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Total nonfarm employment for the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, metropolitan area stood at 1,474,100 in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the employment level in the Baltimore area was little changed over the year, while the rate of increase nationally was 1.1 percent. (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)
Industry employmentIn Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, the education and health services supersector added 9,200 jobs from May 2024 to May 2025. Within this supersector, health care and social assistance accounted for an increase of 10,300 jobs. (See chart 2.) The 3.2-percent rise in the metropolitan area’s education and health services supersector compared to the 3.5-percent gain on a national level.
The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for June 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
With the release of January 2025 data on March 17, 2025, all nonfarm payroll employment estimates for states and areas have been adjusted to 2024 benchmark levels. Additionally, Current Employment Statistics (CES) metropolitan statistical area (MSA) estimates have been updated to reflect the revised delineations based on the 2020 Census, available in OMB Bulletin No. 23-01. As a result of this update, new MSAs have been added to publication, some existing MSAs have undergone name and/or compositional changes, and other pre-existing areas have been dropped from publication. More information about MSA definitions in the CES program is available online. Details of these changes were published in the annual CES State and Area benchmark article.
This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the CES program. More information about the CES data is available in the State Employment and Unemployment Summary and the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary. See the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Technical Note for more information on definitions and methodology.
Reliability of the employment estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Changes in metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Documentation on the reliability of state and area estimates is available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions.
Area definitions. The substate area data published in this news release reflect the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineations issued on July 21, 2023.
The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Queen Anne’s Counties and Baltimore City in Maryland.
Additional information
State and area employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website.
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Area | Back data | May 2024 | Mar 2025 | Apr 2025 | May 2025(p) | May 2024 to May 2025(p) | |
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Net change | Percent change | ||||||
United States(1) | |||||||
Total nonfarm | 158,256 | 158,402 | 159,238 | 159,964 | 1,708 | 1.1 | |
Mining and logging | 624 | 619 | 621 | 624 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Construction | 8,237 | 8,071 | 8,218 | 8,354 | 117 | 1.4 | |
Manufacturing | 12,829 | 12,714 | 12,721 | 12,740 | -89 | -0.7 | |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 28,794 | 28,862 | 28,848 | 28,954 | 160 | 0.6 | |
Information | 2,939 | 2,921 | 2,921 | 2,928 | -11 | -0.4 | |
Financial activities | 9,126 | 9,180 | 9,186 | 9,223 | 97 | 1.1 | |
Professional and business services | 22,682 | 22,351 | 22,571 | 22,618 | -64 | -0.3 | |
Education and health services | 26,375 | 27,222 | 27,337 | 27,296 | 921 | 3.5 | |
Leisure and hospitality | 17,076 | 16,558 | 16,858 | 17,331 | 255 | 1.5 | |
Other services | 5,983 | 5,993 | 6,019 | 6,059 | 76 | 1.3 | |
Government | 23,591 | 23,911 | 23,938 | 23,837 | 246 | 1.0 | |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area | |||||||
Total Nonfarm | 1,462.3 | 1,447.0 | 1,458.2 | 1,474.1 | 11.8 | 0.8 | |
Mining, logging, and construction | 80.3 | 77.4 | 79.0 | 80.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
Manufacturing | 57.5 | 58.0 | 57.7 | 57.1 | -0.4 | -0.7 | |
Trade, transportation, & utilities | 248.5 | 248.3 | 248.6 | 250.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | |
Information | 15.8 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.1 | -0.7 | -4.4 | |
Financial activities | 76.9 | 78.1 | 78.7 | 78.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | |
Professional & business services | 260.7 | 252.1 | 255.4 | 260.0 | -0.7 | -0.3 | |
Education & health services | 286.5 | 294.5 | 295.0 | 295.7 | 9.2 | 3.2 | |
Leisure & hospitality | 134.6 | 124.2 | 129.4 | 136.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | |
Other services | 56.3 | 54.2 | 54.5 | 54.5 | -1.8 | -3.2 | |
Government | 245.2 | 245.0 | 244.7 | 245.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
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SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area |
Area | May 2024 | Mar 2025 | Apr 2025 | May 2025(p) | May 2024 to May 2025(p) | |
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Net change | Percent change | |||||
United States(1) | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 158,256 | 158,402 | 159,238 | 159,964 | 1,708 | 1.1 |
Mining and logging | 624 | 619 | 621 | 624 | 0 | 0.0 |
Construction | 8,237 | 8,071 | 8,218 | 8,354 | 117 | 1.4 |
Manufacturing | 12,829 | 12,714 | 12,721 | 12,740 | -89 | -0.7 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 28,794 | 28,862 | 28,848 | 28,954 | 160 | 0.6 |
Information | 2,939 | 2,921 | 2,921 | 2,928 | -11 | -0.4 |
Financial activities | 9,126 | 9,180 | 9,186 | 9,223 | 97 | 1.1 |
Professional and business services | 22,682 | 22,351 | 22,571 | 22,618 | -64 | -0.3 |
Education and health services | 26,375 | 27,222 | 27,337 | 27,296 | 921 | 3.5 |
Leisure and hospitality | 17,076 | 16,558 | 16,858 | 17,331 | 255 | 1.5 |
Other services | 5,983 | 5,993 | 6,019 | 6,059 | 76 | 1.3 |
Government | 23,591 | 23,911 | 23,938 | 23,837 | 246 | 1.0 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 3,118.0 | 3,110.0 | 3,109.1 | 3,120.0 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
Mining and logging | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Construction | 150.7 | 147.9 | 146.3 | 146.1 | -4.6 | -3.1 |
Manufacturing | 181.0 | 179.8 | 180.1 | 180.7 | -0.3 | -0.2 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 660.8 | 651.2 | 650.1 | 650.2 | -10.6 | -1.6 |
Information | 107.6 | 107.8 | 102.7 | 105.7 | -1.9 | -1.8 |
Financial activities | 207.9 | 209.0 | 208.9 | 208.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
Professional and business services | 572.1 | 566.5 | 569.5 | 570.0 | -2.1 | -0.4 |
Education and health services | 442.1 | 460.1 | 459.5 | 462.7 | 20.6 | 4.7 |
Leisure and hospitality | 322.1 | 308.6 | 313.9 | 318.9 | -3.2 | -1.0 |
Other services | 110.2 | 110.0 | 109.8 | 109.4 | -0.8 | -0.7 |
Government | 361.4 | 367.0 | 366.2 | 365.5 | 4.1 | 1.1 |
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 2,769.2 | 2,728.6 | 2,753.3 | 2,771.6 | 2.4 | 0.1 |
Mining, logging, and construction | 124.8 | 114.9 | 119.1 | 122.8 | -2.0 | -1.6 |
Manufacturing | 164.7 | 162.4 | 162.5 | 163.3 | -1.4 | -0.9 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 390.2 | 387.2 | 387.8 | 390.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Information | 77.2 | 75.5 | 76.0 | 76.7 | -0.5 | -0.6 |
Financial activities | 177.4 | 178.9 | 179.5 | 180.1 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
Professional and business services | 521.5 | 509.9 | 519.0 | 517.3 | -4.2 | -0.8 |
Education and health services | 612.7 | 624.4 | 624.8 | 617.0 | 4.3 | 0.7 |
Leisure and hospitality | 279.8 | 253.2 | 262.1 | 278.8 | -1.0 | -0.4 |
Other services | 98.2 | 95.1 | 96.3 | 97.9 | -0.3 | -0.3 |
Government | 322.7 | 327.1 | 326.2 | 327.5 | 4.8 | 1.5 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 4,737.7 | 4,678.3 | 4,706.3 | 4,755.1 | 17.4 | 0.4 |
Mining and logging | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Construction | 183.4 | 167.1 | 176.0 | 183.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Manufacturing | 406.0 | 406.2 | 404.8 | 402.0 | -4.0 | -1.0 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 942.3 | 936.5 | 933.8 | 936.3 | -6.0 | -0.6 |
Information | 75.3 | 75.3 | 75.6 | 76.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
Financial activities | 311.8 | 312.6 | 313.3 | 315.0 | 3.2 | 1.0 |
Professional and business services | 816.0 | 789.2 | 795.4 | 806.4 | -9.6 | -1.2 |
Education and health services | 770.9 | 782.0 | 786.8 | 786.8 | 15.9 | 2.1 |
Leisure and hospitality | 478.6 | 456.3 | 467.9 | 485.6 | 7.0 | 1.5 |
Other services | 193.4 | 194.2 | 194.1 | 195.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Government | 558.3 | 557.3 | 556.9 | 566.1 | 7.8 | 1.4 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 4,262.4 | 4,275.8 | 4,294.6 | 4,309.2 | 46.8 | 1.1 |
Mining, logging, and construction | 253.6 | 256.5 | 258.3 | 261.8 | 8.2 | 3.2 |
Manufacturing | 310.9 | 308.5 | 308.1 | 308.8 | -2.1 | -0.7 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 884.2 | 891.3 | 889.9 | 893.1 | 8.9 | 1.0 |
Information | 88.2 | 89.4 | 89.0 | 87.9 | -0.3 | -0.3 |
Financial activities | 378.1 | 382.6 | 383.3 | 384.9 | 6.8 | 1.8 |
Professional and business services | 774.8 | 764.7 | 771.2 | 766.5 | -8.3 | -1.1 |
Education and health services | 512.0 | 518.2 | 520.1 | 522.1 | 10.1 | 2.0 |
Leisure and hospitality | 433.1 | 429.5 | 437.4 | 444.3 | 11.2 | 2.6 |
Other services | 140.7 | 140.2 | 140.3 | 141.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Government | 486.8 | 494.9 | 497.0 | 498.7 | 11.9 | 2.4 |
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 3,441.7 | 3,455.8 | 3,467.7 | 3,471.3 | 29.6 | 0.9 |
Mining and logging | 77.9 | 80.1 | 81.1 | 81.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
Construction | 233.0 | 233.3 | 232.6 | 231.7 | -1.3 | -0.6 |
Manufacturing | 238.1 | 238.5 | 239.5 | 238.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 691.6 | 698.7 | 699.4 | 702.4 | 10.8 | 1.6 |
Information | 30.1 | 29.2 | 29.3 | 29.6 | -0.5 | -1.7 |
Financial activities | 180.4 | 181.1 | 181.0 | 181.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
Professional and business services | 564.9 | 556.9 | 560.8 | 557.6 | -7.3 | -1.3 |
Education and health services | 459.1 | 466.8 | 469.0 | 469.0 | 9.9 | 2.2 |
Leisure and hospitality | 368.9 | 364.2 | 367.9 | 375.3 | 6.4 | 1.7 |
Other services | 132.1 | 135.9 | 135.3 | 135.3 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
Government | 465.6 | 471.1 | 471.8 | 468.8 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 6,278.5 | 6,262.7 | 6,287.8 | 6,307.3 | 28.8 | 0.5 |
Mining and logging | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Construction | 255.8 | 242.9 | 247.7 | 247.6 | -8.2 | -3.2 |
Manufacturing | 467.5 | 450.6 | 450.0 | 450.6 | -16.9 | -3.6 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 1,062.5 | 1,060.1 | 1,057.7 | 1,059.0 | -3.5 | -0.3 |
Information | 213.5 | 207.2 | 209.4 | 210.0 | -3.5 | -1.6 |
Financial activities | 311.1 | 303.0 | 303.5 | 304.0 | -7.1 | -2.3 |
Professional and business services | 967.3 | 960.1 | 960.8 | 961.7 | -5.6 | -0.6 |
Education and health services | 1,241.4 | 1,296.5 | 1,303.7 | 1,303.0 | 61.6 | 5.0 |
Leisure and hospitality | 776.3 | 755.3 | 764.4 | 775.4 | -0.9 | -0.1 |
Other services | 216.1 | 211.4 | 212.8 | 215.3 | -0.8 | -0.4 |
Government | 764.9 | 773.6 | 775.7 | 778.6 | 13.7 | 1.8 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 2,962.3 | 2,995.1 | 3,000.3 | 3,005.2 | 42.9 | 1.4 |
Mining and logging | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Construction | 157.7 | 159.9 | 160.6 | 161.3 | 3.6 | 2.3 |
Manufacturing | 101.7 | 102.6 | 102.4 | 103.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 653.5 | 667.3 | 664.9 | 665.9 | 12.4 | 1.9 |
Information | 54.8 | 54.4 | 53.8 | 53.7 | -1.1 | -2.0 |
Financial activities | 219.9 | 220.1 | 220.0 | 221.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
Professional and business services | 518.7 | 516.4 | 521.9 | 522.2 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
Education and health services | 462.7 | 473.6 | 475.9 | 475.1 | 12.4 | 2.7 |
Leisure and hospitality | 354.2 | 355.9 | 356.9 | 356.9 | 2.7 | 0.8 |
Other services | 118.4 | 119.3 | 119.4 | 120.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
Government | 319.8 | 324.7 | 323.6 | 324.4 | 4.6 | 1.4 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 9,975.4 | 9,954.3 | 10,009.5 | 10,070.7 | 95.3 | 1.0 |
Mining, logging, and construction | 391.5 | 368.8 | 376.5 | 381.5 | -10.0 | -2.6 |
Manufacturing | 331.5 | 330.3 | 330.3 | 329.5 | -2.0 | -0.6 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 1,595.3 | 1,585.3 | 1,578.3 | 1,587.0 | -8.3 | -0.5 |
Information | 312.7 | 309.8 | 309.8 | 309.3 | -3.4 | -1.1 |
Financial activities | 815.3 | 814.0 | 814.5 | 813.7 | -1.6 | -0.2 |
Professional and business services | 1,624.1 | 1,594.9 | 1,611.4 | 1,618.2 | -5.9 | -0.4 |
Education and health services | 2,279.9 | 2,364.0 | 2,382.4 | 2,387.0 | 107.1 | 4.7 |
Leisure and hospitality | 927.3 | 868.8 | 884.8 | 928.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
Other services | 401.3 | 401.1 | 402.0 | 403.3 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
Government | 1,296.5 | 1,317.3 | 1,319.5 | 1,312.3 | 15.8 | 1.2 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 3,113.0 | 3,114.0 | 3,138.3 | 3,154.1 | 41.1 | 1.3 |
Mining, logging, and construction | 124.9 | 117.7 | 120.9 | 122.6 | -2.3 | -1.8 |
Manufacturing | 178.4 | 177.1 | 177.8 | 178.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 540.7 | 541.1 | 540.4 | 544.1 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
Information | 52.1 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 51.2 | -0.9 | -1.7 |
Financial activities | 225.7 | 222.9 | 224.2 | 224.7 | -1.0 | -0.4 |
Professional and business services | 500.5 | 494.8 | 501.5 | 502.6 | 2.1 | 0.4 |
Education and health services | 730.6 | 758.3 | 763.4 | 757.7 | 27.1 | 3.7 |
Leisure and hospitality | 286.4 | 266.0 | 274.5 | 289.1 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
Other services | 126.0 | 129.4 | 129.5 | 131.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
Government | 347.7 | 355.7 | 355.1 | 352.6 | 4.9 | 1.4 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 2,447.0 | 2,460.1 | 2,476.7 | 2,461.3 | 14.3 | 0.6 |
Mining and logging | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 8.3 |
Construction | 180.1 | 179.2 | 181.6 | 179.4 | -0.7 | -0.4 |
Manufacturing | 149.7 | 148.2 | 147.2 | 147.0 | -2.7 | -1.8 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 469.5 | 465.4 | 468.3 | 465.3 | -4.2 | -0.9 |
Information | 41.1 | 38.5 | 39.4 | 39.2 | -1.9 | -4.6 |
Financial activities | 209.4 | 209.9 | 210.0 | 210.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
Professional and business services | 389.5 | 385.7 | 388.6 | 385.7 | -3.8 | -1.0 |
Education and health services | 402.5 | 418.2 | 424.7 | 422.8 | 20.3 | 5.0 |
Leisure and hospitality | 268.6 | 269.1 | 269.3 | 268.5 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
Other services | 78.4 | 79.3 | 80.4 | 79.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
Government | 254.6 | 262.7 | 263.3 | 259.4 | 4.8 | 1.9 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 2,449.4 | 2,416.8 | 2,422.8 | 2,428.1 | -21.3 | -0.9 |
Mining and logging | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Construction | 120.5 | 113.6 | 115.6 | 116.5 | -4.0 | -3.3 |
Manufacturing | 141.9 | 133.4 | 132.8 | 132.5 | -9.4 | -6.6 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 341.3 | 342.3 | 341.3 | 341.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Information | 135.7 | 132.8 | 131.5 | 130.4 | -5.3 | -3.9 |
Financial activities | 131.5 | 127.7 | 127.9 | 128.2 | -3.3 | -2.5 |
Professional and business services | 491.8 | 483.1 | 483.7 | 482.2 | -9.6 | -2.0 |
Education and health services | 413.0 | 425.2 | 428.3 | 427.5 | 14.5 | 3.5 |
Leisure and hospitality | 254.9 | 242.2 | 243.5 | 247.7 | -7.2 | -2.8 |
Other services | 87.9 | 86.2 | 87.0 | 88.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Government | 330.5 | 329.9 | 330.8 | 332.8 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | ||||||
Total nonfarm | 3,380.4 | 3,380.9 | 3,396.5 | 3,407.7 | 27.3 | 0.8 |
Mining, logging, and construction | 164.1 | 168.7 | 174.7 | 176.4 | 12.3 | 7.5 |
Manufacturing | 56.7 | 56.9 | 57.0 | 56.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities | 398.3 | 398.4 | 397.3 | 399.7 | 1.4 | 0.4 |
Information | 81.0 | 80.9 | 80.6 | 80.8 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
Financial activities | 153.4 | 153.7 | 154.3 | 153.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Professional and business services | 808.5 | 801.5 | 801.4 | 804.3 | -4.2 | -0.5 |
Education and health services | 475.0 | 493.5 | 494.3 | 491.5 | 16.5 | 3.5 |
Leisure and hospitality | 331.4 | 314.4 | 323.6 | 332.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
Other services | 184.3 | 183.3 | 185.8 | 187.9 | 3.6 | 2.0 |
Government | 727.7 | 729.6 | 727.5 | 723.8 | -3.9 | -0.5 |
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Last Modified Date: Wednesday, July 02, 2025