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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
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 2,733.6 2,750.2 2,762.0 2,752.3 2,755.6 2,774.0 (p)2,777.4      

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 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 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

158.6 157.6 159.1 160.6 162.7 167.8 169.4 169.7 169.3 (p)167.3      

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

109.9 109.8 109.4 109.0 109.8 109.3 109.4 110.2 109.1 (p)108.6      

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

474.9 468.0 469.9 471.1 472.8 472.3 470.9 468.9 467.9 (p)474.0      

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 34.9 35.1 34.7 34.6 34.5 34.6 (p)34.2      

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

134.6 134.1 134.3 134.3 133.7 135.1 135.0 134.3 134.4 (p)133.4      

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

457.1 461.2 463.9 469.4 471.4 476.0 475.0 479.7 483.0 (p)482.4      

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

452.7 456.7 459.4 460.3 458.2 456.2 453.4 455.3 465.6 (p)469.7      

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

241.0 237.8 244.2 250.9 260.3 276.5 278.4 274.8 264.2 (p)257.3      

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

106.3 107.4 108.2 108.5 108.9 108.7 111.2 112.2 111.0 (p)111.0      

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

507.2 523.8 527.2 533.2 535.9 524.0 513.6 514.6 533.5 (p)538.1      

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

2022

3,153,658 3,163,757 3,177,080 3,150,518 3,157,874 3,196,022 3,213,051 3,188,829 3,162,178 3,175,946 3,156,027 3,163,206 3,171,513

2023

3,153,047 3,170,392 3,214,448 3,182,403 3,191,367 3,205,598 3,241,184 3,215,027 3,187,552 (p)3,203,332      

Employment

2022

3,033,156 3,046,315 3,070,686 3,059,083 3,060,011 3,076,751 3,102,701 3,078,735 3,069,266 3,076,591 3,067,424 3,083,676 3,068,700

2023

3,058,984 3,073,553 3,140,192 3,123,505 3,121,304 3,152,380 3,185,326 3,157,046 3,129,049 (p)3,135,152      

Unemployment

2022

120,502 117,442 106,394 91,435 97,863 119,271 110,350 110,094 92,912 99,355 88,603 79,530 102,813

2023

94,063 96,839 74,256 58,898 70,063 53,218 55,858 57,981 58,503 (p)68,180      

Unemployment Rate

2022

3.8 3.7 3.3 2.9 3.1 3.7 3.4 3.5 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.5 3.2

2023

3.0 3.1 2.3 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 (p)2.1      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary