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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
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Maryland |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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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 |
2,645.7 |
2,646.8 |
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Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction |
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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 |
193.2 |
191.1 |
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Manufacturing |
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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 |
128.1 |
127.8 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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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 |
477.4 |
476.8 |
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Information |
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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 |
51.1 |
50.9 |
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Financial Activities |
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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 |
156.9 |
155.8 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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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 |
411.5 |
409.6 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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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 |
381.7 |
384.8 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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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 |
257.2 |
247.2 |
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Other Services |
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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 |
120.8 |
120.1 |
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Government |
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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 |
467.8 |
482.7 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (not seasonally adjusted data)
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Maryland |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Labor Force |
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2007 |
2,971,781 |
2,954,528 |
2,967,255 |
2,950,307 |
2,968,758 |
3,000,811 |
3,038,401 |
2,985,054 |
2,979,040 |
2,986,154 |
2,988,240 |
2,973,910 |
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 |
3,038,899 |
2,992,515 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
2,850,229 |
2,838,417 |
2,864,265 |
2,853,705 |
2,870,373 |
2,888,570 |
2,919,980 |
2,879,201 |
2,876,377 |
2,883,220 |
2,886,993 |
2,870,819 |
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 |
2,903,190 |
2,858,926 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
121,552 |
116,111 |
102,990 |
96,602 |
98,385 |
112,241 |
118,421 |
105,853 |
102,663 |
102,934 |
101,247 |
103,091 |
106,841 |
2008 |
115,494 |
111,988 |
109,371 |
102,009 |
115,794 |
129,394 |
140,003 |
135,709 |
133,589 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
2008 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
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