Maryland: 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
Maryland
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

2,550.8 2,552.7 2,586.3 2,597.6 2,621.9 2,635.7 2,623.1 2,620.7 2,618.6 2,627.9 2,638.9 2,645.4 2,610.0

2008

2,571.6 2,585.5 2,610.7 2,628.4 2,649.6 2,664.7 2,650.4 (P) 2,646.4          

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

2007

183.9 180.2 186.0 188.9 191.5 195.1 195.4 195.9 194.1 193.0 191.4 190.5 190.5

2008

183.0 182.1 184.9 187.4 189.8 192.8 193.9 (P) 193.3          

Manufacturing

 

2007

132.2 131.8 132.1 131.8 132.1 132.7 132.5 132.3 131.4 131.5 131.6 131.5 132.0

2008

130.2 130.2 129.9 129.0 128.3 128.9 128.0 (P) 128.4          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

474.8 467.3 471.8 470.3 475.9 479.7 477.4 475.8 474.9 477.1 486.1 493.4 477.0

2008

473.6 468.2 471.8 472.2 475.9 479.9 477.1 (P) 477.7          

Information

 

2007

49.3 49.7 50.5 50.4 50.9 51.6 51.1 51.6 51.0 51.1 51.4 51.6 50.9

2008

50.6 50.7 50.9 50.8 50.9 51.3 51.1 (P) 51.0          

Financial Activities

 

2007

157.9 158.0 158.3 157.7 158.1 158.9 158.6 157.7 156.4 155.9 156.2 156.8 157.5

2008

154.9 155.0 155.2 155.6 156.1 157.4 157.0 (P) 157.0          

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

384.8 386.2 391.8 395.7 396.9 400.5 400.0 401.7 399.4 401.2 401.2 401.6 396.8

2008

390.1 393.1 398.7 402.8 406.8 409.8 410.3 (P) 411.6          

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

367.6 370.1 372.8 372.6 373.4 373.5 371.3 370.7 374.5 378.0 379.7 380.5 373.7

2008

377.7 380.5 382.2 383.9 384.5 384.1 382.6 (P) 381.5          

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

216.7 214.7 221.4 229.7 238.9 250.2 252.4 252.9 242.8 234.7 231.6 229.7 234.6

2008

221.0 221.2 227.2 235.2 244.0 256.0 257.7 (P) 257.0          

Other Services

 

2007

116.2 116.2 117.4 117.0 117.8 119.3 119.4 118.5 118.0 118.3 118.5 118.9 118.0

2008

116.9 117.8 118.9 119.7 120.4 121.6 121.6 (P) 120.8          

Government

 

2007

467.4 478.5 484.2 483.5 486.4 474.2 465.0 463.6 476.1 487.1 491.2 490.9 479.0

2008

473.6 486.7 491.0 491.8 492.9 482.9 471.1 (P) 468.1          

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Maryland
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2007

(1) 2,971,781 (1) 2,954,528 (1) 2,967,255 (1) 2,950,307 (1) 2,968,758 (1) 3,000,811 (1) 3,038,401 (1) 2,985,054 (1) 2,979,040 (1) 2,986,154 (1) 2,988,240 (1) 2,973,910 (1) 2,980,353

2008

2,970,411 2,970,694 2,982,692 2,980,021 3,014,314 3,044,796 3,082,050 (P) 3,039,056          

Employment

 

2007

(1) 2,850,229 (1) 2,838,417 (1) 2,864,265 (1) 2,853,705 (1) 2,870,373 (1) 2,888,570 (1) 2,919,980 (1) 2,879,201 (1) 2,876,377 (1) 2,883,220 (1) 2,886,993 (1) 2,870,819 (1) 2,873,512

2008

2,854,917 2,858,706 2,873,321 2,878,012 2,898,520 2,915,402 2,942,047 (P) 2,903,131          

Unemployment

 

2007

(1) 121,552 (1) 116,111 (1) 102,990 (1) 96,602 (1) 98,385 (1) 112,241 (1) 118,421 (1) 105,853 (1) 102,663 (1) 102,934 (1) 101,247 (1) 103,091 (1) 106,841

2008

115,494 111,988 109,371 102,009 115,794 129,394 140,003 (P) 135,925          

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

(1) 4.1 (1) 3.9 (1) 3.5 (1) 3.3 (1) 3.3 (1) 3.7 (1) 3.9 (1) 3.5 (1) 3.4 (1) 3.4 (1) 3.4 (1) 3.5 (1) 3.6

2008

3.9 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.8 4.2 4.5 (P) 4.5          

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation for 2003-07.
(P) Preliminary