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

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

2025

 721,195 717,480 721,704 723,616 718,280 726,467 734,462 723,640 722,193 (1)- 715,701 (p)708,059  

2026

 699,965 (p)707,855                      

Employment

2025

 703,090 695,836 700,103 703,333 695,975 701,054 708,550 695,343 692,647 (1)- 684,011 (p)684,054  

2026

 671,002 (p)675,637                      

Unemployment

2025

 18,105 21,644 21,601 20,283 22,305 25,413 25,912 28,297 29,546 (1)- 31,690 (p)24,005  

2026

 28,963 (p)32,218                      

Unemployment Rate

2025

 2.5 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.9 4.1 (1)- 4.4 (p)3.4  

2026

 4.1 (p)4.6                      

Footnotes
(1) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(p) Preliminary