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
2019	595.4	594.6	597.8	603.2	607.2	611.0	608.2	605.1	602.1	606.7	609.5	607.6	604.0
2020	595.7	597.4	593.3	536.2	(p)539.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	34.4	34.3	34.8	35.2	35.4	35.8	35.3	35.4	35.2	35.8	35.4	35.0	35.2
2020	35.1	35.0	34.4	32.9	(p)32.1
Manufacturing
2019	18.5	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.8	19.1	19.2	19.2	19.0	19.1	19.1	19.0	18.9
2020	18.8	18.9	18.8	17.7	(p)18.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	77.8	75.7	76.0	76.4	77.0	77.7	77.6	77.7	76.8	76.8	78.8	79.4	77.3
2020	75.9	75.8	75.7	68.3	(p)67.5
Information
2019	12.0	12.1	12.3	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.6	11.5	11.6	11.5	11.3	11.8
2020	11.3	11.2	10.9	10.0	(p)10.0
Financial Activities
2019	36.7	36.7	36.8	37.1	37.2	37.3	37.8	37.9	37.3	37.8	38.0	38.2	37.4
2020	37.7	37.7	37.4	35.1	(p)36.6
Professional & Business Services
2019	131.7	131.7	132.4	134.6	135.1	136.0	135.8	134.7	133.7	135.7	135.2	134.6	134.3
2020	133.3	133.0	134.3	128.9	(p)126.8
Educational & Health Services
2019	95.3	96.2	96.3	97.1	97.1	97.0	96.8	96.2	96.2	96.4	97.6	97.4	96.6
2020	95.9	96.9	95.6	82.7	(p)85.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	54.6	54.3	55.3	56.6	58.2	60.3	60.0	59.0	56.3	55.6	55.1	54.0	56.6
2020	52.5	53.5	51.4	31.7	(p)33.2
Other Services
2019	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.4	25.6	25.8	26.0	25.8	25.3	25.2	25.2	25.2	25.4
2020	25.0	24.9	24.2	18.7	(p)18.8
Government
2019	109.3	109.9	110.2	110.2	111.0	110.2	108.0	107.6	110.8	112.7	113.6	113.5	110.6
2020	110.2	110.5	110.6	110.2	(p)110.4
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
2019	(1)695,837	(1)696,708	(1)696,950	(1)692,464	(1)695,856	(1)705,686	(1)714,702	(1)705,323	(1)704,141	(1)707,224	(1)705,359	(1)699,284	(1)701,628
2020	700,933	702,237	701,456	672,640	(p)672,558
Employment
2019	(1)670,781	(1)673,410	(1)675,179	(1)674,379	(1)675,586	(1)682,336	(1)691,540	(1)684,510	(1)684,819	(1)687,626	(1)686,811	(1)682,181	(1)680,763
2020	680,518	681,384	681,427	614,639	(p)612,115
Unemployment
2019	(1)25,056	(1)23,298	(1)21,771	(1)18,085	(1)20,270	(1)23,350	(1)23,162	(1)20,813	(1)19,322	(1)19,598	(1)18,548	(1)17,103	(1)20,865
2020	20,415	20,853	20,029	58,001	(p)60,443
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)3.6	(1)3.3	(1)3.1	(1)2.6	(1)2.9	(1)3.3	(1)3.2	(1)3.0	(1)2.7	(1)2.8	(1)2.6	(1)2.4	(1)3.0
2020	2.9	3.0	2.9	8.6	(p)9.0
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary