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

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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
2025	721,400	720,820	726,153	725,777	721,326	729,024	735,810	724,392	719,094	(1)-	708,527	703,614	(2)721,449
2026	699,965	707,847	710,091	710,875	704,379	713,714	(p)714,348
Employment
2025	699,681	695,609	701,000	702,666	696,169	700,504	706,323	694,310	689,627	(1)-	680,616	679,614	(2)695,102
2026	671,002	675,665	681,397	681,989	679,233	687,568	(p)688,027
Unemployment
2025	21,719	25,211	25,153	23,111	25,157	28,520	29,487	30,082	29,467	(1)-	27,911	24,000	(2)26,347
2026	28,963	32,182	28,694	28,886	25,146	26,146	(p)26,321
Unemployment Rate
2025	3.0	3.5	3.5	3.2	3.5	3.9	4.0	4.2	4.1	(1)-	3.9	3.4	(2)3.7
2026	4.1	4.5	4.0	4.1	3.6	3.7	(p)3.7
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