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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Maryland > Baltimore

Baltimore

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Baltimore Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2020
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2020
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2020
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2020
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Baltimore Area Employment – March 2018 Employment News Release May 2018
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – December 2019 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the Baltimore Metropolitan Area: 2017-18 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area – December 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2020
Workplace Fatalities in Baltimore-Towson, MD – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Baltimore-Towson – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
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 Mar 2020
Average Energy Prices - Baltimore Average energy prices Table Mar 2020
Average Energy Prices, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson – January 2020 Average energy prices News Release Feb 2020
Consumer Price Index, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson – February 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2020

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Economy at a Glance:

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Jan
2020		 Feb
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,533.3 1,547.8 1,546.2 (p)1,547.1 (p)1,530.8  

Employment(1)

 1,481.2 1,497.1 1,497.1 (p)1,501.5 (p)1,476.4  

Unemployment(1)

 52.0 50.7 49.2 (p)45.6 (p)54.3  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.4 3.3 3.2 (p)2.9 (p)3.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,421.6 1,432.2 1,443.2 1,446.3 1,417.4 (p)1,419.6

12-month % change

 -0.1 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.1 (p)0.8

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 82.4 83.5 82.8 82.7 82.3 (p)81.0

12-month % change

 0.6 2.0 1.8 2.4 4.2 (p)3.3

Manufacturing(3)

 59.7 59.1 59.3 59.6 60.0 (p)60.2

12-month % change

 2.4 1.0 1.5 1.7 2.9 (p)2.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 246.1 250.4 255.4 258.1 244.8 (p)243.3

12-month % change

 0.7 1.3 0.6 1.5 -1.1 (p)0.0

Information(3)

 17.2 17.3 17.3 17.0 16.8 (p)16.8

12-month % change

 1.8 0.0 0.0 -1.2 -1.2 (p)-1.2

Financial Activities(3)

 79.2 79.2 78.5 78.1 76.8 (p)77.3

12-month % change

 -1.0 -0.6 -1.4 -2.0 -3.3 (p)-2.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

 246.6 250.3 253.7 253.6 251.9 (p)248.7

12-month % change

 1.6 3.2 3.8 5.3 5.4 (p)3.6

Education and Health Services(3)

 278.0 278.6 280.3 281.6 280.7 (p)282.1

12-month % change

 0.2 -0.6 -0.2 0.5 1.1 (p)0.2

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 139.5 136.7 136.8 137.6 135.2 (p)135.9

12-month % change

 -2.0 -1.3 0.1 1.2 3.9 (p)3.9

Other Services(3)

 51.3 50.8 51.3 51.8 52.0 (p)52.6

12-month % change

 -0.4 -1.9 -1.3 0.2 2.0 (p)2.7

Government(3)

 221.6 226.3 227.8 226.2 216.9 (p)221.7

12-month % change

 -2.6 -1.8 -1.6 -2.3 -2.7 (p)-2.8

Consumer Price Index: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

CPI-U, All items(4)

   257.616   257.847   259.121

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     1.0   1.8   1.8

CPI-W, All items(5)

   255.587   256.549   257.613

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     0.8   2.0   1.9

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary