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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2016

 104.7 104.0 105.8 106.7 107.8 107.4 106.3 106.6 107.2 108.7 110.2 110.4 107.2

2017

 106.2 106.0 105.9 107.2 107.6 (p)108.2              

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2016

 3.8 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1

2017

 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.1 (p)4.2              

Manufacturing

2016

 8.0 7.8 7.9 7.9 8.0 7.9 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.9

2017

 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.0 (p)8.3              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 26.0 25.3 25.7 25.8 25.8 25.8 25.5 25.7 26.1 27.8 29.2 29.4 26.5

2017

 26.7 25.9 25.8 26.2 26.4 (p)26.4              

Information

2016

 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4

2017

 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 (p)2.6              

Financial Activities

2016

 7.8 7.9 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.9 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.9

2017

 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 (p)7.6              

Professional & Business Services

2016

 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.2 9.1 9.3 9.3 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.2

2017

 8.9 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.1 (p)9.3              

Educational & Health Services

2016

 16.5 16.3 16.5 16.5 16.5 16.3 16.4 16.6 16.8 16.8 16.9 17.0 16.6

2017

 16.8 17.0 17.0 17.1 17.0 (p)16.6              

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 9.4 9.5 9.8 10.3 10.6 10.6 10.4 10.5 10.1 9.9 9.8 9.7 10.1

2017

 9.6 9.5 9.6 10.0 10.2 (p)10.6              

Other Services

2016

 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3

2017

 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 (p)4.5              

Government

2016

 17.7 18.1 18.4 18.4 19.0 18.6 17.8 17.6 18.0 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.2

2017

 17.8 18.2 18.1 18.1 18.2 (p)18.1              

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

2016

 (r)129,537 (r)129,480 (r)130,139 (r)130,366 (r)131,014 (r)133,014 (r)132,893 (r)131,862 (r)131,403 (r)132,954 (r)132,719 (r)133,039 (r)131,535

2017

 131,733 131,630 131,137 132,182 (p)132,006                

Employment

2016

 (r)122,935 (r)122,518 (r)123,802 (r)124,834 (r)125,633 (r)127,082 (r)127,132 (r)125,738 (r)125,909 (r)127,393 (r)127,562 (r)127,859 (r)125,700

2017

 125,631 125,420 125,275 127,165 (p)127,140                

Unemployment

2016

 (r)6,602 (r)6,962 (r)6,337 (r)5,532 (r)5,381 (r)5,932 (r)5,761 (r)6,124 (r)5,494 (r)5,561 (r)5,157 (r)5,180 (r)5,835

2017

 6,102 6,210 5,862 5,017 (p)4,866                

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)5.1 (r)5.4 (r)4.9 (r)4.2 (r)4.1 (r)4.5 (r)4.3 (r)4.6 (r)4.2 (r)4.2 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)4.4

2017

 4.6 4.7 4.5 3.8 (p)3.7                

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg, Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Washington County in Maryland and Berkeley and Morgan Counties in West Virginia.