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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
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	(p)2,752.2
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	(p)1.5
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	(p)160.1
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	(p)110.4
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	(p)445.0
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	(p)33.1
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	(p)138.8
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	(p)453.8
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	(p)506.6
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	(p)252.0
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	(p)123.8
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	(p)527.1
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
2025	(r)3,219,933	(r)3,220,512	(r)3,244,491	(r)3,230,422	(r)3,220,098	(r)3,257,031	(r)3,275,166	(r)3,243,571	(r)3,229,795	(1)-	(r)3,199,070	(r)3,186,209	(2)(r)3,229,663
2026	3,168,187	(p)3,202,313
Employment
2025	(r)3,103,018	(r)3,095,182	(r)3,122,412	(r)3,119,327	(r)3,099,783	(r)3,120,745	(r)3,132,308	(r)3,095,791	(r)3,089,859	(1)-	(r)3,063,947	(r)3,067,773	(2)(r)3,100,922
2026	3,021,249	(p)3,044,245
Unemployment
2025	(r)116,915	(r)125,330	(r)122,079	(r)111,095	(r)120,315	(r)136,286	(r)142,858	(r)147,780	(r)139,936	(1)-	(r)135,123	(r)118,436	(2)(r)128,741
2026	146,938	(p)158,068
Unemployment Rate
2025	(r)3.6	(r)3.9	(r)3.8	(r)3.4	(r)3.7	(r)4.2	(r)4.4	(r)4.6	(r)4.3	(1)-	(r)4.2	(r)3.7	(2)(r)4.0
2026	4.6	(p)4.9
Footnotes (1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (2) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised