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 |
|
2025 |
2,793.4 |
2,809.3 |
2,822.7 |
2,827.6 |
2,848.1 |
2,842.8 |
2,835.6 |
2,820.6 |
2,806.2 |
2,797.2 |
2,806.8 |
2,803.3 |
2,817.8 |
2026 |
2,746.9 |
2,752.2 |
2,771.8 |
2,792.6 |
2,815.8 |
2,820.7 |
2,826.6 |
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Mining & Logging |
|
2025 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
2026 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
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|
|
Construction |
|
2025 |
157.7 |
159.7 |
162.4 |
163.6 |
164.4 |
166.9 |
167.6 |
167.7 |
166.8 |
166.9 |
168.3 |
167.2 |
164.9 |
2026 |
165.0 |
160.1 |
163.4 |
165.9 |
165.8 |
167.8 |
169.0 |
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Manufacturing |
|
2025 |
110.6 |
110.7 |
110.8 |
110.9 |
110.9 |
111.7 |
111.3 |
110.1 |
109.4 |
110.2 |
110.9 |
110.7 |
110.7 |
2026 |
110.0 |
110.4 |
111.0 |
110.6 |
111.0 |
111.1 |
111.9 |
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|
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2025 |
468.1 |
463.2 |
463.0 |
460.4 |
463.2 |
464.5 |
461.8 |
460.0 |
458.0 |
459.0 |
467.7 |
471.8 |
463.4 |
2026 |
453.4 |
445.0 |
447.4 |
448.5 |
450.9 |
451.2 |
448.5 |
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|
|
|
|
Information |
|
2025 |
34.7 |
34.4 |
34.4 |
34.4 |
34.6 |
34.7 |
34.9 |
34.5 |
34.0 |
34.4 |
34.6 |
35.0 |
34.6 |
2026 |
33.6 |
33.1 |
33.1 |
33.5 |
33.5 |
33.7 |
33.5 |
|
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|
|
Financial Activities |
|
2025 |
140.4 |
140.7 |
140.1 |
140.6 |
140.9 |
141.6 |
142.2 |
141.5 |
139.7 |
140.2 |
140.1 |
139.4 |
140.6 |
2026 |
138.5 |
138.8 |
138.5 |
139.4 |
138.6 |
139.0 |
140.3 |
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|
|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2025 |
468.8 |
469.0 |
470.1 |
472.3 |
474.2 |
474.8 |
474.1 |
472.5 |
465.3 |
464.6 |
461.8 |
458.7 |
468.9 |
2026 |
453.6 |
453.8 |
456.3 |
461.2 |
463.7 |
469.5 |
476.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Educational & Health Services |
|
2025 |
498.8 |
503.5 |
504.4 |
502.0 |
502.0 |
500.1 |
501.5 |
500.6 |
500.2 |
502.9 |
504.5 |
504.9 |
502.1 |
2026 |
503.6 |
506.6 |
508.9 |
511.5 |
511.5 |
510.0 |
508.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2025 |
254.4 |
253.0 |
258.5 |
267.4 |
280.8 |
288.2 |
288.1 |
285.6 |
271.8 |
264.4 |
259.2 |
257.7 |
269.1 |
2026 |
253.6 |
252.0 |
257.1 |
266.4 |
281.4 |
290.1 |
294.4 |
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|
|
|
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Other Services |
|
2025 |
123.8 |
124.3 |
125.8 |
125.5 |
126.4 |
125.7 |
126.0 |
124.4 |
124.6 |
123.1 |
123.3 |
122.6 |
124.6 |
2026 |
122.1 |
123.8 |
123.4 |
123.4 |
125.3 |
126.3 |
126.8 |
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Government |
|
2025 |
534.6 |
549.3 |
551.7 |
548.9 |
549.2 |
533.1 |
526.6 |
522.2 |
534.9 |
530.0 |
534.9 |
533.8 |
537.4 |
2026 |
512.0 |
527.1 |
531.2 |
530.7 |
532.6 |
520.5 |
515.2 |
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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 |
|
2025 |
3,219,933 |
3,220,512 |
3,244,491 |
3,230,422 |
3,220,098 |
3,257,031 |
3,275,166 |
3,243,571 |
3,229,795 |
- |
3,199,070 |
3,186,209 |
3,229,663 |
2026 |
3,168,187 |
3,202,282 |
3,211,782 |
3,205,933 |
3,184,307 |
3,227,557 |
3,218,976 |
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|
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Employment |
|
2025 |
3,103,018 |
3,095,182 |
3,122,412 |
3,119,327 |
3,099,783 |
3,120,745 |
3,132,308 |
3,095,791 |
3,089,859 |
- |
3,063,947 |
3,067,773 |
3,100,922 |
2026 |
3,021,249 |
3,044,373 |
3,071,190 |
3,066,096 |
3,059,703 |
3,097,331 |
3,084,896 |
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|
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|
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Unemployment |
|
2025 |
116,915 |
125,330 |
122,079 |
111,095 |
120,315 |
136,286 |
142,858 |
147,780 |
139,936 |
- |
135,123 |
118,436 |
128,741 |
2026 |
146,938 |
157,909 |
140,592 |
139,837 |
124,604 |
130,226 |
134,080 |
|
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|
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|
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Unemployment Rate |
|
2025 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.4 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
- |
4.2 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
2026 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
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United States Department of Labor
