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Maryland



News Releases:
Nov
21
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — September 2024

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.2 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD, metropolitan area for the year ended September 2024.

Nov
21
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — September 2024

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.6 percent in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended September 2024.

Nov
13
Consumer Price Index, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson – October 2024

Prices in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.2 percent for the two months ending in October 2024.

Maryland Economy at a Glance:
Maryland
Data Series Back
Data
May
2024
June
2024
July
2024
Aug
2024
Sept
2024
Oct
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

3,208.6 3,215.0 3,220.9 3,226.1 3,227.3 (p)3,231.8

Employment(1)

3,122.7 3,126.5 3,129.5 3,131.5 3,133.3 (p)3,136.0

Unemployment(1)

85.9 88.4 91.4 94.6 94.0 (p)95.9

Unemployment Rate(2)

2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 (p)3.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

2,757.6 2,763.0 2,764.5 2,766.5 2,774.0 (p)2,765.0

12-month % change

0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 (p)0.9

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

156.9 157.6 157.3 156.8 157.0 (p)157.2

12-month % change

-3.3 -2.7 -2.6 -2.9 -2.5 (p)-1.6

Manufacturing(3)

110.8 110.7 110.9 110.8 110.9 (p)109.6

12-month % change

-0.9 -1.2 -1.0 -0.1 -0.5 (p)-0.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

461.4 463.1 463.3 463.5 462.6 (p)462.3

12-month % change

-1.7 -1.4 -1.1 -1.2 -1.3 (p)-1.2

Information(3)

33.0 32.8 32.8 32.6 32.5 (p)32.4

12-month % change

-7.0 -6.6 -5.7 -5.8 -5.5 (p)-3.6

Financial Activities(3)

137.8 138.6 138.9 138.7 138.5 (p)138.1

12-month % change

-1.4 -0.9 -0.4 -0.4 -0.6 (p)0.1

Professional & Business Services(3)

475.3 475.7 479.3 477.8 477.3 (p)478.2

12-month % change

-0.9 -1.3 0.2 0.0 -0.1 (p)1.2

Education & Health Services(3)

473.5 473.2 473.8 478.3 483.9 (p)482.9

12-month % change

2.8 2.2 2.4 3.4 4.4 (p)3.8

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

264.4 263.0 262.9 263.0 265.1 (p)263.8

12-month % change

0.7 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 0.9 (p)0.3

Other Services(3)

106.9 106.7 107.7 107.1 107.5 (p)107.8

12-month % change

1.1 0.6 1.0 0.6 1.0 (p)2.6

Government(3)

537.6 541.6 537.6 537.9 538.7 (p)532.7

12-month % change

2.9 3.6 2.4 2.1 2.4 (p)1.4

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
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Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV, Division Economic Summary (PDF)
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Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Maryland: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Maryland: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Calvert-Charles-Prince George’s, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Dec 2024
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2024
Baltimore Area Employment — August 2024 Employment News Release Sep 2024
Philadelphia Area Employment — July 2024 Employment News Release Aug 2024
Washington Area Employment — March 2024 Employment News Release May 2024
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – October 2024 Average energy prices News Release Nov 2024
Consumer Expenditures in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
Consumer Expenditures in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
County Employment and Wages in the Delmarva Peninsula – Fourth Quarter 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2021
Consumer Expenditures in the Washington Metropolitan Area — 2022-23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
County Employment and Wages in Washington, DC — Second Quarter 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Dec 2020
County Employment and Wages in Maryland — Fourth Quarter 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2024
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jun 2022
Average Energy Prices - Washington DC Average energy prices Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area – September 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – October 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area — September 2024 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — September 2024 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2024
Average Energy Prices, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington – September 2024 Average energy prices News Release Oct 2024
Women’s Earnings in Maryland — 2023 Pay News Release Oct 2024
Fatal Work Injuries in Maryland — 2021 Workplace fatalities News Release Feb 2023
Workplace Fatalities in Maryland - Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Nov 2014
Fatal Work Injuries in the Baltimore Area — 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2020
Fatal Work Injuries in the Philadelphia Area — 2018 Workplace fatalities News Release Jun 2020
Fatal Work Injuries in the District of Columbia — 2022 Workplace fatalities News Release Feb 2024
Workplace Fatalities in Baltimore-Towson, MD – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Workplace Fatalities in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Feb 2014
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2024
Workplace Fatalities in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Feb 2014
Consumer Price Index, South Region — October 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2024
Unemployment in the Washington Area by County – June 2020 Unemployment News Release Aug 2020
Unemployment on the Delmarva Peninsula by County – June 2020 Unemployment News Release Aug 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release May 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Maryland’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2015 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2016
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Consumer price indexes Table May 2022
Average Energy Prices - Baltimore Average energy prices Table Jun 2022
Average Energy Prices, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson – September 2024 Average energy prices News Release Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson – October 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2024
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Nov 2024
Union Members in Maryland — 2023 Employment News Release Feb 2024
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Maryland — 2023 Unemployment News Release Mar 2024
Business Employment Dynamics in Maryland — Third Quarter 2023 Employment News Release May 2024
Employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses in Maryland — 2022 Workplace injuries and illnesses News Release Dec 2023
Maryland Job Openings and Labor Turnover — May 2024 Employment, Unemployment News Release Jul 2024