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

568.1 567.8 571.2 574.9 579.5 585.4 583.8 582.2 (P) 582.7        

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 43.6 (P) 43.3        

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 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 83.5 (P) 83.2        

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 16.6 (P) 16.4        

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 43.9 (P) 43.5        

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

119.9 120.6 121.8 122.4 123.1 124.3 124.9 125.2 (P) 124.8        

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 71.8 (P) 72.2        

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 49.1 (P) 48.0        

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 31.9 (P) 31.7        

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 96.6 (P) 99.7        

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

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

633,134 631,404 632,504 633,349 640,024 647,144 655,964 645,415 (P) 635,888        

Employment

 

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

614,698 613,571 615,351 617,132 620,992 625,719 633,153 624,138 (P) 614,310        

Unemployment

 

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 22,811 21,277 (P) 21,578        

Unemployment Rate

 

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 3.3 (P) 3.4        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

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