Washington Area Employment – July 2012

Local Rate of Employment Growth Slower than National Average

Total nonfarm employment for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 3,033,400 in July 2012, up 24,300, or 0.8 percent, over the year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.4 percent. Sheila Watkins, the Bureau’s regional commissioner, noted that the July increase was the 28th consecutive month of over-the-year job gains in the area, following 17 months of consecutive job losses. (See chart 1 and table 1; Technical Note at end of release contains metropolitan area definitions. All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area is made up of two metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Division, with 81 percent of the area’s employment, gained 18,000 jobs over the year. The Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division, which represented the remaining 19 percent of area employment, added 6,300 jobs since July 2011, accounting for 26 percent of the Washington area’s growth.

Industry employment

Education and health services gained 13,000 jobs in the greater Washington metropolitan area from July 2011 to July 2012, more than any other supersector. Ambulatory health care services added 6,300 jobs; this industry represented 29 percent of total employment in the supersector, but 48 percent of the over-the-year increase. Education and health services’ overall growth rate of 3.6 percent in the Washington area was well above the national average of 2.1 percent. (See chart 2.)

Professional and business services, the Washington area’s largest supersector, gained the second-highest number of jobs locally, adding 10,200 since July 2011. Within the greater Washington area, gains in professional and business services were split between the two divisions, with the Washington division adding 5,400 jobs and the Bethesda division, 4,800. Bethesda’s job gain accounted for 47 percent of the supersector’s growth even though it represented just 19 percent of its local employment. The rate of increase for this industry in the metropolitan area, 1.5 percent, was less than half the national gain of 3.4 percent over the year. However, job growth in the Bethesda division, at 3.8 percent, exceeded the nationwide increase.

Locally, employment was up 8,500 in leisure and hospitality from July a year ago, expanding at the higher-than-average rate of 3.0 percent. Three other supersectors in the Washington area added less than 5,000 jobs: mining, logging, and construction; financial activities; and other services. In these four supersectors, all or nearly all of the employment gains came from the Washington division.

Three supersectors lost more than 1,000 jobs since last July, led by government, down 12,500. All of the greater Washington area’s decline in public sector employment occurred in the Washington division, which lost 14,600 jobs over the year; 11,900 of those were in state government. In contrast, the Bethesda division added 2,100 government jobs during this period. Washington-area job losses were also recorded in the trade, transportation, and utilities (-2,500) and information (-1,700) supersectors over the year. As in the public sector, these decreases were primarily located in the Washington division.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in July 2012. All of these areas experienced over-the-year job growth during the period, with six exceeding the national average of 1.4 percent. Two areas—San Francisco and Houston—registered rates of employment growth above 3.0 percent, more than double that for the nation. The slowest rate of expansion occurred in Philadelphia, up 0.5 percent. (See chart 3 and table 2.)

The New York area added the largest number of jobs, 90,400, from July 2011, followed by Los Angeles and Houston, up 86,300 and 83,700, respectively. Employment in San Francisco, Dallas, and Boston expanded by more than 50,000. Only Philadelphia and Miami had employment increases of less than 15,000 over the year.

Professional and business services registered the largest over-the-year employment gains in 8 of the 12 metropolitan areas—Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Manufacturing experienced the largest increase in jobs in one area, Detroit, from July 2011 to July 2012.

Government recorded the largest loss of jobs in nine areas—Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. New York’s loss of 28,600 public sector jobs was the largest decrease over the 12-month period. One area, San Francisco, added jobs in the public sector, up 11,700 from a year ago.

Technical Note

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative endeavor between State employment security agencies and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using a “link relative” technique in which a ratio (link relative) of current-month employment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous month by these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the official estimators for approximately 39 percent of CES published series which have insufficient sample for direct sample-based estimates.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports which are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months.

Reliability of the estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey and administrative data and thus are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data are also subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the special estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of rounding.

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for state CES data at the supersector level are available on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is available at www.bls.gov/sae/.

Additional information
More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in Employment and Earnings, which is available online at www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm. Industry employment data for states and metropolitan areas from the Current Employment Statistics program are also available in the above mentioned news releases and from the Internet at www.bls.gov/sae/.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, dated December 1, 2009. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the District of Columbia; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

• The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Division (MD)includes the District of Columbia; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; Calvert, Charles, and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.
• The Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Frederick and Montgomery Counties in Maryland.

Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Washington metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area	Back data	Jul 2011	May 2012	Jun 2012	Jul 2012 (1)	Jul 2011 to Jul 2012 (1)
						Net change	Percent change
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm		3,009.1	3,040.1	3,054.2	3,033.4	24.3	0.8
Mining, logging, and construction		144.8	146.4	147.4	149.1	4.3	3.0
Manufacturing		50.4	50.2	50.8	49.8	-0.6	-1.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities		379.0	375.6	379.9	376.5	-2.5	-0.7
Information		81.5	79.9	79.9	79.8	-1.7	-2.1
Financial activities		146.4	150.0	150.7	150.7	4.3	2.9
Professional and business services		691.3	694.9	700.8	701.5	10.2	1.5
Education and health services		363.5	379.8	378.5	376.5	13.0	3.6
Leisure and hospitality		279.4	282.3	286.5	287.9	8.5	3.0
Other services		184.1	183.3	185.2	185.4	1.3	0.7
Government		688.7	697.7	694.5	676.2	-12.5	-1.8
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm		2,442.9	2,466.6	2,479.8	2,460.9	18.0	0.7
Mining, logging, and construction		111.3	115.5	115.6	116.9	5.6	5.0
Manufacturing		33.8	34.4	34.9	34.0	0.2	0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities		303.2	299.8	303.9	300.5	-2.7	-0.9
Information		66.6	65.4	65.4	65.3	-1.3	-2.0
Financial activities		106.3	110.3	110.7	110.9	4.6	4.3
Professional and business services		565.5	565.5	570.8	570.9	5.4	1.0
Education and health services		286.8	299.1	299.1	297.4	10.6	3.7
Leisure and hospitality		229.5	234.7	237.8	238.5	9.0	3.9
Other services		153.3	152.8	154.3	154.5	1.2	0.8
Government		586.6	589.1	587.3	572.0	-14.6	-2.5
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm		566.2	573.5	574.4	572.5	6.3	1.1
Mining, logging, and construction		33.5	30.9	31.8	32.2	-1.3	-3.9
Manufacturing		16.6	15.8	15.9	15.8	-0.8	-4.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities		75.8	75.8	76.0	76.0	0.2	0.3
Information		14.9	14.5	14.5	14.5	-0.4	-2.7
Financial activities		40.1	39.7	40.0	39.8	-0.3	-0.7
Professional and business services		125.8	129.4	130.0	130.6	4.8	3.8
Education and health services		76.7	80.7	79.4	79.1	2.4	3.1
Leisure and hospitality		49.9	47.6	48.7	49.4	-0.5	-1.0
Other services		30.8	30.5	30.9	30.9	0.1	0.3
Government		102.1	108.6	107.2	104.2	2.1	2.1
Footnotes (1) State and regional data for the most recent month are preliminary.
SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Return to Mid-Atlantic Information Office Homepage menu

Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and 12 large metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area	Back data	Jul 2011	May 2012	Jun 2012	Jul 2012 (1)	Jul 2011 to Jul 2012 (1)
						Net change	Percent change
United States
Total nonfarm		131,038	133,723	134,072	132,868	1,830	1.4
Mining and logging		809	842	851	855	46	5.7
Construction		5,777	5,548	5,718	5,780	3	0.1
Manufacturing		11,820	11,931	12,040	12,050	230	1.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities		25,068	25,275	25,390	25,343	275	1.1
Information		2,668	2,642	2,648	2,654	-14	-0.5
Financial activities		7,741	7,726	7,788	7,806	65	0.8
Professional and business services		17,401	17,833	18,015	17,994	593	3.4
Education and health services		19,564	20,359	20,080	19,983	419	2.1
Leisure and hospitality		13,997	13,829	14,197	14,280	283	2.0
Other services		5,406	5,384	5,438	5,447	41	0.8
Government		20,787	22,354	21,907	20,676	-111	-0.5
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga.
Total nonfarm		2,298.8	2,340.7	2,339.1	2,330.7	31.9	1.4
Mining and logging		1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0
Construction		92.6	87.9	88.1	88.6	-4.0	-4.3
Manufacturing		148.3	149.5	148.6	148.3	0.0	0.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities		523.0	541.8	542.9	542.9	19.9	3.8
Information		80.0	77.5	77.9	78.1	-1.9	-2.4
Financial activities		141.9	135.1	135.0	134.7	-7.2	-5.1
Professional and business services		400.8	414.7	417.5	421.7	20.9	5.2
Education and health services		284.6	295.5	290.2	291.3	6.7	2.4
Leisure and hospitality		231.3	226.8	229.5	229.4	-1.9	-0.8
Other services		95.0	94.8	95.4	95.2	0.2	0.2
Government		300.0	315.8	312.7	299.2	-0.8	-0.3
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (NECTA)
Total nonfarm		2,447.5	2,495.8	2,518.6	2,500.3	52.8	2.2
Mining and logging		0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0
Construction		84.7	83.3	86.1	88.8	4.1	4.8
Manufacturing		196.1	197.8	200.7	200.3	4.2	2.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities		403.2	406.1	412.1	408.9	5.7	1.4
Information		73.9	74.3	76.1	76.3	2.4	3.2
Financial activities		174.6	170.7	175.1	175.5	0.9	0.5
Professional and business services		405.1	419.3	428.1	426.8	21.7	5.4
Education and health services		489.1	509.4	497.0	501.9	12.8	2.6
Leisure and hospitality		241.0	233.9	243.0	245.8	4.8	2.0
Other services		98.4	96.0	98.7	98.8	0.4	0.4
Government		280.8	304.4	301.1	276.6	-4.2	-1.5
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.
Total nonfarm		4,319.7	4,342.3	4,376.0	4,351.6	31.9	0.7
Mining and logging		1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	0.2	13.3
Construction		156.5	141.2	148.4	152.2	-4.3	-2.7
Manufacturing		413.6	419.0	424.2	425.9	12.3	3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities		866.1	861.6	866.2	860.3	-5.8	-0.7
Information		79.8	77.9	78.4	78.6	-1.2	-1.5
Financial activities		286.5	284.3	286.9	287.5	1.0	0.3
Professional and business services		715.1	730.4	739.6	743.2	28.1	3.9
Education and health services		643.9	659.9	652.8	644.3	0.4	0.1
Leisure and hospitality		420.0	416.7	431.2	431.3	11.3	2.7
Other services		194.0	191.2	193.7	192.7	-1.3	-0.7
Government		542.7	558.5	553.0	533.9	-8.8	-1.6
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
Total nonfarm		2,919.3	2,979.5	2,990.2	2,979.6	60.3	2.1
Mining, logging, and construction		159.0	159.9	163.4	167.3	8.3	5.2
Manufacturing		256.8	255.5	255.2	258.3	1.5	0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities		601.8	612.1	614.3	613.7	11.9	2.0
Information		79.0	78.9	78.4	78.5	-0.5	-0.6
Financial activities		236.9	239.7	243.9	241.1	4.2	1.8
Professional and business services		448.6	455.1	459.7	464.5	15.9	3.5
Education and health services		363.8	374.7	373.7	374.9	11.1	3.1
Leisure and hospitality		293.9	305.0	309.2	305.8	11.9	4.0
Other services		103.5	104.1	105.7	104.6	1.1	1.1
Government		376.0	394.5	386.7	370.9	-5.1	-1.4
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.
Total nonfarm		1,764.5	1,818.0	1,834.7	1,795.9	31.4	1.8
Mining, logging, and construction		59.5	56.1	57.5	58.7	-0.8	-1.3
Manufacturing		198.6	212.3	214.6	209.6	11.0	5.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities		332.7	335.7	336.5	332.9	0.2	0.1
Information		25.7	25.7	25.6	25.9	0.2	0.8
Financial activities		99.1	99.6	100.8	100.9	1.8	1.8
Professional and business services		323.7	340.8	345.4	332.9	9.2	2.8
Education and health services		286.4	293.6	294.6	294.5	8.1	2.8
Leisure & hospitality		177.6	179.9	185.9	185.4	7.8	4.4
Other services		80.2	81.4	82.0	81.3	1.1	1.4
Government		181.0	192.9	191.8	173.8	-7.2	-4.0
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
Total nonfarm		2,592.7	2,678.4	2,692.5	2,676.4	83.7	3.2
Mining and logging		89.7	95.4	96.5	97.5	7.8	8.7
Construction		173.5	172.0	179.7	176.4	2.9	1.7
Manufacturing		230.1	235.8	237.3	237.9	7.8	3.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities		527.8	539.0	547.4	548.4	20.6	3.9
Information		31.7	31.3	31.1	31.1	-0.6	-1.9
Financial activities		136.5	141.2	139.9	140.5	4.0	2.9
Professional and business services		383.1	389.8	393.3	391.5	8.4	2.2
Education and health services		317.3	337.0	335.0	336.0	18.7	5.9
Leisure and hospitality		249.9	264.6	268.9	266.0	16.1	6.4
Other services		95.0	97.6	99.9	101.1	6.1	6.4
Government		358.1	374.7	363.5	350.0	-8.1	-2.3
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.
Total nonfarm		5,118.9	5,239.4	5,262.1	5,205.2	86.3	1.7
Mining and logging		4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	0.2	4.4
Construction		174.3	171.7	179.4	178.2	3.9	2.2
Manufacturing		521.2	517.2	516.3	516.1	-5.1	-1.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities		988.8	999.1	1,001.8	1,001.2	12.4	1.3
Information		214.9	220.7	224.4	218.8	3.9	1.8
Financial activities		314.8	317.3	320.6	322.1	7.3	2.3
Professional and business services		782.3	809.8	814.0	812.7	30.4	3.9
Education and health services		678.7	708.8	698.6	693.4	14.7	2.2
Leisure and hospitality		574.2	587.1	596.1	596.9	22.7	4.0
Other services		177.6	178.2	182.1	180.4	2.8	1.6
Government		687.6	724.9	724.1	680.7	-6.9	-1.0
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.
Total nonfarm		2,177.2	2,246.0	2,207.6	2,191.5	14.3	0.7
Mining and logging		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0
Construction		82.3	78.9	77.6	78.3	-4.0	-4.9
Manufacturing		75.4	77.3	76.4	75.9	0.5	0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities		514.9	524.6	523.8	521.9	7.0	1.4
Information		43.4	43.2	43.1	43.1	-0.3	-0.7
Financial activities		151.9	153.8	154.1	151.8	-0.1	-0.1
Professional and business services		337.2	344.9	346.5	345.8	8.6	2.6
Education and health services		340.9	357.3	353.8	351.8	10.9	3.2
Leisure and hospitality		255.6	262.4	255.2	249.2	-6.4	-2.5
Other services		92.4	94.6	94.1	93.5	1.1	1.2
Government		282.5	308.3	282.3	279.5	-3.0	-1.1
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.
Total nonfarm		8,461.6	8,547.7	8,620.8	8,552.0	90.4	1.1
Mining, logging, and construction		310.4	281.3	290.6	298.4	-12.0	-3.9
Manufacturing		363.3	361.8	362.4	359.1	-4.2	-1.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities		1,544.5	1,572.1	1,582.9	1,556.4	11.9	0.8
Information		274.1	271.1	273.0	272.0	-2.1	-0.8
Financial activities		747.6	747.0	752.1	752.2	4.6	0.6
Professional and business services		1,324.3	1,346.9	1,373.0	1,372.3	48.0	3.6
Education and health services		1,520.6	1,583.9	1,567.6	1,548.8	28.2	1.9
Leisure and hospitality		757.3	743.8	776.4	788.8	31.5	4.2
Other services		369.4	374.8	380.4	382.5	13.1	3.5
Government		1,250.1	1,265.0	1,262.4	1,221.5	-28.6	-2.3
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.
Total nonfarm		2,685.1	2,738.9	2,741.3	2,698.3	13.2	0.5
Mining, logging, and construction		105.1	99.0	100.3	100.4	-4.7	-4.5
Manufacturing		185.9	186.4	187.8	187.2	1.3	0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities		493.7	502.0	500.9	497.9	4.2	0.9
Information		50.5	49.2	49.5	49.6	-0.9	-1.8
Financial activities		200.3	199.3	200.8	200.3	0.0	0.0
Professional and business services		420.3	427.1	432.3	431.0	10.7	2.5
Education and health services		553.1	575.8	564.3	557.1	4.0	0.7
Leisure and hospitality		238.9	240.5	247.2	244.8	5.9	2.5
Other services		122.0	120.4	122.1	121.5	-0.5	-0.4
Government		315.3	339.2	336.1	308.5	-6.8	-2.2
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.
Total nonfarm		1,870.6	1,932.9	1,949.7	1,935.4	64.8	3.5
Mining and logging		1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.0	0.0
Construction		80.9	79.3	82.9	84.0	3.1	3.8
Manufacturing		117.4	114.4	115.3	116.2	-1.2	-1.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities		319.3	324.0	327.5	328.0	8.7	2.7
Information		63.8	65.9	66.6	66.2	2.4	3.8
Financial activities		123.3	121.4	122.5	122.4	-0.9	-0.7
Professional and business services		354.5	368.2	374.9	376.8	22.3	6.3
Education and health services		242.8	257.0	256.3	253.8	11.0	4.5
Leisure and hospitality		217.5	221.1	223.9	222.4	4.9	2.3
Other services		75.6	79.4	78.4	78.4	2.8	3.7
Government		274.1	300.8	300.0	285.8	11.7	4.3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.
Total nonfarm		3,009.1	3,040.1	3,054.2	3,033.4	24.3	0.8
Mining, logging, and construction		144.8	146.4	147.4	149.1	4.3	3.0
Manufacturing		50.4	50.2	50.8	49.8	-0.6	-1.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities		379.0	375.6	379.9	376.5	-2.5	-0.7
Information		81.5	79.9	79.9	79.8	-1.7	-2.1
Financial activities		146.4	150.0	150.7	150.7	4.3	2.9
Professional and business services		691.3	694.9	700.8	701.5	10.2	1.5
Education and health services		363.5	379.8	378.5	376.5	13.0	3.6
Leisure and hospitality		279.4	282.3	286.5	287.9	8.5	3.0
Other services		184.1	183.3	185.2	185.4	1.3	0.7
Government		688.7	697.7	694.5	676.2	-12.5	-1.8
Footnotes (1) State and regional data for the most recent month are preliminary; U.S. data are preliminary for two months.
SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Return to Mid-Atlantic Information Office Homepage

Last Modified Date: August 29, 2012