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
2019	104.0	102.9	104.0	104.8	105.3	105.8	105.1	104.9	105.6	107.7	110.1	109.7	105.8
2020	104.9	103.9	103.8	90.7	92.0	95.5	96.6	97.2	97.3	98.7	(p)99.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	4.4	4.0	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4
2020	4.3	4.2	4.3	3.7	3.7	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.5	(p)4.4
Manufacturing
2019	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.4	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.9	9.7	9.5
2020	9.7	9.7	9.8	7.5	7.6	6.5	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	(p)7.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	26.6	25.7	25.9	25.7	25.9	25.9	25.7	25.9	26.5	28.2	30.5	30.6	26.9
2020	26.5	25.6	25.6	23.3	23.6	24.2	24.4	24.4	24.6	25.4	(p)27.0
Information
2019	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.1
2020	2.2	2.2	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	(p)1.8
Financial Activities
2019	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.9
2020	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	(p)5.3
Professional & Business Services
2019	9.5	9.5	9.6	10.0	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.8	9.8
2020	9.4	9.4	9.6	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.9	(p)8.7
Educational & Health Services
2019	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6	16.6	16.5	16.4	16.5	16.7	16.8	16.8	16.8	16.6
2020	16.7	16.7	16.5	15.5	15.8	16.4	16.3	16.3	16.4	16.5	(p)16.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	9.7	9.7	9.9	10.4	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.0	10.2
2020	9.9	9.8	9.5	5.3	5.7	7.6	8.2	8.2	8.3	8.4	(p)8.4
Other Services
2019	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
2020	2.9	2.9	2.8	1.7	2.0	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	(p)2.6
Government
2019	17.3	17.5	17.7	17.5	17.6	17.8	17.1	17.0	17.4	17.7	17.9	17.7	17.5
2020	17.8	17.9	18.1	17.5	17.4	17.8	17.1	17.5	17.2	17.6	(p)17.2
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
2019	132,424	131,491	131,857	132,021	132,550	134,893	135,349	133,522	133,613	135,769	136,804	136,432	133,894
2020	134,994	133,933	133,990	126,842	127,397	130,131	131,105	130,211	126,039	127,211	(p)127,076
Employment
2019	126,511	125,522	126,380	127,500	127,876	129,561	130,156	128,468	129,112	131,227	132,491	132,186	128,916
2020	130,003	128,902	128,782	111,990	114,077	118,908	121,071	121,322	117,857	120,004	(p)120,591
Unemployment
2019	5,913	5,969	5,477	4,521	4,674	5,332	5,193	5,054	4,501	4,542	4,313	4,246	4,978
2020	4,991	5,031	5,208	14,852	13,320	11,223	10,034	8,889	8,182	7,207	(p)6,485
Unemployment Rate
2019	4.5	4.5	4.2	3.4	3.5	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.7
2020	3.7	3.8	3.9	11.7	10.5	8.6	7.7	6.8	6.5	5.7	(p)5.1
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.