Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2020	598.3	597.9	592.6	520.2	527.5	537.6	550.4	553.1	555.1	558.8	563.6	564.1	559.9
2021	551.6	555.1	560.3	566.5	570.3	573.2	576.7	(p)578.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	34.3	34.0	34.2	31.7	32.8	33.7	33.7	33.4	33.1	32.6	32.5	32.1	33.2
2021	31.6	31.3	32.1	32.6	33.0	33.8	34.3	(p)34.3
Manufacturing
2020	18.7	18.6	18.5	17.4	17.6	18.0	18.0	18.1	18.1	17.9	18.0	18.0	18.1
2021	17.9	17.9	18.0	18.0	18.0	18.0	18.3	(p)18.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	78.0	76.5	75.8	63.7	63.9	67.0	70.8	71.2	72.1	74.0	75.6	77.7	72.2
2021	76.1	75.5	75.4	75.9	76.8	77.3	77.3	(p)77.1
Information
2020	11.9	11.7	11.6	10.9	10.7	10.6	10.9	10.7	10.6	10.8	10.5	10.5	11.0
2021	10.7	10.8	10.7	10.8	10.6	10.6	10.7	(p)10.7
Financial Activities
2020	36.8	36.8	36.5	35.3	35.3	35.4	35.7	35.6	35.3	35.7	35.7	35.7	35.8
2021	35.6	35.4	35.4	35.7	35.7	36.0	36.5	(p)37.0
Professional & Business Services
2020	131.5	131.3	131.0	124.5	125.7	125.7	127.5	128.1	127.7	129.3	130.4	131.4	128.7
2021	128.4	130.1	131.7	133.2	132.9	132.7	134.5	(p)135.4
Educational & Health Services
2020	97.7	98.7	97.5	82.4	83.6	85.0	85.2	86.0	87.1	86.3	87.3	87.9	88.7
2021	86.8	86.4	86.9	87.1	88.1	88.0	86.6	(p)87.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	54.1	54.4	52.0	28.3	30.5	34.4	40.6	41.2	39.9	40.4	41.7	38.5	41.3
2021	35.3	36.3	37.5	40.3	41.8	44.4	47.6	(p)46.9
Other Services
2020	24.9	24.9	24.3	18.4	19.5	20.7	21.3	21.5	21.4	21.7	21.9	21.7	21.9
2021	21.6	21.7	22.0	22.1	22.5	22.7	22.7	(p)23.3
Government
2020	110.4	111.0	111.2	107.6	107.9	107.1	106.7	107.3	109.8	110.1	110.0	110.6	109.1
2021	107.6	109.7	110.6	110.8	110.9	109.7	108.2	(p)108.3
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
2020	709,254	710,693	705,671	667,043	673,848	695,714	686,696	685,286	645,260	667,585	667,429	660,695	681,265
2021	655,838	660,052	666,117	668,197	673,985	679,878	690,267	(p)682,166
Employment
2020	688,273	690,215	683,491	614,888	615,692	637,754	629,080	630,299	603,452	625,916	624,809	619,710	638,632
2021	618,072	622,743	628,913	631,436	636,819	637,054	652,297	(p)644,947
Unemployment
2020	20,981	20,478	22,180	52,155	58,156	57,960	57,616	54,987	41,808	41,669	42,620	40,985	42,633
2021	37,766	37,309	37,204	36,761	37,166	42,824	37,970	(p)37,219
Unemployment Rate
2020	3.0	2.9	3.1	7.8	8.6	8.3	8.4	8.0	6.5	6.2	6.4	6.2	6.3
2021	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.5	6.3	5.5	(p)5.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary