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
2020	104.3	102.9	103.3	89.9	92.7	97.3	97.6	97.7	99.0	101.0	101.9	101.5	99.1
2021	98.0	96.1	97.2	97.8	99.0	(p)99.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	4.1	4.0	4.1	3.8	4.1	4.3	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	4.0
2021	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.9	3.9	(p)4.0
Manufacturing
2020	9.7	9.7	9.7	8.5	9.1	9.2	9.3	8.9	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.3
2021	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.3	9.5	(p)9.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	26.4	25.1	25.3	22.6	23.3	24.6	25.2	25.2	25.9	27.5	28.9	29.6	25.8
2021	27.0	25.6	25.6	25.4	25.7	(p)25.9
Information
2020	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7
2021	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.6	(p)1.6
Financial Activities
2020	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1
2021	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	(p)5.1
Professional & Business Services
2020	9.9	10.0	10.2	9.5	9.6	9.8	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.6	9.4	9.4	9.7
2021	9.3	8.8	8.6	8.6	8.7	(p)8.4
Educational & Health Services
2020	16.7	16.8	16.7	14.7	14.9	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.6	15.7	15.5	15.5	15.7
2021	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.6	(p)15.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	9.9	9.9	9.8	5.6	6.3	7.8	8.4	8.6	8.5	8.4	8.4	8.0	8.3
2021	7.8	7.9	8.0	8.4	8.7	(p)9.0
Other Services
2020	3.0	2.9	2.8	1.8	2.1	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.5
2021	2.6	2.6	2.8	2.8	2.9	(p)3.0
Government
2020	17.5	17.5	17.7	16.6	16.6	17.1	16.5	16.7	16.8	17.1	16.9	16.6	17.0
2021	16.4	16.5	17.0	17.1	17.3	(p)17.3
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
2020	(1)134,700	(1)133,785	(1)133,236	(1)126,332	(1)129,846	(1)133,492	(1)131,824	(1)130,842	(1)127,102	(1)130,100	(1)130,429	(1)130,791	(1)131,040
2021	128,361	126,979	126,944	128,189	129,014	(p)130,960
Employment
2020	(1)129,530	(1)128,694	(1)127,716	(1)112,477	(1)116,870	(1)122,215	(1)121,428	(1)121,308	(1)119,549	(1)123,290	(1)123,544	(1)123,477	(1)122,508
2021	121,214	120,091	120,504	122,112	123,063	(p)124,025
Unemployment
2020	(1)5,170	(1)5,091	(1)5,520	(1)13,855	(1)12,976	(1)11,277	(1)10,396	(1)9,534	(1)7,553	(1)6,810	(1)6,885	(1)7,314	(1)8,532
2021	7,147	6,888	6,440	6,077	5,951	(p)6,935
Unemployment Rate
2020	(1)3.8	(1)3.8	(1)4.1	(1)11.0	(1)10.0	(1)8.4	(1)7.9	(1)7.3	(1)5.9	(1)5.2	(1)5.3	(1)5.6	(1)6.5
2021	5.6	5.4	5.1	4.7	4.6	(p)5.3
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (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.