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Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, Md. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2016

 582.4 583.6 588.2 594.4 595.9 598.1 593.8 594.6 595.4 599.6 599.4 601.9 593.9

2017

 592.8 596.4 596.3 601.4 607.5 (p)609.9              

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2016

 33.2 32.8 33.4 34.1 34.3 34.5 34.3 34.0 33.8 34.5 34.8 34.0 34.0

2017

 32.1 31.6 32.1 33.7 35.5 (p)35.2              

Manufacturing

2016

 17.2 17.2 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.4 17.3 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.4 17.3

2017

 17.2 17.3 17.3 17.4 17.3 (p)17.4              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 77.0 75.9 76.3 77.1 77.6 77.9 78.1 78.0 77.3 77.6 77.8 80.0 77.6

2017

 78.3 77.3 76.8 77.1 77.7 (p)78.3              

Information

2016

 13.9 14.0 13.7 14.0 12.4 13.8 13.9 13.6 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.9 13.7

2017

 13.5 13.6 13.6 13.5 13.5 (p)13.6              

Financial Activities

2016

 38.8 38.8 38.7 38.7 38.8 39.1 39.3 39.3 39.2 39.3 39.3 39.4 39.1

2017

 38.9 39.2 38.9 39.1 39.6 (p)40.0              

Professional & Business Services

2016

 124.2 124.6 126.0 127.8 127.5 128.3 129.4 129.4 127.8 130.9 128.4 128.2 127.7

2017

 127.7 128.9 128.4 129.9 130.6 (p)131.0              

Educational & Health Services

2016

 89.5 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.3 90.4 91.3 90.2 90.9 91.2 91.3 92.7 90.8

2017

 91.5 93.2 93.1 93.6 93.1 (p)92.7              

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 51.7 51.8 52.9 54.3 56.1 58.9 59.1 58.3 55.8 54.3 54.5 54.0 55.1

2017

 52.3 53.0 53.5 54.2 57.2 (p)60.5              

Other Services

2016

 27.7 27.7 27.9 28.0 28.1 28.1 28.5 28.3 28.1 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.1

2017

 28.0 28.0 28.2 28.3 28.5 (p)28.7              

Government

2016

 109.2 110.9 111.8 112.0 112.4 109.7 102.6 106.2 111.5 112.6 113.9 114.0 110.6

2017

 113.3 114.3 114.4 114.6 114.5 (p)112.5              

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary

 

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

Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, Md. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2016

 (r)675,748 (r)676,436 (r)677,866 (r)674,871 (r)674,851 (r)683,185 (r)689,161 (r)683,331 (r)682,823 (r)685,982 (r)683,827 (r)681,902 (r)680,832

2017

 687,766 691,955 690,154 686,043 (p)689,037                

Employment

2016

 (r)650,981 (r)652,097 (r)654,777 (r)653,843 (r)653,161 (r)657,838 (r)664,388 (r)660,051 (r)659,349 (r)662,511 (r)662,313 (r)662,140 (r)657,787

2017

 664,139 667,585 667,130 665,741 (p)666,576                

Unemployment

2016

 (r)24,767 (r)24,339 (r)23,089 (r)21,028 (r)21,690 (r)25,347 (r)24,773 (r)23,280 (r)23,474 (r)23,471 (r)21,514 (r)19,762 (r)23,045

2017

 23,627 24,370 23,024 20,302 (p)22,461                

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)3.7 (r)3.6 (r)3.4 (r)3.1 (r)3.2 (r)3.7 (r)3.6 (r)3.4 (r)3.4 (r)3.4 (r)3.1 (r)2.9 (r)3.4

2017

 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.0 (p)3.3                

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised