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Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV: 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
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

103.4 103.5 103.9 104.8 105.1 103.9 103.7 103.0 104.5 104.5 105.0 104.8 104.2

2024

(p)101.5                        

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

4.2 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4

2024

(p)4.3                        

Manufacturing

2023

10.3 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.0 10.4 9.6 9.3 9.3 10.1

2024

(p)9.2                        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

25.9 25.6 25.6 25.7 25.8 25.5 25.3 25.2 25.3 26.1 27.0 27.2 25.9

2024

(p)25.1                        

Information

2023

1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7

2024

(p)1.7                        

Financial Activities

2023

4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6

2024

(p)4.4                        

Professional & Business Services

2023

10.9 10.8 10.8 10.9 10.8 10.7 10.8 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.7

2024

(p)10.3                        

Educational & Health Services

2023

15.6 15.7 15.7 15.8 15.8 16.1 15.9 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.3 16.0

2024

(p)16.0                        

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

9.4 9.5 9.6 9.8 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.2 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.8

2024

(p)9.1                        

Other Services

2023

3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2

2024

(p)3.2                        

Government

2023

17.8 18.1 18.2 18.1 18.4 16.9 16.5 16.6 18.1 18.3 18.4 18.4 17.8

2024

(p)18.2                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

130,417 130,531 131,175 130,286 130,528 131,724 132,585 131,744 131,703 131,351 130,511 (p)129,861  

2024

(p)129,056                        

Employment

2023

126,200 126,350 127,555 127,100 127,057 128,319 129,184 127,822 128,140 127,596 127,275 (p)126,353  

2024

(p)124,663                        

Unemployment

2023

4,217 4,181 3,620 3,186 3,471 3,405 3,401 3,922 3,563 3,755 3,236 (p)3,508  

2024

(p)4,393                        

Unemployment Rate

2023

3.2 3.2 2.8 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.5 (p)2.7  

2024

(p)3.4                        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg, Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Washington County in Maryland and Berkeley and Morgan Counties in West Virginia.