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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
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	(1)2,846.6	(1)2,861.0	(1)2,862.2	(1)2,834.7
2025	2,795.4	2,806.6	(p)2,819.7
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	(p)1.6
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	(p)157.8
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	(p)109.2
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	(p)468.0
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	(p)33.0
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	(p)141.8
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	(p)476.3
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	(p)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	(p)257.9
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	(p)117.5
Government
2024	528.4	541.2	543.6	548.5	551.6	544.4	538.9	538.8	546.8	(1)551.6	(1)556.7	(1)558.9	(1)545.8
2025	542.6	554.9	(p)554.6
Footnotes (1) Correction (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
2024	(r)3,212,957	(r)3,227,267	(r)3,252,911	(r)3,231,463	(r)3,224,668	(r)3,274,883	(r)3,308,683	(r)3,271,327	(r)3,247,349	(r)3,254,151	(r)3,237,645	(r)3,230,032	(r)3,247,778
2025	3,223,470	3,208,991	(p)3,230,038
Employment
2024	(r)3,117,618	(r)3,126,930	(r)3,157,235	(r)3,150,649	(r)3,139,284	(r)3,165,121	(r)3,192,476	(r)3,158,094	(r)3,152,000	(r)3,152,536	(r)3,138,033	(r)3,141,529	(r)3,149,292
2025	3,126,084	3,101,515	(p)3,125,524
Unemployment
2024	(r)95,339	(r)100,337	(r)95,676	(r)80,814	(r)85,384	(r)109,762	(r)116,207	(r)113,233	(r)95,349	(r)101,615	(r)99,612	(r)88,503	(r)98,486
2025	97,386	107,476	(p)104,514
Unemployment Rate
2024	(r)3.0	(r)3.1	(r)2.9	(r)2.5	(r)2.6	(r)3.4	(r)3.5	(r)3.5	(r)2.9	(r)3.1	(r)3.1	(r)2.7	(r)3.0
2025	3.0	3.3	(p)3.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised