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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

Charles-Prince George’s, MD: Labor force data

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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Charles-Prince George's, Md.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2025

 594,900 594,563 596,266 595,054 589,774 596,391 602,908 590,982 592,491 (1)- 584,064 580,550 (2)592,540

2026

 576,339 580,738 581,315 579,938 571,080 578,695 (p)581,263            

Employment

2025

 571,951 570,334 572,211 572,944 565,360 568,864 574,577 561,331 564,526 (1)- 556,085 556,187 (2)566,761

2026

 546,338 549,523 553,080 551,748 545,120 551,831 (p)553,989            

Unemployment

2025

 22,949 24,229 24,055 22,110 24,414 27,527 28,331 29,651 27,965 (1)- 27,979 24,363 (2)25,779

2026

 30,001 31,215 28,235 28,190 25,960 26,864 (p)27,274            

Unemployment Rate

2025

 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.7 4.1 4.6 4.7 5.0 4.7 (1)- 4.8 4.2 (2)4.4

2026

 5.2 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.6 (p)4.7            

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

This area includes Charles and Prince George's Counties in Maryland.