Baltimore-Towson, 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
Baltimore-Towson, Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

1,292.7 1,293.0 1,309.0 1,315.4 1,325.6 1,330.5 1,321.0 1,321.4 1,322.0 1,328.4 1,334.9 1,338.1 1,319.3

2008

1,299.9 1,305.7 1,318.2 1,325.4 1,333.9 1,337.5 1,329.7 1,326.5 (P) 1,330.4        

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

2007

83.2 81.5 83.9 84.9 86.2 87.7 88.1 88.4 87.5 86.9 86.3 85.9 85.9

2008

83.4 82.9 84.4 85.2 86.2 87.7 88.2 88.3 (P) 88.2        

Manufacturing

 

2007

71.2 71.0 71.1 70.9 71.0 71.3 71.3 71.2 70.7 70.4 70.4 70.4 70.9

2008

69.0 68.8 68.7 68.4 68.3 68.5 68.3 68.3 (P) 68.1        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

246.3 242.3 244.4 243.5 246.5 247.9 246.5 245.6 245.4 246.4 251.3 255.0 246.8

2008

244.3 241.6 243.1 243.4 245.6 247.7 246.4 246.6 (P) 246.9        

Information

 

2007

22.4 22.6 23.1 23.3 23.5 24.1 23.7 24.2 24.1 24.0 24.3 24.6 23.7

2008

24.4 24.4 24.5 24.5 24.6 24.9 24.7 24.3 (P) 24.3        

Financial Activities

 

2007

81.6 81.6 81.7 81.5 81.6 81.8 81.6 80.9 80.4 80.0 80.3 80.3 81.1

2008

78.9 79.2 79.0 79.4 79.3 79.7 79.8 79.8 (P) 79.7        

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

185.5 185.5 188.1 190.6 190.9 192.5 192.1 193.8 193.2 194.8 195.4 194.9 191.4

2008

189.7 191.0 193.6 195.7 196.8 198.3 199.0 199.5 (P) 198.4        

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

218.6 220.6 222.1 222.7 223.1 222.3 221.7 221.2 223.6 225.6 227.2 228.0 223.1

2008

225.3 227.0 228.1 227.9 228.5 227.4 226.6 225.7 (P) 229.1        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

108.7 108.0 111.5 115.4 119.2 123.1 122.9 123.6 120.1 118.5 116.7 116.3 117.0

2008

110.6 110.8 114.0 117.7 121.1 125.2 124.6 123.9 (P) 119.3        

Other Services

 

2007

56.1 56.0 56.7 56.4 56.8 57.5 57.5 57.0 56.7 56.6 56.7 56.8 56.7

2008

55.6 56.0 56.7 56.9 57.5 58.2 58.0 57.7 (P) 57.2        

Government

 

2007

219.1 223.9 226.4 226.2 226.8 222.3 215.6 215.5 220.3 225.2 226.3 225.9 222.8

2008

218.7 224.0 226.1 226.3 226.0 219.9 214.1 212.4 (P) 219.2        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Baltimore-Towson, Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2007

1,395,161 1,385,510 1,391,454 1,383,548 1,391,288 1,404,423 1,421,475 1,399,635 1,396,594 1,402,143 1,403,938 1,396,157 1,397,610

2008

1,394,202 1,392,334 1,400,438 1,398,857 1,413,614 1,423,734 1,437,633 1,418,083 (P) 1,400,156        

Employment

 

2007

1,336,362 1,330,030 1,342,063 1,336,708 1,343,508 1,349,558 1,362,857 1,346,862 1,346,123 1,351,455 1,354,191 1,346,200 1,345,493

2008

1,338,626 1,338,852 1,347,710 1,349,228 1,356,819 1,359,852 1,367,913 1,350,222 (P) 1,333,963        

Unemployment

 

2007

58,799 55,480 49,391 46,840 47,780 54,865 58,618 52,773 50,471 50,688 49,747 49,957 52,117

2008

55,576 53,482 52,728 49,629 56,795 63,882 69,720 67,861 (P) 66,193        

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

4.2 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.7

2008

4.0 3.8 3.8 3.5 4.0 4.5 4.8 4.8 (P) 4.7        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

The Baltimore-Towson, Md. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Queen Anne's Counties and Baltimore City in Maryland.

 

Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Baltimore City, Md.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

363.9 365.9 370.9 372.5 373.3 372.2 370.1 370.4 373.0 372.8 373.6 374.9 371.1

2008

363.4 369.2 372.2 373.5 374.9 372.8 373.5 372.0 (P) 373.5        

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

2007

10.8 10.6 11.0 11.2 11.4 11.7 11.8 11.7 11.8 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.4

2008

11.0 10.9 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.5 11.5 11.5 (P) 11.4        

Manufacturing

 

2007

16.4 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.5 16.6 16.4 16.3 16.3 16.2 16.2 16.2 16.4

2008

15.9 15.9 16.0 15.9 15.8 15.9 15.7 15.7 (P) 15.7        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

41.5 41.0 41.7 41.6 42.0 42.2 42.2 42.2 41.8 41.8 42.0 42.3 41.9

2008

41.0 40.9 41.0 41.2 41.5 41.4 41.2 41.0 (P) 40.6        

Information

 

2007

6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.5 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.6 6.3

2008

6.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.6 (P) 6.6        

Financial Activities

 

2007

22.4 22.4 22.5 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.7 22.5 22.8 22.6 22.7 22.8 22.6

2008

22.2 22.2 22.2 22.2 22.2 22.3 22.3 22.3 (P) 22.2        

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

43.6 43.6 44.1 44.8 45.0 44.7 44.1 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.0 45.3 44.6

2008

43.0 43.3 43.6 43.9 44.6 44.6 44.3 44.6 (P) 44.6        

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

100.9 102.3 103.1 102.7 102.4 101.9 102.1 101.9 102.6 103.2 103.8 104.6 102.6

2008

102.9 104.8 105.3 105.3 105.2 104.4 104.4 104.1 (P) 105.0        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

24.4 23.9 25.1 26.8 27.2 27.8 27.4 28.2 27.5 26.7 26.5 26.2 26.5

2008

25.0 24.8 25.5 26.4 27.2 28.2 28.1 28.0 (P) 27.7        

Other Services

 

2007

16.8 16.7 17.0 16.9 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.0 17.0 17.2 17.3 17.3 17.0

2008

17.0 17.1 17.3 17.3 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.5 (P) 17.5        

Government

 

2007

81.0 82.9 83.8 83.5 83.3 81.2 80.0 79.4 81.7 81.8 82.1 82.1 81.9

2008

78.6 82.5 83.5 83.4 82.9 80.3 81.9 80.7 (P) 82.2        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Baltimore City, Md.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2007

274,955 272,328 273,145 271,920 272,940 276,076 279,913 275,635 274,453 275,448 275,875 274,231 274,743

2008

274,297 273,237 274,731 274,028 277,425 280,058 283,663 280,367 (P) 276,337        

Employment

 

2007

257,179 255,960 258,276 257,245 258,554 259,718 262,278 259,199 259,057 260,083 260,610 259,072 258,936

2008

257,614 257,658 259,363 259,655 261,116 261,699 263,251 259,846 (P) 256,717        

Unemployment

 

2007

17,776 16,368 14,869 14,675 14,386 16,358 17,635 16,436 15,396 15,365 15,265 15,159 15,807

2008

16,683 15,579 15,368 14,373 16,309 18,359 20,412 20,521 (P) 19,620        

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

6.5 6.0 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.9 6.3 6.0 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.8

2008

6.1 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.9 6.6 7.2 7.3 (P) 7.1        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary