Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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
Sector	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	101.9	102.2	101.9	103.0	104.7	104.8	103.0	103.4	104.6	(p)105.1
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	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	(p)4.5
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	9.2	9.3	9.2	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	(p)9.5
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	25.3	25.0	24.8	25.1	25.4	25.5	25.4	25.5	25.5	(p)26.0
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	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	(p)1.6
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	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	(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	10.3	10.4	10.3	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.6	(p)10.6
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	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.4	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.7	16.9	(p)17.0
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	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.5	9.8	10.0	10.0	9.8	9.7	(p)9.4
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	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	(p)3.3
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	18.2	18.5	18.5	18.6	19.1	18.7	16.9	17.2	18.4	(p)18.8
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	130,123	130,657	131,339	130,749	131,148	131,580	133,010	132,078	132,156	131,918	131,283	130,432	131,373
2024	129,253	129,716	130,454	130,431	130,716	132,832	132,371	131,336	132,045	(p)131,863
Employment
2023	126,303	126,715	127,725	127,777	127,889	127,776	129,160	127,750	128,441	128,046	127,784	126,901	127,689
2024	124,860	124,948	125,847	126,527	127,073	128,068	127,432	126,448	127,848	(p)127,605
Unemployment
2023	3,820	3,942	3,614	2,972	3,259	3,804	3,850	4,328	3,715	3,872	3,499	3,531	3,684
2024	4,393	4,768	4,607	3,904	3,643	4,764	4,939	4,888	4,197	(p)4,258
Unemployment Rate
2023	2.9	3.0	2.8	2.3	2.5	2.9	2.9	3.3	2.8	2.9	2.7	2.7	2.8
2024	3.4	3.7	3.5	3.0	2.8	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.2	(p)3.2
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.