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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
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 2,736.7 2,738.8 2,740.5 2,743.1 2,753.3 2,770.3 (p)2,759.2    

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

163.4 162.9 163.0 163.1 164.0 167.2 167.6 168.5 168.7 (p)167.0    

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

110.9 110.8 110.1 109.7 110.1 109.5 109.2 109.4 109.2 (p)108.1    

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

477.4 475.6 475.5 476.5 475.2 472.1 471.7 471.2 471.7 (p)473.2    

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 35.0 35.2 34.8 34.6 34.5 34.6 (p)33.8    

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

136.1 135.7 135.8 135.0 134.0 134.0 134.0 133.1 133.6 (p)132.7    

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

465.5 468.5 469.5 470.2 470.6 471.9 471.6 475.2 481.1 (p)478.0    

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

456.3 455.7 457.0 457.2 457.6 458.6 458.9 461.6 467.3 (p)465.6    

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

257.4 256.1 256.6 256.1 256.8 257.0 256.5 257.6 259.9 (p)258.6    

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

107.9 108.8 108.8 108.4 108.3 107.5 109.9 110.2 110.8 (p)111.6    

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

519.6 519.7 520.3 525.5 527.0 527.9 529.1 532.0 533.4 (p)530.6    

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

3,172,616 3,173,470 3,173,331 3,173,560 3,174,985 3,175,018 3,172,947 3,173,602 3,166,219 3,167,557 3,165,445 3,161,834

2023

3,163,822 3,167,195 3,177,661 3,184,819 3,195,982 3,197,060 3,198,693 3,200,086 3,196,920 (p)3,197,321    

Employment

2022

3,056,712 3,065,843 3,071,258 3,075,234 3,075,361 3,073,410 3,070,519 3,067,002 3,064,376 3,064,659 3,066,213 3,065,836

2023

3,069,792 3,074,847 3,091,373 3,106,034 3,120,486 3,131,767 3,140,601 3,145,308 3,144,247 (p)3,141,884    

Unemployment

2022

115,904 107,627 102,073 98,326 99,624 101,608 102,428 106,600 101,843 102,898 99,232 95,998

2023

94,030 92,348 86,288 78,785 75,496 65,293 58,092 54,778 52,673 (p)55,437    

Unemployment Rate

2022

3.7 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0

2023

3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 (p)1.7    

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary