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
2021	556.0	557.7	563.1	569.6	573.5	575.8	581.5	582.0	576.9	582.7	587.5	591.2	574.8
2022	577.3	582.1	(p)586.7
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	31.8	31.8	32.2	32.4	32.7	32.8	33.4	33.2	33.0	33.4	33.6	33.7	32.8
2022	32.7	33.1	(p)33.8
Manufacturing
2021	18.6	18.7	18.9	19.0	19.1	19.1	19.4	19.2	19.0	19.2	19.3	19.4	19.1
2022	19.3	19.5	(p)19.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	75.0	73.5	73.6	73.8	74.4	75.3	75.7	75.4	74.2	74.6	76.8	78.0	75.0
2022	75.8	75.5	(p)75.8
Information
2021	11.0	11.2	11.2	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.9	12.1	11.9	12.2	12.1	12.1	11.7
2022	12.0	12.1	(p)12.1
Financial Activities
2021	36.2	36.4	36.5	36.7	36.9	36.7	37.0	36.9	36.1	35.9	35.7	35.9	36.4
2022	35.0	34.9	(p)35.0
Professional & Business Services
2021	128.4	128.4	129.5	132.1	132.3	131.6	132.3	132.9	130.6	133.0	133.9	134.5	131.6
2022	131.3	131.8	(p)133.5
Educational & Health Services
2021	89.1	90.1	90.9	91.2	91.0	90.1	90.3	90.0	89.7	91.1	91.9	92.6	90.7
2022	90.4	92.8	(p)93.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	36.4	37.2	38.8	41.2	43.3	46.4	49.3	49.2	47.0	47.3	47.9	48.3	44.4
2022	46.3	46.7	(p)47.6
Other Services
2021	22.0	21.9	22.1	22.5	22.7	22.9	23.5	23.4	23.0	22.7	22.7	23.1	22.7
2022	22.9	23.0	(p)22.8
Government
2021	107.5	108.5	109.4	109.2	109.7	109.5	108.7	109.7	112.4	113.3	113.6	113.6	110.4
2022	111.6	112.7	(p)113.3
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
2021	(1)669,304	(1)671,225	(1)676,685	(1)676,097	(1)680,840	(1)688,011	(1)695,921	(1)691,038	(1)681,424	(1)685,286	(1)686,615	(1)683,847	(1)682,191
2022	677,624	681,188	(p)689,049
Employment
2021	(1)631,546	(1)633,539	(1)639,405	(1)639,916	(1)642,425	(1)644,420	(1)655,527	(1)650,208	(1)647,465	(1)653,160	(1)655,291	(1)655,410	(1)645,693
2022	652,533	654,930	(p)662,556
Unemployment
2021	(1)37,758	(1)37,686	(1)37,280	(1)36,181	(1)38,415	(1)43,591	(1)40,394	(1)40,830	(1)33,959	(1)32,126	(1)31,324	(1)28,437	(1)36,498
2022	25,091	26,258	(p)26,493
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)5.6	(1)5.6	(1)5.5	(1)5.4	(1)5.6	(1)6.3	(1)5.8	(1)5.9	(1)5.0	(1)4.7	(1)4.6	(1)4.2	(1)5.4
2022	3.7	3.9	(p)3.8
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (p) Preliminary