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Sector |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Avg |
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Total Nonfarm |
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2023 |
1,383.6 | 1,389.4 | 1,396.2 | 1,408.3 | 1,419.3 | 1,427.3 | 1,424.2 | 1,420.4 | 1,415.4 | 1,419.0 | 1,419.3 | 1,417.0 | 1,411.6 |
2024 |
1,380.9 | 1,390.2 | 1,394.2 | 1,405.6 | 1,417.8 | 1,425.0 | 1,419.2 | 1,421.0 | (p)1,420.8 | ||||
Mining, Logging, & Construction |
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2023 |
78.7 | 78.7 | 79.1 | 79.7 | 80.2 | 81.2 | 81.4 | 81.0 | 80.2 | 79.6 | 79.1 | 79.0 | 79.8 |
2024 |
75.7 | 76.1 | 76.4 | 76.0 | 76.8 | 78.2 | 78.9 | 79.4 | (p)78.4 | ||||
Manufacturing |
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2023 |
59.2 | 59.1 | 59.1 | 58.9 | 59.0 | 59.8 | 59.6 | 59.1 | 58.5 | 59.2 | 59.3 | 58.9 | 59.1 |
2024 |
59.3 | 59.1 | 58.9 | 59.6 | 60.1 | 60.7 | 61.1 | 61.0 | (p)60.3 | ||||
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2023 |
250.3 | 246.2 | 245.6 | 245.4 | 246.7 | 248.6 | 247.2 | 247.5 | 246.2 | 249.6 | 252.7 | 254.6 | 248.4 |
2024 |
244.3 | 242.3 | 241.3 | 239.2 | 241.4 | 243.6 | 242.8 | 242.8 | (p)240.8 | ||||
Information |
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2023 |
16.3 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 15.8 | 16.3 |
2024 |
15.6 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.4 | (p)15.6 | ||||
Financial Activities |
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2023 |
78.8 | 79.0 | 78.6 | 79.3 | 79.0 | 79.7 | 80.0 | 79.4 | 78.9 | 78.5 | 78.6 | 78.2 | 79.0 |
2024 |
76.8 | 76.5 | 76.9 | 76.4 | 76.7 | 77.6 | 78.0 | 78.2 | (p)77.4 | ||||
Professional & Business Services |
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2023 |
250.5 | 250.2 | 250.3 | 254.0 | 254.1 | 256.4 | 256.0 | 255.7 | 252.0 | 252.5 | 252.1 | 250.9 | 252.9 |
2024 |
247.0 | 247.4 | 246.8 | 251.0 | 252.9 | 255.5 | 258.1 | 259.8 | (p)257.3 | ||||
Educational & Health Services |
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2023 |
264.8 | 268.5 | 269.5 | 271.4 | 272.2 | 271.8 | 272.0 | 270.9 | 272.6 | 275.5 | 276.8 | 276.5 | 271.9 |
2024 |
272.2 | 278.3 | 279.1 | 279.8 | 279.8 | 277.2 | 275.5 | 279.2 | (p)282.2 | ||||
Leisure & Hospitality |
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2023 |
116.1 | 116.3 | 118.6 | 123.8 | 129.2 | 134.1 | 136.0 | 135.4 | 129.1 | 126.8 | 122.6 | 120.0 | 125.7 |
2024 |
117.7 | 117.4 | 119.2 | 125.4 | 129.9 | 135.5 | 136.2 | 133.2 | (p)129.5 | ||||
Other Services |
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2023 |
46.8 | 47.0 | 47.4 | 47.4 | 47.8 | 48.1 | 48.9 | 48.5 | 48.0 | 46.7 | 46.8 | 47.5 | 47.6 |
2024 |
46.4 | 46.3 | 46.9 | 47.7 | 48.2 | 48.7 | 49.3 | 48.9 | (p)48.1 | ||||
Government |
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2023 |
222.1 | 228.2 | 231.8 | 232.0 | 234.5 | 231.1 | 226.6 | 226.6 | 233.6 | 234.5 | 235.3 | 235.6 | 231.0 |
2024 |
225.9 | 231.1 | 233.1 | 235.0 | 236.6 | 232.5 | 223.8 | 223.1 | (p)231.2 | ||||
Footnotes |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area | |||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Avg |
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Labor Force |
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2023 |
1,469,666 | 1,473,961 | 1,484,233 | 1,477,044 | 1,478,774 | 1,497,093 | 1,510,861 | 1,502,172 | 1,489,918 | 1,495,067 | 1,493,684 | 1,484,497 | 1,488,081 |
2024 |
1,474,739 | 1,481,887 | 1,498,824 | 1,502,850 | 1,492,536 | 1,509,226 | 1,524,211 | 1,519,068 | (p)1,507,630 | ||||
Employment |
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2023 |
1,432,081 | 1,437,172 | 1,453,323 | 1,454,534 | 1,452,449 | 1,466,800 | 1,477,731 | 1,467,485 | 1,458,326 | 1,460,641 | 1,462,576 | 1,453,791 | 1,456,409 |
2024 |
1,433,837 | 1,439,202 | 1,455,590 | 1,461,607 | 1,457,364 | 1,461,048 | 1,472,820 | 1,466,188 | (p)1,465,634 | ||||
Unemployment |
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2023 |
37,585 | 36,789 | 30,910 | 22,510 | 26,325 | 30,293 | 33,130 | 34,687 | 31,592 | 34,426 | 31,108 | 30,706 | 31,672 |
2024 |
40,902 | 42,685 | 43,234 | 41,243 | 35,172 | 48,178 | 51,391 | 52,880 | (p)41,996 | ||||
Unemployment Rate |
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2023 |
2.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
2024 |
2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | (p)2.8 | ||||
Footnotes |
Sector |
Baltimore City, Md. | ||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Avg |
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Total Nonfarm |
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2023 |
364.2 | 367.5 | 369.4 | 372.8 | 373.7 | 373.3 | 371.8 | 371.7 | 375.8 | 377.7 | 378.0 | 377.3 | 372.8 |
2024 |
367.7 | 372.8 | 374.6 | 376.4 | 378.5 | 375.7 | 376.3 | 379.0 | (p)381.8 | ||||
Mining, Logging, & Construction |
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2023 |
9.3 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.5 |
2024 |
9.0 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.3 | (p)9.1 | ||||
Manufacturing |
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2023 |
10.6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 |
2024 |
10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | (p)11.1 | ||||
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2023 |
46.8 | 45.3 | 44.9 | 45.1 | 45.0 | 45.3 | 44.9 | 44.4 | 44.2 | 44.7 | 45.6 | 45.7 | 45.2 |
2024 |
43.4 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 42.5 | 42.7 | 43.3 | 43.1 | 43.2 | (p)42.9 | ||||
Information |
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2023 |
5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
2024 |
4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | (p)4.8 | ||||
Financial Activities |
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2023 |
17.7 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 17.7 |
2024 |
17.1 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.5 | (p)17.3 | ||||
Professional & Business Services |
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2023 |
56.3 | 56.4 | 56.2 | 57.0 | 56.7 | 57.5 | 57.5 | 57.9 | 57.7 | 57.6 | 57.6 | 57.1 | 57.1 |
2024 |
57.6 | 57.5 | 56.8 | 58.0 | 58.8 | 58.8 | 59.7 | 61.2 | (p)60.2 | ||||
Educational & Health Services |
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2023 |
112.4 | 114.5 | 115.2 | 115.8 | 115.8 | 115.7 | 115.0 | 114.5 | 116.5 | 118.4 | 118.7 | 118.6 | 115.9 |
2024 |
115.5 | 118.5 | 119.4 | 119.3 | 118.7 | 116.5 | 117.0 | 118.3 | (p)120.7 | ||||
Leisure & Hospitality |
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2023 |
22.5 | 22.8 | 23.3 | 25.4 | 26.2 | 26.3 | 26.9 | 26.8 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 24.8 | 24.4 | 25.1 |
2024 |
23.5 | 23.8 | 24.6 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 27.4 | 27.4 | 26.5 | (p)26.0 | ||||
Other Services |
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2023 |
11.5 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
2024 |
11.3 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.2 | (p)12.0 | ||||
Government |
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2023 |
72.1 | 74.3 | 75.4 | 74.6 | 75.0 | 73.2 | 72.1 | 73.4 | 76.3 | 76.9 | 77.2 | 77.6 | 74.8 |
2024 |
74.6 | 76.9 | 77.6 | 77.3 | 77.6 | 75.2 | 74.1 | 74.9 | (p)77.7 | ||||
Footnotes |
Baltimore City, Md. | |||||||||||||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Avg |
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Labor Force |
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2023 |
272,093 | 271,876 | 273,231 | 271,940 | 271,906 | 275,806 | 278,525 | 277,093 | 274,194 | 275,451 | 275,545 | 273,641 | 274,275 |
2024 |
273,428 | 274,099 | 276,546 | 278,112 | 275,657 | 279,159 | 282,408 | 281,759 | (p)278,536 | ||||
Employment |
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2023 |
262,171 | 262,791 | 265,406 | 266,083 | 265,335 | 268,296 | 270,400 | 268,410 | 266,477 | 266,734 | 267,438 | 265,773 | 266,276 |
2024 |
262,549 | 263,339 | 265,766 | 267,413 | 266,407 | 267,277 | 269,564 | 268,232 | (p)267,870 | ||||
Unemployment |
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2023 |
9,922 | 9,085 | 7,825 | 5,857 | 6,571 | 7,510 | 8,125 | 8,683 | 7,717 | 8,717 | 8,107 | 7,868 | 7,999 |
2024 |
10,879 | 10,760 | 10,780 | 10,699 | 9,250 | 11,882 | 12,844 | 13,527 | (p)10,666 | ||||
Unemployment Rate |
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2023 |
3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
2024 |
4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | (p)3.8 | ||||
Footnotes |