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Maryland: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Maryland
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2022	2,641.0	2,672.9	2,672.7	2,695.0	2,713.5	2,705.2	2,736.1	2,726.7	2,726.2	2,731.2	2,738.0	2,746.6	2,708.8
2023	2,677.8	2,692.4	2,711.5	(p)2,735.1
Mining & Logging
2022	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
2023	1.3	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
Construction
2022	156.0	157.4	158.6	159.2	160.2	161.0	164.3	164.1	162.8	162.3	161.4	162.3	160.8
2023	158.6	157.6	159.1	(p)160.1
Manufacturing
2022	108.4	109.2	108.9	108.2	108.6	108.9	110.9	111.0	110.2	111.7	112.2	112.1	110.0
2023	109.9	109.8	109.4	(p)109.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	475.2	475.2	472.6	470.3	472.5	472.1	477.7	476.1	474.1	474.6	482.9	492.0	476.3
2023	474.9	468.0	469.9	(p)470.8
Information
2022	35.3	35.4	35.4	35.5	35.5	35.5	35.8	35.8	35.3	35.8	34.7	34.7	35.4
2023	34.2	34.6	34.5	(p)34.9
Financial Activities
2022	134.6	134.8	133.3	134.5	134.5	133.5	136.1	135.7	134.4	135.7	137.1	136.0	135.0
2023	134.6	134.1	134.3	(p)134.2
Professional & Business Services
2022	465.5	470.0	467.1	474.6	475.9	473.2	486.6	485.8	479.3	478.0	472.3	473.5	475.2
2023	457.1	461.2	463.9	(p)472.0
Educational & Health Services
2022	437.1	443.2	441.6	443.3	443.6	439.9	446.4	445.4	448.0	453.6	456.4	457.9	446.4
2023	452.7	456.7	459.4	(p)460.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	227.2	231.3	236.6	243.5	253.3	263.0	269.9	267.5	255.0	250.6	249.2	245.6	249.4
2023	241.0	237.8	244.2	(p)250.1
Other Services
2022	105.2	105.8	105.2	105.9	106.3	106.8	108.7	108.1	107.3	105.2	104.5	106.3	106.3
2023	106.3	107.4	108.2	(p)108.4
Government
2022	495.1	509.3	512.1	518.7	521.8	510.0	498.3	495.8	518.5	522.3	525.9	524.8	512.7
2023	507.2	523.8	527.2	(p)533.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Maryland
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2022	(r)3,153,658	(r)3,163,757	(r)3,177,080	(r)3,150,518	(r)3,157,874	(r)3,196,022	(r)3,213,051	(r)3,188,829	(r)3,162,178	(r)3,175,946	(r)3,156,027	(r)3,163,206	(r)3,171,513
2023	3,153,047	3,170,392	3,214,448	(p)3,182,865
Employment
2022	(r)3,033,156	(r)3,046,315	(r)3,070,686	(r)3,059,083	(r)3,060,011	(r)3,076,751	(r)3,102,701	(r)3,078,735	(r)3,069,266	(r)3,076,591	(r)3,067,424	(r)3,083,676	(r)3,068,700
2023	3,058,984	3,073,553	3,140,192	(p)3,123,993
Unemployment
2022	(r)120,502	(r)117,442	(r)106,394	(r)91,435	(r)97,863	(r)119,271	(r)110,350	(r)110,094	(r)92,912	(r)99,355	(r)88,603	(r)79,530	(r)102,813
2023	94,063	96,839	74,256	(p)58,872
Unemployment Rate
2022	(r)3.8	(r)3.7	(r)3.3	(r)2.9	(r)3.1	(r)3.7	(r)3.4	(r)3.5	(r)2.9	(r)3.1	(r)2.8	(r)2.5	(r)3.2
2023	3.0	3.1	2.3	(p)1.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised