Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD: 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	Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, Md. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	590.2	591.9	592.1	597.3	600.2	604.2	606.4	602.0	598.9	599.4	599.5	598.6	598.4
2024	587.2	590.0	591.2	(p)596.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	31.4	31.5	31.7	32.3	32.4	32.7	32.3	32.2	31.9	31.2	31.7	31.7	31.9
2024	30.2	29.9	30.0	(p)30.4
Manufacturing
2023	20.0	20.2	20.2	20.2	20.1	20.4	20.6	20.5	20.5	20.6	20.5	20.5	20.4
2024	20.3	20.4	20.3	(p)20.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	76.6	75.1	75.5	75.9	76.4	77.2	77.3	77.3	76.5	77.3	78.5	79.3	76.9
2024	76.2	75.3	74.9	(p)75.4
Information
2023	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.6	12.3	12.2	11.9	12.0	11.9	11.8	11.7	12.2
2024	11.6	11.7	11.7	(p)11.7
Financial Activities
2023	35.8	35.9	35.7	35.7	35.6	35.5	36.1	35.7	35.5	35.6	35.5	35.3	35.7
2024	34.6	34.7	35.0	(p)35.1
Professional & Business Services
2023	133.2	133.7	133.8	135.7	135.8	135.6	137.3	136.5	134.5	134.0	133.4	133.1	134.7
2024	131.4	132.0	132.3	(p)133.6
Educational & Health Services
2023	95.1	95.9	95.6	96.8	96.6	97.2	97.7	96.8	97.6	98.8	98.8	99.0	97.2
2024	97.8	99.7	99.7	(p)100.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	49.3	49.5	50.1	51.4	53.1	56.1	56.7	55.5	52.6	51.8	51.0	49.2	52.2
2024	48.2	48.4	49.1	(p)50.9
Other Services
2023	22.8	22.9	22.9	23.0	23.1	23.3	23.9	23.6	23.1	22.9	22.7	23.1	23.1
2024	22.5	22.5	22.7	(p)23.0
Government
2023	113.4	114.6	114.0	113.6	114.5	113.9	112.3	112.0	114.7	115.3	115.6	115.7	114.1
2024	114.4	115.4	115.5	(p)115.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, Md. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(t)678,006	(t)679,773	(t)682,929	(t)683,739	(t)682,733	(t)689,260	(t)697,584	(t)689,308	(t)684,511	(t)687,357	(t)685,736	(t)679,319	(t)685,022
2024	679,784	680,991	691,385	(p)694,674
Employment
2023	(t)663,546	(t)664,723	(t)670,484	(t)674,602	(t)671,799	(t)676,706	(t)683,894	(t)675,235	(t)671,119	(t)673,245	(t)673,511	(t)666,716	(t)672,132
2024	663,721	663,258	673,179	(p)678,002
Unemployment
2023	(t)14,460	(t)15,050	(t)12,445	(t)9,137	(t)10,934	(t)12,554	(t)13,690	(t)14,073	(t)13,392	(t)14,112	(t)12,225	(t)12,603	(t)12,890
2024	16,063	17,733	18,206	(p)16,672
Unemployment Rate
2023	(t)2.1	(t)2.2	(t)1.8	(t)1.3	(t)1.6	(t)1.8	(t)2.0	(t)2.0	(t)2.0	(t)2.1	(t)1.8	(t)1.9	(t)1.9
2024	2.4	2.6	2.6	(p)2.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (t) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024.