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 |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2024 |
2,787.2 |
2,799.5 |
2,809.7 |
2,818.6 |
2,836.8 |
2,849.8 |
2,861.9 |
2,848.7 |
2,834.3 |
2,846.6 |
2,861.0 |
2,862.2 |
2,834.7 |
2025 |
2,795.4 |
2,806.6 |
2,819.5 |
2,841.4 |
2,863.2 |
2,864.0 |
2,862.1 |
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Mining & Logging |
|
2024 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
2025 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
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|
|
|
|
Construction |
|
2024 |
159.7 |
159.9 |
161.3 |
161.4 |
162.2 |
164.5 |
166.6 |
165.9 |
164.8 |
163.8 |
162.4 |
161.2 |
162.8 |
2025 |
153.9 |
155.9 |
157.1 |
160.1 |
161.7 |
162.0 |
162.6 |
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|
|
|
|
Manufacturing |
|
2024 |
110.6 |
109.9 |
110.0 |
109.6 |
109.6 |
110.7 |
111.1 |
110.5 |
110.4 |
109.2 |
110.0 |
110.4 |
110.2 |
2025 |
109.6 |
108.9 |
109.3 |
109.4 |
109.4 |
110.2 |
110.4 |
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|
|
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2024 |
476.3 |
469.5 |
468.9 |
465.1 |
467.4 |
471.6 |
472.4 |
469.9 |
469.1 |
475.8 |
490.6 |
495.9 |
474.4 |
2025 |
475.5 |
468.7 |
468.7 |
467.4 |
471.0 |
474.5 |
471.7 |
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|
|
|
|
Information |
|
2024 |
35.2 |
35.0 |
34.7 |
34.1 |
34.2 |
34.1 |
34.7 |
34.5 |
33.9 |
33.5 |
33.9 |
34.1 |
34.3 |
2025 |
34.0 |
33.2 |
33.4 |
33.6 |
34.0 |
33.7 |
33.8 |
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|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2024 |
140.8 |
140.8 |
140.2 |
140.5 |
140.2 |
140.8 |
142.6 |
142.3 |
141.4 |
141.9 |
142.4 |
143.0 |
141.4 |
2025 |
141.4 |
141.8 |
141.8 |
142.1 |
142.0 |
141.7 |
142.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2024 |
480.8 |
481.9 |
483.1 |
483.9 |
485.5 |
486.1 |
493.3 |
489.8 |
484.2 |
486.6 |
483.4 |
480.7 |
484.9 |
2025 |
471.1 |
470.2 |
474.6 |
479.5 |
482.8 |
483.2 |
484.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Educational & Health Services |
|
2024 |
480.6 |
486.4 |
487.1 |
488.0 |
488.0 |
488.1 |
489.9 |
489.1 |
490.1 |
496.5 |
499.1 |
499.9 |
490.2 |
2025 |
494.7 |
501.2 |
501.6 |
503.0 |
502.9 |
500.7 |
502.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2024 |
253.4 |
252.6 |
258.2 |
267.0 |
277.8 |
289.0 |
290.0 |
286.5 |
273.7 |
267.2 |
261.1 |
257.9 |
269.5 |
2025 |
250.6 |
251.5 |
258.4 |
269.0 |
281.0 |
292.2 |
294.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Services |
|
2024 |
119.9 |
120.7 |
121.0 |
118.9 |
118.7 |
118.9 |
120.8 |
119.8 |
118.3 |
118.9 |
119.8 |
118.6 |
119.5 |
2025 |
120.4 |
118.8 |
118.3 |
118.8 |
119.9 |
119.3 |
119.7 |
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|
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Government |
|
2024 |
528.4 |
541.2 |
543.6 |
548.5 |
551.6 |
544.4 |
538.9 |
538.8 |
546.8 |
551.6 |
556.7 |
558.9 |
545.8 |
2025 |
542.6 |
554.9 |
554.7 |
556.9 |
556.9 |
544.9 |
538.7 |
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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 |
|
2024 |
3,212,957 |
3,227,267 |
3,252,911 |
3,231,463 |
3,224,668 |
3,274,883 |
3,308,683 |
3,271,327 |
3,247,349 |
3,254,151 |
3,237,645 |
3,230,032 |
3,247,778 |
2025 |
3,223,470 |
3,208,991 |
3,230,051 |
3,226,150 |
3,215,847 |
3,265,780 |
3,286,978 |
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|
|
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Employment |
|
2024 |
3,117,618 |
3,126,930 |
3,157,235 |
3,150,649 |
3,139,284 |
3,165,121 |
3,192,476 |
3,158,094 |
3,152,000 |
3,152,536 |
3,138,033 |
3,141,529 |
3,149,292 |
2025 |
3,126,084 |
3,101,515 |
3,125,620 |
3,129,159 |
3,109,749 |
3,144,739 |
3,161,662 |
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|
|
|
|
Unemployment |
|
2024 |
95,339 |
100,337 |
95,676 |
80,814 |
85,384 |
109,762 |
116,207 |
113,233 |
95,349 |
101,615 |
99,612 |
88,503 |
98,486 |
2025 |
97,386 |
107,476 |
104,431 |
96,991 |
106,098 |
121,041 |
125,316 |
|
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|
|
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
|
2024 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
2025 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
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United States Department of Labor
