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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
2025	2,839.9	2,842.1	2,842.8	2,830.9	2,831.8	2,822.6	2,816.5	2,811.7	2,808.2	2,784.9	2,786.1	2,786.1
2026	(p)2,790.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	164.0	165.5	166.7	166.1	165.8	166.1	165.8	166.2	166.4	166.9	168.6	168.3
2026	(p)170.7
Manufacturing
2025	111.3	111.4	111.6	111.3	111.1	111.1	110.1	109.5	109.6	110.0	110.2	110.1
2026	(p)110.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	467.3	468.4	468.5	467.4	467.1	465.1	463.4	463.0	462.6	458.2	457.1	455.8
2026	(p)455.5
Information
2025	34.7	34.5	34.6	34.4	34.6	34.7	34.6	34.4	34.2	34.2	34.8	34.9
2026	(p)33.7
Financial Activities
2025	141.4	141.5	141.2	141.0	141.0	140.8	140.7	140.3	139.9	139.7	139.4	139.1
2026	(p)139.3
Professional & Business Services
2025	477.9	476.3	475.0	472.5	472.2	470.6	467.1	466.5	464.6	461.4	459.6	458.9
2026	(p)460.9
Educational & Health Services
2025	501.5	502.2	503.5	499.3	500.4	501.2	502.5	503.6	502.4	499.2	500.0	501.3
2026	(p)505.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	271.9	270.8	271.1	270.0	272.5	268.8	268.0	268.3	268.2	265.7	266.6	268.6
2026	(p)270.5
Other Services
2025	124.9	125.0	125.6	125.6	125.6	125.3	125.0	124.2	125.0	123.6	123.5	123.2
2026	(p)123.7
Government
2025	545.0	546.5	545.0	543.3	541.5	538.9	539.3	535.7	535.3	526.0	526.3	525.9
2026	(p)520.3
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
2025	(r)3,240,310	(r)3,238,817	(r)3,235,825	(r)3,233,050	(r)3,234,236	(r)3,233,598	(r)3,233,639	(r)3,231,872	(r)3,227,159	(1)-	(r)3,222,693	(r)3,221,708
2026	(p)3,214,709
Employment
2025	(r)3,127,131	(r)3,122,180	(r)3,115,691	(r)3,109,270	(r)3,106,166	(r)3,101,591	(r)3,098,021	(r)3,093,784	(r)3,088,347	(1)-	(r)3,085,091	(r)3,085,252
2026	(p)3,077,676
Unemployment
2025	(r)113,179	(r)116,637	(r)120,134	(r)123,780	(r)128,070	(r)132,007	(r)135,618	(r)138,088	(r)138,812	(1)-	(r)137,602	(r)136,456
2026	(p)137,033
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)3.5	(r)3.6	(r)3.7	(r)3.8	(r)4.0	(r)4.1	(r)4.2	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(1)-	(r)4.3	(r)4.2
2026	(p)4.3
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised