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

 

2008

2,560.1 2,569.4 2,588.9 2,609.5 2,626.4 2,629.5 2,613.1 2,607.3 2,597.7 2,602.4 2,590.3 2,586.6 2,598.4

2009

2,516.2 2,517.1 (P) 2,529.2                    

Mining, Logging, & Construction

 

2008

180.4 178.9 180.7 182.0 182.3 184.1 184.1 183.5 181.2 177.9 173.3 170.7 179.9

2009

161.7 155.8 (P) 154.8                    

Manufacturing

 

2008

129.9 129.8 129.4 128.9 128.9 129.4 128.9 129.0 127.9 127.1 125.7 125.9 128.4

2009

124.7 124.1 (P) 123.5                    

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

469.3 462.5 464.2 463.9 466.6 469.7 465.8 465.3 462.5 463.7 465.3 467.5 465.5

2009

448.6 443.1 (P) 443.7                    

Information

 

2008

50.0 50.3 50.6 50.6 50.8 50.2 49.6 49.4 49.4 49.3 49.2 49.2 49.9

2009

48.6 48.5 (P) 48.4                    

Financial Activities

 

2008

153.5 153.9 154.1 154.1 154.1 154.8 153.6 153.0 151.1 150.7 149.0 148.2 152.5

2009

145.6 145.2 (P) 145.0                    

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

390.3 391.1 394.3 400.7 401.4 402.9 403.6 404.3 400.8 402.1 398.9 400.4 399.2

2009

393.6 392.0 (P) 392.5                    

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

376.1 378.8 380.7 381.9 382.7 381.5 380.8 380.1 383.8 385.9 387.4 388.9 382.4

2009

385.6 388.3 (P) 390.1                    

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

218.2 218.2 224.5 235.7 246.8 254.3 254.7 252.6 240.2 230.5 225.3 221.8 235.2

2009

214.4 213.4 (P) 216.7                    

Other Services

 

2008

116.6 117.0 117.5 118.1 118.6 120.0 119.3 118.3 117.7 118.4 117.7 117.0 118.0

2009

117.0 115.0 (P) 115.6                    

Government

 

2008

475.8 488.9 492.9 493.6 494.2 482.6 472.7 471.8 483.1 496.8 498.5 497.0 487.3

2009

476.4 491.7 (P) 498.9                    

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

 

2008

(1) 2,980,523 (1) 2,970,448 (1) 2,983,777 (1) 2,985,021 (1) 3,007,853 (1) 3,031,750 (1) 3,061,373 (1) 3,018,410 (1) 2,983,750 (1) 2,997,233 (1) 2,982,466 (1) 2,969,903 (1) 2,997,709

2009

2,959,210 2,947,188 (P) 2,947,462                    

Employment

 

2008

(1) 2,864,502 (1) 2,858,266 (1) 2,873,715 (1) 2,882,561 (1) 2,890,347 (1) 2,899,530 (1) 2,919,657 (1) 2,879,296 (1) 2,849,354 (1) 2,851,889 (1) 2,830,083 (1) 2,806,933 (1) 2,867,178

2009

2,761,887 2,734,243 (P) 2,740,590                    

Unemployment

 

2008

(1) 116,021 (1) 112,182 (1) 110,062 (1) 102,460 (1) 117,506 (1) 132,220 (1) 141,716 (1) 139,114 (1) 134,396 (1) 145,344 (1) 152,383 (1) 162,970 (1) 130,531

2009

197,323 212,945 (P) 206,872                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

(1) 3.9 (1) 3.8 (1) 3.7 (1) 3.4 (1) 3.9 (1) 4.4 (1) 4.6 (1) 4.6 (1) 4.5 (1) 4.8 (1) 5.1 (1) 5.5 (1) 4.4

2009

6.7 7.2 (P) 7.0                    

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation.
(P) Preliminary