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Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
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Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md. Metropolitan Division |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2007 |
569.0 |
566.8 |
572.3 |
574.3 |
578.7 |
583.6 |
578.4 |
575.7 |
577.4 |
578.5 |
581.9 |
584.1 |
576.7 |
2008 |
568.1 |
567.8 |
571.2 |
574.9 |
579.5 |
585.4 |
583.8 |
582.6 |
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Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction |
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2007 |
41.2 |
40.3 |
41.4 |
43.0 |
43.4 |
43.9 |
43.8 |
43.9 |
43.4 |
43.0 |
42.9 |
42.6 |
42.7 |
2008 |
41.1 |
40.8 |
41.5 |
42.3 |
42.8 |
43.2 |
43.6 |
43.7 |
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Manufacturing |
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2007 |
20.1 |
20.1 |
20.2 |
20.2 |
20.2 |
20.4 |
20.3 |
20.3 |
20.2 |
20.1 |
20.1 |
20.2 |
20.2 |
2008 |
20.1 |
20.1 |
20.1 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
20.1 |
20.0 |
19.9 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2007 |
83.6 |
81.5 |
82.1 |
82.3 |
82.8 |
83.9 |
83.3 |
82.9 |
82.6 |
83.0 |
85.2 |
86.6 |
83.3 |
2008 |
83.0 |
81.6 |
81.9 |
82.2 |
82.6 |
84.0 |
83.8 |
83.7 |
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Information |
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2007 |
16.2 |
16.4 |
16.4 |
16.4 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
16.4 |
16.6 |
16.2 |
16.3 |
16.3 |
16.7 |
16.4 |
2008 |
16.6 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
16.6 |
16.6 |
16.8 |
16.8 |
16.7 |
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Financial Activities |
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2007 |
44.8 |
44.8 |
44.8 |
44.7 |
44.7 |
44.8 |
44.7 |
44.7 |
44.3 |
44.2 |
44.2 |
44.3 |
44.6 |
2008 |
43.6 |
43.5 |
43.6 |
43.8 |
43.9 |
44.1 |
43.9 |
43.9 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2007 |
121.0 |
121.5 |
122.9 |
123.7 |
124.1 |
125.2 |
124.8 |
124.8 |
123.9 |
123.9 |
124.0 |
124.2 |
123.7 |
2008 |
119.9 |
120.6 |
121.8 |
122.4 |
123.1 |
124.3 |
124.9 |
125.1 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2007 |
71.0 |
70.9 |
71.6 |
71.3 |
71.7 |
71.9 |
70.7 |
70.4 |
71.1 |
72.1 |
72.2 |
72.7 |
71.5 |
2008 |
71.6 |
72.0 |
72.2 |
72.2 |
72.4 |
72.6 |
72.3 |
71.6 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2007 |
44.5 |
44.3 |
45.3 |
46.4 |
47.9 |
50.3 |
50.6 |
49.9 |
47.5 |
46.6 |
46.9 |
46.7 |
47.2 |
2008 |
45.0 |
44.7 |
45.0 |
45.8 |
47.0 |
49.5 |
49.7 |
49.4 |
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Other Services |
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2007 |
31.1 |
31.2 |
31.3 |
31.2 |
31.3 |
31.7 |
31.7 |
31.4 |
31.4 |
31.5 |
31.5 |
31.7 |
31.4 |
2008 |
31.2 |
31.3 |
31.4 |
31.5 |
31.8 |
32.2 |
32.3 |
31.9 |
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Government |
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2007 |
95.5 |
95.8 |
96.3 |
95.1 |
96.1 |
95.0 |
92.1 |
90.8 |
96.8 |
97.8 |
98.6 |
98.4 |
95.7 |
2008 |
96.0 |
96.7 |
97.2 |
98.1 |
99.3 |
98.6 |
96.5 |
96.7 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
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Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md. Metropolitan Division |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Labor Force |
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2007 |
635,971 |
631,814 |
633,321 |
628,818 |
632,067 |
640,199 |
647,428 |
633,996 |
634,182 |
636,261 |
636,345 |
632,543 |
635,245 |
2008 |
633,134 |
631,404 |
632,504 |
633,349 |
640,024 |
647,144 |
655,341 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
616,340 |
613,197 |
616,791 |
613,388 |
615,484 |
620,820 |
627,713 |
616,867 |
617,166 |
619,094 |
619,952 |
616,311 |
617,760 |
2008 |
614,698 |
613,571 |
615,351 |
617,132 |
620,992 |
625,719 |
632,443 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
19,631 |
18,617 |
16,530 |
15,430 |
16,583 |
19,379 |
19,715 |
17,129 |
17,016 |
17,167 |
16,393 |
16,232 |
17,485 |
2008 |
18,436 |
17,833 |
17,153 |
16,217 |
19,032 |
21,425 |
22,898 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
2008 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
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The Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Frederick and Montgomery Counties in Maryland.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
