Maryland: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Maryland
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2012	2,566.3	2,569.0	2,573.5	2,568.3	2,573.2	2,572.2	2,568.0	2,572.9	2,578.4	2,585.8	2,583.9	2,589.2
2013	2,596.7	2,606.5	2,609.1	(P) 2,602.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2012	146.0	146.0	145.8	145.3	144.4	144.6	143.4	144.2	144.3	145.2	145.2	146.5
2013	149.4	150.7	153.2	(P) 151.9
Manufacturing
2012	110.9	110.3	110.0	109.9	109.6	109.6	109.6	108.9	107.6	105.7	105.5	105.3
2013	105.4	105.8	106.2	(P) 106.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	448.9	450.0	451.1	451.1	451.0	451.2	450.2	449.8	451.2	453.3	451.2	451.9
2013	449.7	453.1	451.0	(P) 453.3
Information
2012	40.7	40.3	39.8	38.9	39.1	39.7	39.9	39.9	39.7	40.3	40.0	39.8
2013	40.2	40.1	39.5	(P) 37.8
Financial Activities
2012	143.2	143.0	142.7	142.6	142.5	142.3	142.5	142.7	142.7	144.2	143.6	143.2
2013	144.0	144.0	144.7	(P) 144.3
Professional & Business Services
2012	406.8	407.0	409.6	407.6	409.7	409.7	408.8	411.1	411.4	413.8	412.9	415.4
2013	418.3	419.0	422.4	(P) 420.4
Educational & Health Services
2012	410.8	411.7	412.5	412.8	415.6	414.5	415.3	415.7	416.2	417.2	419.3	420.4
2013	422.7	423.8	424.6	(P) 423.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	240.0	241.7	242.8	242.6	243.4	244.8	244.5	245.1	245.7	249.0	249.0	249.6
2013	251.0	250.3	249.5	(P) 245.3
Other Services
2012	113.1	112.8	112.6	112.5	112.3	112.1	111.9	111.9	111.8	112.2	111.2	112.6
2013	112.3	113.1	112.0	(P) 111.2
Government
2012	505.9	506.2	506.6	505.0	505.6	503.7	501.9	503.6	507.8	504.9	506.0	504.5
2013	503.7	506.6	506.0	(P) 508.4
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Maryland
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2012	(1) 3,108,538	(1) 3,111,441	(1) 3,114,016	(1) 3,115,329	(1) 3,115,953	(1) 3,117,062	(1) 3,119,670	(1) 3,124,033	(1) 3,129,313	(1) 3,134,550	(1) 3,138,880	(1) 3,142,880
2013	3,143,218	3,142,357	3,138,895	(P) 3,141,470
Employment
2012	(1) 2,897,144	(1) 2,902,026	(1) 2,904,700	(1) 2,904,524	(1) 2,902,604	(1) 2,901,349	(1) 2,902,612	(1) 2,907,330	(1) 2,914,275	(1) 2,921,385	(1) 2,927,328	(1) 2,932,550
2013	2,932,319	2,934,330	2,932,310	(P) 2,936,001
Unemployment
2012	(1) 211,394	(1) 209,415	(1) 209,316	(1) 210,805	(1) 213,349	(1) 215,713	(1) 217,058	(1) 216,703	(1) 215,038	(1) 213,165	(1) 211,552	(1) 210,330
2013	210,899	208,027	206,585	(P) 205,469
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 6.8	(1) 6.7	(1) 6.7	(1) 6.8	(1) 6.8	(1) 6.9	(1) 7.0	(1) 6.9	(1) 6.9	(1) 6.8	(1) 6.7	(1) 6.7
2013	6.7	6.6	6.6	(P) 6.5
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. (P) Preliminary

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