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	(p)96.2
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	(p)4.3
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	(p)7.9
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	(p)24.2
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	(p)1.9
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	(p)5.1
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	(p)8.9
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	(p)16.6
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	(p)7.7
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	(p)2.2
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	(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
2019	(1)132,424	(1)131,491	(1)131,857	(1)132,021	(1)132,550	(1)134,893	(1)135,349	(1)133,522	(1)133,613	(1)135,769	(1)136,804	(1)136,432	(1)133,894
2020	134,994	133,933	133,990	126,842	127,397	(p)130,509
Employment
2019	(1)126,511	(1)125,522	(1)126,380	(1)127,500	(1)127,876	(1)129,561	(1)130,156	(1)128,468	(1)129,112	(1)131,227	(1)132,491	(1)132,186	(1)128,916
2020	130,003	128,902	128,782	111,990	114,077	(p)119,518
Unemployment
2019	(1)5,913	(1)5,969	(1)5,477	(1)4,521	(1)4,674	(1)5,332	(1)5,193	(1)5,054	(1)4,501	(1)4,542	(1)4,313	(1)4,246	(1)4,978
2020	4,991	5,031	5,208	14,852	13,320	(p)10,991
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)4.5	(1)4.5	(1)4.2	(1)3.4	(1)3.5	(1)4.0	(1)3.8	(1)3.8	(1)3.4	(1)3.3	(1)3.2	(1)3.1	(1)3.7
2020	3.7	3.8	3.9	11.7	10.5	(p)8.4
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (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.