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
2025	113.7	114.2	114.9	115.5	115.9	116.1	114.5	114.8	115.6	115.6	116.4	116.5	115.3
2026	113.5	112.4	113.2	(p)114.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2025	4.8	4.8	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.1	5.1
2026	5.0	4.9	5.1	(p)5.2
Manufacturing
2025	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.9	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.7
2026	10.3	10.3	10.4	(p)10.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2025	29.0	29.0	29.1	29.4	29.4	29.4	29.4	29.9	29.6	30.1	31.0	31.4	29.7
2026	29.3	28.2	28.3	(p)28.6
Information
2025	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7
2026	1.6	1.5	1.5	(p)1.6
Financial Activities
2025	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
2026	4.5	4.5	4.5	(p)4.5
Professional & Business Services
2025	11.5	11.6	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.8	11.9	12.0	11.9	11.8	11.6	11.6	11.8
2026	11.5	11.4	11.5	(p)11.6
Educational & Health Services
2025	16.9	16.9	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.0	16.8	16.9	17.0	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.0
2026	17.0	17.0	17.0	(p)17.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2025	9.8	9.9	10.2	10.4	10.8	11.2	11.2	10.8	10.5	10.2	10.0	9.9	10.4
2026	9.8	9.8	10.0	(p)10.3
Other Services
2025	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.1
2026	5.0	5.1	5.1	(p)5.1
Government
2025	19.6	19.9	19.7	19.7	19.8	19.5	18.1	18.3	19.8	19.8	19.9	19.9	19.5
2026	19.5	19.7	19.8	(p)19.8
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
2025	(1)146,115	(1)146,146	(1)147,385	(1)147,393	(1)147,229	(1)149,637	(1)148,759	(1)148,305	(1)148,327	(2)-	(1)147,400	(1)147,041	(1)(3)147,613
2026	145,079	145,432	(p)144,660
Employment
2025	(1)140,760	(1)140,476	(1)141,800	(1)142,334	(1)141,913	(1)143,616	(1)142,640	(1)141,688	(1)142,189	(2)-	(1)141,334	(1)141,420	(1)(3)141,834
2026	138,497	138,149	(p)138,566
Unemployment
2025	(1)5,355	(1)5,670	(1)5,585	(1)5,059	(1)5,316	(1)6,021	(1)6,119	(1)6,617	(1)6,138	(2)-	(1)6,066	(1)5,621	(1)(3)5,779
2026	6,582	7,283	(p)6,094
Unemployment Rate
2025	(1)3.7	(1)3.9	(1)3.8	(1)3.4	(1)3.6	(1)4.0	(1)4.1	(1)4.5	(1)4.1	(2)-	(1)4.1	(1)3.8	(1)(3)3.9
2026	4.5	5.0	(p)4.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. (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.