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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
2022	2,689.2	2,707.1	2,697.4	2,699.7	2,702.4	2,693.7	2,721.4	2,723.2	2,725.6	2,715.3	2,718.1	2,722.2
2023	2,729.2	2,728.5	2,731.2	(p)2,739.2
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2022	161.5	163.2	162.4	161.8	161.6	161.1	162.6	162.7	162.6	161.8	162.3	163.6
2023	163.4	162.9	163.0	(p)162.4
Manufacturing
2022	109.4	110.0	109.9	108.9	109.1	108.9	110.0	110.2	110.3	111.3	111.5	110.9
2023	110.9	110.8	110.1	(p)109.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	474.9	480.6	479.3	477.8	477.1	474.9	480.0	480.0	480.7	473.7	474.2	474.7
2023	477.4	475.6	475.5	(p)476.8
Information
2022	35.4	35.4	35.5	35.3	35.5	35.4	35.7	35.6	35.6	35.5	35.1	34.8
2023	34.7	34.7	34.6	(p)35.0
Financial Activities
2022	135.6	135.6	134.2	135.1	134.9	133.7	134.7	134.8	134.9	134.9	136.5	136.0
2023	136.1	135.7	135.8	(p)135.1
Professional & Business Services
2022	472.1	476.3	472.6	474.0	474.1	472.4	480.8	481.0	480.4	474.5	470.1	471.6
2023	465.5	468.5	469.5	(p)472.4
Educational & Health Services
2022	440.5	442.3	440.4	441.7	443.5	442.7	448.3	449.1	449.4	450.7	452.2	453.2
2023	456.3	455.7	457.0	(p)457.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	248.3	249.8	249.8	248.6	247.7	245.6	247.9	247.7	247.7	252.6	254.9	253.7
2023	257.4	256.1	256.6	(p)256.0
Other Services
2022	106.6	107.3	106.0	106.0	106.2	106.4	106.9	106.9	107.3	105.8	104.8	106.5
2023	107.9	108.8	108.8	(p)108.4
Government
2022	504.9	506.6	507.3	510.5	512.7	512.6	514.5	515.2	516.7	514.5	516.5	517.2
2023	519.6	519.7	520.3	(p)525.8
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
2022	(r)3,172,616	(r)3,173,470	(r)3,173,331	(r)3,173,560	(r)3,174,985	(r)3,175,018	(r)3,172,947	(r)3,173,602	(r)3,166,219	(r)3,167,557	(r)3,165,445	(r)3,161,834
2023	3,163,822	3,167,195	3,177,661	(p)3,184,900
Employment
2022	(r)3,056,712	(r)3,065,843	(r)3,071,258	(r)3,075,234	(r)3,075,361	(r)3,073,410	(r)3,070,519	(r)3,067,002	(r)3,064,376	(r)3,064,659	(r)3,066,213	(r)3,065,836
2023	3,069,792	3,074,847	3,091,373	(p)3,106,097
Unemployment
2022	(r)115,904	(r)107,627	(r)102,073	(r)98,326	(r)99,624	(r)101,608	(r)102,428	(r)106,600	(r)101,843	(r)102,898	(r)99,232	(r)95,998
2023	94,030	92,348	86,288	(p)78,803
Unemployment Rate
2022	(r)3.7	(r)3.4	(r)3.2	(r)3.1	(r)3.1	(r)3.2	(r)3.2	(r)3.4	(r)3.2	(r)3.2	(r)3.1	(r)3.0
2023	3.0	2.9	2.7	(p)2.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised