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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
2018	587.1	589.6	591.7	595.6	599.7	604.7	600.5	600.6	596.3	596.9	598.1	596.3	596.4
2019	586.2	588.1	590.5	596.1	600.7	605.3	602.1	600.4	595.7	599.2	602.7	(p)600.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2018	33.3	33.5	33.7	34.2	34.6	35.3	35.6	35.7	35.4	35.3	35.2	34.4	34.7
2019	33.8	33.5	33.5	33.8	34.0	34.8	33.8	34.5	33.9	34.4	34.1	(p)33.5
Manufacturing
2018	18.0	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.2	18.5	18.7	18.6	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.4
2019	18.4	18.4	18.6	18.7	18.7	18.9	18.9	18.9	18.8	18.8	18.8	(p)18.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	77.5	76.5	76.4	76.3	76.8	77.3	77.9	77.9	77.3	77.1	79.2	79.0	77.4
2019	76.5	75.2	76.1	76.1	77.0	78.3	77.8	77.4	77.1	77.4	79.6	(p)80.6
Information
2018	12.3	12.5	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.3	11.9	12.1	11.8	11.9	12.1	12.0	12.1
2019	11.8	12.0	12.1	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.1	11.8	11.7	11.8	(p)11.4
Financial Activities
2018	37.0	37.1	37.2	37.3	37.3	37.5	37.3	37.2	36.8	36.7	36.0	35.7	36.9
2019	34.9	34.9	34.9	35.5	35.8	36.2	36.3	36.4	35.7	36.1	36.3	(p)36.3
Professional & Business Services
2018	128.7	129.4	130.2	131.3	131.4	132.0	133.0	132.5	130.8	131.1	130.7	131.2	131.0
2019	129.7	132.2	132.7	134.6	135.2	135.0	135.0	134.2	132.0	133.7	133.2	(p)132.3
Educational & Health Services
2018	92.9	94.1	94.2	94.7	95.1	94.9	94.7	94.2	94.4	95.0	96.3	96.1	94.7
2019	94.6	94.9	95.1	95.1	95.1	94.7	95.3	95.4	95.7	95.8	97.2	(p)96.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	54.0	53.7	54.4	56.2	58.3	61.0	61.3	60.6	57.5	56.0	54.8	54.0	56.8
2019	52.8	52.7	53.1	55.5	57.8	61.4	61.2	60.5	57.3	56.2	55.8	(p)54.5
Other Services
2018	24.7	24.7	24.9	25.0	25.2	25.6	25.8	25.6	25.2	25.2	25.2	25.2	25.2
2019	24.9	24.9	25.0	25.2	25.3	25.4	25.6	25.4	25.2	25.1	25.1	(p)25.1
Government
2018	108.7	110.1	110.3	110.2	110.6	110.3	104.3	106.2	108.6	110.1	110.1	110.2	109.1
2019	108.8	109.4	109.4	109.6	109.9	108.7	106.3	105.6	108.2	110.0	110.8	(p)110.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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
2018	681,683	685,614	686,940	681,293	682,571	691,667	697,132	687,305	686,149	686,453	683,897	679,130	685,820
2019	682,502	686,312	685,617	680,840	686,446	700,056	710,160	703,572	698,241	703,794	(p)702,944
Employment
2018	656,214	660,662	663,689	661,153	660,968	666,257	673,321	666,182	665,459	665,462	664,112	660,462	663,662
2019	658,046	662,555	663,370	662,133	665,648	676,242	686,450	682,081	678,487	684,533	(p)684,282
Unemployment
2018	25,469	24,952	23,251	20,140	21,603	25,410	23,811	21,123	20,690	20,991	19,785	18,668	22,158
2019	24,456	23,757	22,247	18,707	20,798	23,814	23,710	21,491	19,754	19,261	(p)18,662
Unemployment Rate
2018	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.0	3.2	3.7	3.4	3.1	3.0	3.1	2.9	2.7	3.2
2019	3.6	3.5	3.2	2.7	3.0	3.4	3.3	3.1	2.8	2.7	(p)2.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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