.3 7.0 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.6 (P) 7.6        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

The Baltimore-Towson, Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Queen Anne's Counties and Baltimore City in Maryland.

 

Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Baltimore City, Md.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2008

363.3 366.0 368.1 369.7 370.9 368.8 368.1 368.2 368.8 369.3 368.3 367.5 368.1

2009

356.2 359.4 360.8 361.3 361.7 357.3 360.1 360.3 (P) 358.7        

Mining, Logging, & Construction

 

2008

11.2 11.0 11.3 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.0 10.9 10.7 10.6 11.0

2009

10.0 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.9 9.7 (P) 9.7        

Manufacturing

 

2008

16.4 16.4 16.4 16.1 16.1 16.1 15.9 15.8 15.7 15.6 15.5 15.5 16.0

2009

15.2 15.2 15.2 15.1 15.1 15.1 15.0 15.0 (P) 14.9        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

41.4 41.2 40.8 41.0 40.8 41.2 41.4 41.6 41.4 41.4 41.4 41.7 41.3

2009

40.5 40.3 40.4 40.4 40.2 40.6 40.0 40.0 (P) 40.2        

Information

 

2008

5.8 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.6

2009

5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 (P) 5.1        

Financial Activities

 

2008

21.5 21.5 21.4 21.4 21.5 21.5 21.8 21.8 21.5 21.3 21.4 21.3 21.5

2009

20.7 20.6 20.6 20.5 20.3 20.4 20.4 20.2 (P) 20.0        

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

44.6 44.1 44.1 44.6 44.9 44.1 45.0 45.8 45.3 45.4 44.8 44.7 44.8

2009

42.5 42.8 41.7 42.1 41.8 40.3 39.3 43.1 (P) 41.0        

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

101.6 102.5 103.3 103.0 102.9 102.4 102.3 102.5 103.5 104.8 105.1 104.7 103.2

2009

102.9 104.1 105.0 104.9 104.7 103.8 104.7 104.3 (P) 104.7        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

23.7 24.1 24.6 26.3 28.1 26.6 26.3 26.3 25.7 24.8 24.1 23.8 25.4

2009

22.9 22.7 23.0 23.8 25.0 26.0 26.3 25.9 (P) 24.7        

Other Services

 

2008

16.4 16.6 16.6 16.7 16.7 16.8 16.8 16.6 16.7 16.7 16.9 16.8 16.7

2009

16.4 16.4 16.5 16.4 16.4 16.3 16.8 16.1 (P) 16.0        

Government

 

2008

80.7 82.7 83.5 83.6 83.0 83.3 81.9 81.3 82.7 83.1 83.1 83.2 82.7

2009

79.9 82.4 83.6 83.3 83.3 79.8 82.6 80.9 (P) 82.4        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Baltimore City, Md.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2008

277,242 274,980 276,331 276,175 278,824 280,918 283,938 280,873 277,482 279,412 278,457 277,468 278,508

2009

277,053 274,822 274,762 274,733 275,648 279,884 282,318 278,500 (P) 274,763        

Employment

 

2008

260,519 259,451 260,945 261,677 262,192 262,060 263,170 259,752 257,642 258,319 256,472 254,325 259,710

2009

249,752 246,599 247,485 248,388 247,571 249,581 251,075 248,220 (P) 245,574        

Unemployment

 

2008

16,723 15,529 15,386 14,498 16,632 18,858 20,768 21,121 19,840 21,093 21,985 23,143 18,798

2009

27,301 28,223 27,277 26,345 28,077 30,303 31,243 30,280 (P) 29,189        

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

6.0 5.6 5.6 5.2 6.0 6.7 7.3 7.5 7.2 7.5 7.9 8.3 6.7

2009

9.9 10.3 9.9 9.6 10.2 10.8 11.1 10.9 (P) 10.6        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary