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

  

2011

 2,474.1 2,488.2 2,514.7 2,542.5 2,555.3 2,568.7 2,564.9 2,551.9 2,562.7 2,580.4 2,588.4 2,584.6 2,548.0

2012

 2,515.9 2,537.6 2,559.4 2,577.3 2,591.9 2,596.8 (P) 2,587.4            

Mining, Logging, & Construction

  

2011

 138.0 137.2 139.5 143.7 145.1 147.8 150.3 151.8 152.3 150.8 151.3 146.9 146.2

2012

 142.3 142.9 144.2 148.2 146.7 149.1 (P) 149.9            

Manufacturing

  

2011

 112.7 112.6 113.0 113.4 113.4 114.0 114.1 114.5 113.0 113.0 111.8 111.2 113.1

2012

 110.5 110.1 109.9 111.0 112.0 112.2 (P) 111.4            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 436.8 432.1 434.9 438.5 441.3 444.2 442.9 441.9 439.1 443.5 451.6 455.8 441.9

2012

 440.4 431.7 435.9 438.6 443.8 444.2 (P) 442.3            

Information

  

2011

 41.3 41.9 42.1 42.9 41.4 42.7 43.6 39.1 42.9 43.0 43.5 43.0 42.3

2012

 42.2 42.8 42.3 42.5 42.8 43.1 (P) 42.9            

Financial Activities

  

2011

 142.0 142.0 142.2 142.4 142.6 143.5 144.8 143.4 141.5 142.0 142.7 142.8 142.7

2012

 140.5 141.9 141.7 142.0 142.4 144.0 (P) 141.6            

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 383.4 384.3 388.7 395.3 395.2 400.3 400.4 402.5 401.2 403.1 401.6 398.8 396.2

2012

 390.8 398.2 403.9 406.8 405.5 412.5 (P) 414.8            

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 401.7 404.9 406.3 407.9 408.0 405.8 405.2 404.0 411.9 419.8 420.8 421.5 409.8

2012

 413.3 422.4 423.3 424.0 424.8 415.9 (P) 415.8            

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 211.8 212.1 220.4 230.1 240.6 250.9 253.7 252.7 240.0 229.5 227.0 226.1 232.9

2012

 217.1 218.3 225.7 232.5 241.7 252.2 (P) 256.4            

Other Services

  

2011

 113.1 112.9 113.5 114.1 114.6 116.0 118.4 117.0 115.8 115.4 118.0 118.0 115.6

2012

 117.2 115.3 115.8 115.8 116.9 118.0 (P) 119.5            

Government

  

2011

 493.3 508.2 514.1 514.2 513.1 503.5 491.5 485.0 505.0 520.3 520.1 520.5 507.4

2012

 501.6 514.0 516.7 515.9 515.3 505.6 (P) 492.8            

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

  

2011

 (1) 3,049,398 (1) 3,041,482 (1) 3,061,082 (1) 3,049,720 (1) 3,067,925 (1) 3,093,042 (1) 3,110,141 (1) 3,086,640 (1) 3,079,396 (1) 3,086,958 (1) 3,074,621 (1) 3,066,546 (1) 3,072,246

2012

 3,048,283 3,067,530 3,081,778 3,060,875 3,073,942 3,107,573 (P) 3,136,246            

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 2,813,771 (1) 2,812,093 (1) 2,843,603 (1) 2,844,630 (1) 2,854,570 (1) 2,861,477 (1) 2,880,667 (1) 2,862,575 (1) 2,864,004 (1) 2,879,896 (1) 2,879,507 (1) 2,872,030 (1) 2,855,735

2012

 2,836,223 2,848,821 2,873,750 2,861,817 2,870,140 2,883,372 (P) 2,913,371            

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 235,627 (1) 229,389 (1) 217,479 (1) 205,090 (1) 213,355 (1) 231,565 (1) 229,474 (1) 224,065 (1) 215,392 (1) 207,062 (1) 195,114 (1) 194,516 (1) 216,511

2012

 212,060 218,709 208,028 199,058 203,802 224,201 (P) 222,875            

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 7.7 (1) 7.5 (1) 7.1 (1) 6.7 (1) 7.0 (1) 7.5 (1) 7.4 (1) 7.3 (1) 7.0 (1) 6.7 (1) 6.3 (1) 6.3 (1) 7.0

2012

 7.0 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.6 7.2 (P) 7.1            

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