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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

 (1)721,400 (1)720,820 (1)726,153 (1)725,777 (1)721,326 (1)729,024 (1)735,810 (1)724,392 (1)719,094 (2)- (1)708,527 (1)703,614 (1)(3)721,449

2026

 699,965 707,847 (p)710,482                    

Employment

2025

 (1)699,681 (1)695,609 (1)701,000 (1)702,666 (1)696,169 (1)700,504 (1)706,323 (1)694,310 (1)689,627 (2)- (1)680,616 (1)679,614 (1)(3)695,102

2026

 671,002 675,665 (p)681,924                    

Unemployment

2025

 (1)21,719 (1)25,211 (1)25,153 (1)23,111 (1)25,157 (1)28,520 (1)29,487 (1)30,082 (1)29,467 (2)- (1)27,911 (1)24,000 (1)(3)26,347

2026

 28,963 32,182 (p)28,558                    

Unemployment Rate

2025

 (1)3.0 (1)3.5 (1)3.5 (1)3.2 (1)3.5 (1)3.9 (1)4.0 (1)4.2 (1)4.1 (2)- (1)3.9 (1)3.4 (1)(3)3.7

2026

 4.1 4.5 (p)4.0                    

Footnotes
(1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) 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