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Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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

Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda, MD Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2024

721,478 724,636 730,875 726,900 722,918 734,087 743,316 734,643 729,022 730,789 725,421 722,071 728,846

2025

721,195 717,480 721,704 723,616 718,280 726,467 (p)733,987            

Employment

2024

703,903 705,179 712,079 711,376 706,257 711,938 720,333 712,619 709,899 710,425 705,589 705,115 709,559

2025

703,090 695,836 700,103 703,333 695,975 701,054 (p)708,083            

Unemployment

2024

17,575 19,457 18,796 15,524 16,661 22,149 22,983 22,024 19,123 20,364 19,832 16,956 19,287

2025

18,105 21,644 21,601 20,283 22,305 25,413 (p)25,904            

Unemployment Rate

2024

2.4 2.7 2.6 2.1 2.3 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.6

2025

2.5 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.5 (p)3.5            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary