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
2018	103.7	102.9	104.1	104.5	105.5	105.6	105.3	104.6	105.0	106.5	108.5	108.3	105.4
2019	105.0	104.3	105.3	106.2	106.5	106.8	106.8	106.1	106.6	108.7	110.9	(p)110.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2018	4.2	4.3	4.5	4.7	4.8	4.8	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.6	4.7
2019	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	(p)4.9
Manufacturing
2018	8.4	8.4	8.6	8.7	8.8	8.9	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.7
2019	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.3	9.4	9.5	9.7	9.4	9.6	9.7	9.5	(p)9.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	26.9	25.6	25.7	25.7	25.8	26.1	26.0	26.0	26.6	27.6	29.3	29.4	26.7
2019	27.3	25.8	25.8	25.8	26.0	26.0	26.2	26.2	26.6	28.2	30.5	(p)30.5
Information
2018	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.1
2019	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	(p)2.0
Financial Activities
2018	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.3	6.3	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.4
2019	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	(p)5.8
Professional & Business Services
2018	9.2	9.4	9.5	9.6	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5
2019	9.3	9.4	9.5	9.7	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.7	9.6	(p)9.6
Educational & Health Services
2018	16.2	16.3	16.3	16.2	16.4	16.3	16.2	16.1	16.3	16.5	16.6	16.6	16.3
2019	16.4	16.6	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.6	16.6	16.6	16.8	16.9	16.9	(p)17.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	9.7	9.8	9.9	10.2	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.6	10.3	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3
2019	10.0	10.0	10.2	10.6	10.8	10.9	11.0	10.8	10.5	10.4	10.4	(p)10.2
Other Services
2018	2.7	2.8	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.8
2019	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	(p)2.6
Government
2018	17.6	17.6	17.9	17.8	18.3	18.0	17.8	17.5	17.8	18.0	18.1	18.1	17.9
2019	17.9	18.2	18.4	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.0	17.8	18.1	18.5	18.7	(p)18.5
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
2018	131,210	130,602	130,484	130,697	130,546	132,494	132,927	130,307	130,199	131,799	132,392	132,154	131,318
2019	131,911	131,624	131,699	131,815	132,317	134,948	135,885	134,071	133,599	136,278	136,965	(p)136,622
Employment
2018	124,919	123,827	124,304	125,179	125,203	126,558	127,278	124,929	125,171	126,772	127,584	127,358	125,757
2019	126,035	125,554	126,180	127,358	127,678	129,633	130,736	129,070	129,150	131,836	132,631	(p)132,391
Unemployment
2018	6,291	6,775	6,180	5,518	5,343	5,936	5,649	5,378	5,028	5,027	4,808	4,796	5,561
2019	5,876	6,070	5,519	4,457	4,639	5,315	5,149	5,001	4,449	4,442	4,334	(p)4,231
Unemployment Rate
2018	4.8	5.2	4.7	4.2	4.1	4.5	4.2	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.6	3.6	4.2
2019	4.5	4.6	4.2	3.4	3.5	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.3	3.3	3.2	(p)3.1
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.