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 |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2024 |
2,831.1 |
2,831.8 |
2,835.7 |
2,823.7 |
2,825.0 |
2,829.2 |
2,838.3 |
2,835.0 |
2,835.7 |
2,826.0 |
2,837.5 |
2,840.6 |
2025 |
2,846.4 |
2,847.6 |
2,845.6 |
2,848.0 |
2,849.8 |
2,840.8 |
2,852.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Mining, Logging, & Construction |
|
2024 |
165.9 |
165.4 |
165.5 |
164.3 |
164.4 |
164.5 |
164.8 |
164.5 |
164.7 |
163.5 |
162.6 |
161.3 |
2025 |
159.1 |
163.1 |
162.1 |
164.2 |
163.6 |
161.2 |
160.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing |
|
2024 |
111.4 |
110.7 |
110.9 |
110.3 |
110.3 |
110.2 |
109.9 |
109.7 |
110.4 |
108.8 |
109.5 |
109.8 |
2025 |
110.0 |
109.7 |
110.4 |
110.1 |
110.0 |
110.0 |
109.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2024 |
475.1 |
475.4 |
475.0 |
472.5 |
472.0 |
472.8 |
473.4 |
472.0 |
472.9 |
474.9 |
479.4 |
479.0 |
2025 |
478.3 |
476.1 |
474.5 |
473.1 |
473.9 |
473.4 |
472.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
Information |
|
2024 |
35.2 |
34.9 |
34.8 |
34.3 |
34.5 |
34.3 |
34.5 |
34.4 |
34.3 |
33.4 |
33.9 |
34.3 |
2025 |
34.5 |
33.4 |
33.5 |
33.6 |
33.9 |
33.6 |
33.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2024 |
141.9 |
141.5 |
141.4 |
141.2 |
140.6 |
140.4 |
141.1 |
141.2 |
141.0 |
141.5 |
141.5 |
142.5 |
2025 |
142.4 |
142.8 |
143.0 |
143.0 |
142.3 |
141.3 |
141.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2024 |
488.2 |
488.0 |
488.1 |
484.4 |
484.6 |
483.6 |
487.1 |
484.3 |
484.5 |
480.8 |
480.4 |
479.4 |
2025 |
479.3 |
479.5 |
481.8 |
481.6 |
482.3 |
480.7 |
479.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Educational & Health Services |
|
2024 |
482.3 |
484.4 |
487.5 |
485.6 |
486.7 |
489.3 |
489.8 |
491.2 |
492.2 |
491.8 |
494.1 |
495.5 |
2025 |
498.2 |
499.9 |
499.6 |
500.6 |
502.5 |
504.5 |
507.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2024 |
270.9 |
269.6 |
270.3 |
269.7 |
270.1 |
269.4 |
268.9 |
269.2 |
270.0 |
267.2 |
266.9 |
267.3 |
2025 |
268.2 |
269.9 |
271.5 |
273.9 |
274.7 |
272.5 |
273.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other Services |
|
2024 |
121.2 |
121.6 |
121.4 |
118.8 |
118.5 |
118.3 |
118.9 |
118.8 |
118.6 |
119.6 |
120.5 |
119.1 |
2025 |
121.9 |
120.0 |
119.2 |
119.1 |
119.5 |
118.4 |
118.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Government |
|
2024 |
539.0 |
540.3 |
540.8 |
542.6 |
543.3 |
546.4 |
549.9 |
549.7 |
547.1 |
544.5 |
548.7 |
552.4 |
2025 |
554.5 |
553.2 |
550.0 |
548.8 |
547.1 |
545.2 |
556.0 |
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|
|
|
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 |
|
2024 |
3,230,878 |
3,235,983 |
3,239,535 |
3,242,962 |
3,248,836 |
3,252,439 |
3,255,664 |
3,257,096 |
3,253,416 |
3,253,013 |
3,252,774 |
3,251,295 |
2025 |
3,248,453 |
3,244,092 |
3,237,563 |
3,235,026 |
3,235,469 |
3,236,014 |
3,237,587 |
|
|
|
|
|
Employment |
|
2024 |
3,142,958 |
3,145,132 |
3,146,196 |
3,147,588 |
3,150,549 |
3,151,679 |
3,152,538 |
3,152,945 |
3,150,471 |
3,150,418 |
3,151,074 |
3,150,736 |
2025 |
3,150,231 |
3,146,485 |
3,139,416 |
3,134,594 |
3,131,415 |
3,128,729 |
3,127,162 |
|
|
|
|
|
Unemployment |
|
2024 |
87,920 |
90,851 |
93,339 |
95,374 |
98,287 |
100,760 |
103,126 |
104,151 |
102,945 |
102,595 |
101,700 |
100,559 |
2025 |
98,222 |
97,607 |
98,147 |
100,432 |
104,054 |
107,285 |
110,425 |
|
|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
|
2024 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
2025 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
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United States Department of Labor
