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
Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

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 (P) 582.6          

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

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 (P) 43.7          

Manufacturing

 

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 (P) 19.9          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

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 (P) 83.7          

Information

 

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 (P) 16.7          

Financial Activities

 

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 (P) 43.9          

Professional & Business Services

 

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 (P) 125.1          

Educational & Health Services

 

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 (P) 71.6          

Leisure & Hospitality

 

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 (P) 49.4          

Other Services

 

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 (P) 31.9          

Government

 

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 (P) 96.7          

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2007

(1) 635,971 (1) 631,814 (1) 633,321 (1) 628,818 (1) 632,067 (1) 640,199 (1) 647,428 (1) 633,996 (1) 634,182 (1) 636,261 (1) 636,345 (1) 632,543 (1) 635,245

2008

633,134 631,404 632,504 633,349 640,024 647,144 (P) 655,341            

Employment

 

2007

(1) 616,340 (1) 613,197 (1) 616,791 (1) 613,388 (1) 615,484 (1) 620,820 (1) 627,713 (1) 616,867 (1) 617,166 (1) 619,094 (1) 619,952 (1) 616,311 (1) 617,760

2008

614,698 613,571 615,351 617,132 620,992 625,719 (P) 632,443            

Unemployment

 

2007

(1) 19,631 (1) 18,617 (1) 16,530 (1) 15,430 (1) 16,583 (1) 19,379 (1) 19,715 (1) 17,129 (1) 17,016 (1) 17,167 (1) 16,393 (1) 16,232 (1) 17,485

2008

18,436 17,833 17,153 16,217 19,032 21,425 (P) 22,898            

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

(1) 3.1 (1) 2.9 (1) 2.6 (1) 2.5 (1) 2.6 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 2.7 (1) 2.7 (1) 2.7 (1) 2.6 (1) 2.6 (1) 2.8

2008

2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 3.0 3.3 (P) 3.5            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(P) Preliminary

The Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg, Md. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Frederick and Montgomery Counties in Maryland.