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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 Feb 2024
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2024
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Baltimore Area Employment – September 2022 Employment News Release Oct 2022
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – February 2024 Average energy prices News Release Mar 2024
Consumer Expenditures in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area — 2021-22 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2023
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — September 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2023
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 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2023
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 – January 2024 Average energy prices News Release Feb 2024
Consumer Price Index, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson – February 2024 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2024
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Mar 2024
West Virginia Job Openings and Labor Turnover — June 2023 Employment, Unemployment News Release Aug 2023
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Economy at a Glance:
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
Data Series Back
Data
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

1,487.7 1,498.7 1,493.5 (p)1,490.2 (p)1,474.2  

Employment(1)

1,460.1 1,466.5 1,466.7 (p)1,460.2 (p)1,433.3  

Unemployment(1)

27.6 32.2 26.7 (p)30.0 (p)40.9  

Unemployment Rate(2)

1.9 2.2 1.8 (p)2.0 (p)2.8  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

1,415.4 1,419.0 1,419.3 1,417.0 (p)1,380.0  

12-month % change

0.3 0.8 0.4 0.3 (p)-0.3  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

80.2 79.6 79.1 79.0 (p)76.4  

12-month % change

-1.7 -2.2 -2.5 -2.2 (p)-2.9  

Manufacturing(3)

58.5 59.2 59.3 58.9 (p)58.9  

12-month % change

-1.0 0.3 0.2 -0.5 (p)-0.5  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

246.2 249.6 252.7 254.6 (p)243.2  

12-month % change

-2.4 -1.2 -2.2 -1.4 (p)-2.8  

Information(3)

16.3 16.1 16.0 15.8 (p)15.6  

12-month % change

-3.0 -4.2 -4.2 -4.8 (p)-4.3  

Financial Activities(3)

78.9 78.5 78.6 78.2 (p)77.3  

12-month % change

-1.9 -2.4 -1.5 -2.0 (p)-1.9  

Professional and Business Services(3)

252.0 252.5 252.1 250.9 (p)246.2  

12-month % change

-1.4 -1.7 -1.8 -1.1 (p)-1.7  

Education and Health Services(3)

272.6 275.5 276.8 276.5 (p)272.9  

12-month % change

2.4 3.3 3.5 3.8 (p)3.1  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

129.1 126.8 122.6 120.0 (p)117.8  

12-month % change

4.2 4.3 2.5 1.3 (p)1.5  

Other Services(3)

48.0 46.7 46.8 47.5 (p)46.1  

12-month % change

2.6 0.0 -0.4 0.8 (p)-1.5  

Government(3)

233.6 234.5 235.3 235.6 (p)225.6  

12-month % change

2.1 3.7 3.0 1.7 (p)1.6  

Consumer Price Index: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

CPI-U, All items(4)

  307.284   306.379   311.665

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

    2.2   2.1   2.6

CPI-W, All items(5)

  302.492   301.121   305.402

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

    2.3   1.9   2.3

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