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Baltimore

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Baltimore Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Oct 2024
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2024
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2024
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Baltimore Area Employment — August 2024 Employment News Release Sep 2024
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – August 2024 Average energy prices News Release Sep 2024
Consumer Expenditures in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — June 2024 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2024
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 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 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 – August 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2024
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Oct 2024
West Virginia Job Openings and Labor Turnover — June 2024 Employment, Unemployment News Release Aug 2024
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Economy at a Glance:
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
Data Series Back
Data
Apr
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

1,502.9 1,492.5 1,509.2 1,524.2 1,519.1 (p)1,507.6

Employment(1)

1,461.6 1,457.4 1,461.0 1,472.8 1,466.2 (p)1,465.6

Unemployment(1)

41.2 35.2 48.2 51.4 52.9 (p)42.0

Unemployment Rate(2)

2.7 2.4 3.2 3.4 3.5 (p)2.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

1,405.6 1,417.8 1,425.0 1,419.2 1,421.0 (p)1,420.8

12-month % change

-0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 0.0 (p)0.4

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

76.0 76.8 78.2 78.9 79.4 (p)78.4

12-month % change

-4.6 -4.2 -3.7 -3.1 -2.0 (p)-2.2

Manufacturing(3)

59.6 60.1 60.7 61.1 61.0 (p)60.3

12-month % change

1.2 1.9 1.5 2.5 3.2 (p)3.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

239.2 241.4 243.6 242.8 242.8 (p)240.8

12-month % change

-2.5 -2.1 -2.0 -1.8 -1.9 (p)-2.2

Information(3)

15.5 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.4 (p)15.6

12-month % change

-5.5 -7.2 -6.1 -6.1 -5.5 (p)-4.3

Financial Activities(3)

76.4 76.7 77.6 78.0 78.2 (p)77.4

12-month % change

-3.7 -2.9 -2.6 -2.5 -1.5 (p)-1.9

Professional and Business Services(3)

251.0 252.9 255.5 258.1 259.8 (p)257.3

12-month % change

-1.2 -0.5 -0.4 0.8 1.6 (p)2.1

Education and Health Services(3)

279.8 279.8 277.2 275.5 279.2 (p)282.2

12-month % change

3.1 2.8 2.0 1.3 3.1 (p)3.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

125.4 129.9 135.5 136.2 133.2 (p)129.5

12-month % change

1.3 0.5 1.0 0.1 -1.6 (p)0.3

Other Services(3)

47.7 48.2 48.7 49.3 48.9 (p)48.1

12-month % change

0.6 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.8 (p)0.2

Government(3)

235.0 236.6 232.5 223.8 223.1 (p)231.2

12-month % change

1.3 0.9 0.6 -1.2 -1.5 (p)-1.0

Consumer Price Index: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

CPI-U, All items(4)

314.927   315.803   317.366  

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

  2.9   3.0   3.0  

CPI-W, All items(5)

310.296   310.422   311.289  

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

  2.9   2.7   2.5  

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