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

Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Table

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

For Printing: Use smallest text size, landscape orientation, and narrow margins (0.5 inch or less)

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	99.9	99.2	99.2	99.9	102.7	104.3	(p)104.8
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	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	(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	9.7	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.9	(p)9.9
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	25.9	25.8	25.7	26.1	28.5	29.9	(p)30.1
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	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	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	5.1	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	(p)5.2
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	8.5	8.5	8.6	8.5	8.7	8.9	(p)8.9
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	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.8	15.9	15.8	(p)15.9
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	9.0	9.0	9.0	8.8	8.6	8.6	(p)8.6
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	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.1	(p)3.2
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	17.4	16.8	16.6	17.2	17.3	17.4	(p)17.4
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	134,700	133,785	133,236	126,332	129,846	133,492	131,824	130,842	127,102	130,100	130,429	130,791	131,040
2021	128,361	126,979	126,944	128,189	129,014	131,268	132,080	129,974	129,864	131,471	(p)131,843
Employment
2020	129,530	128,694	127,716	112,477	116,870	122,215	121,428	121,308	119,549	123,290	123,544	123,477	122,508
2021	121,214	120,091	120,504	122,112	123,063	124,330	126,044	124,315	124,911	126,920	(p)127,849
Unemployment
2020	5,170	5,091	5,520	13,855	12,976	11,277	10,396	9,534	7,553	6,810	6,885	7,314	8,532
2021	7,147	6,888	6,440	6,077	5,951	6,938	6,036	5,659	4,953	4,551	(p)3,994
Unemployment Rate
2020	3.8	3.8	4.1	11.0	10.0	8.4	7.9	7.3	5.9	5.2	5.3	5.6	6.5
2021	5.6	5.4	5.1	4.7	4.6	5.3	4.6	4.4	3.8	3.5	(p)3.0
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.