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Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV: 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
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

103.4 103.5 103.9 104.8 105.1 103.9 103.7 103.0 104.5 104.5 105.0 104.8 104.2

2024

101.9 102.2 101.9 (p)102.9                  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2023

4.2 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4

2024

4.3 4.3 4.3 (p)4.4                  

Manufacturing

2023

10.3 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.0 10.4 9.6 9.3 9.3 10.1

2024

9.2 9.3 9.2 (p)9.3                  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2023

25.9 25.6 25.6 25.7 25.8 25.5 25.3 25.2 25.3 26.1 27.0 27.2 25.9

2024

25.3 25.0 24.8 (p)24.9                  

Information

2023

1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7

2024

1.7 1.7 1.7 (p)1.7                  

Financial Activities

2023

4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6

2024

4.4 4.4 4.4 (p)4.4                  

Professional & Business Services

2023

10.9 10.8 10.8 10.9 10.8 10.7 10.8 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.4 10.7

2024

10.3 10.4 10.3 (p)10.5                  

Educational & Health Services

2023

15.6 15.7 15.7 15.8 15.8 16.1 15.9 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.3 16.0

2024

16.2 16.3 16.3 (p)16.4                  

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

9.4 9.5 9.6 9.8 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.2 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.8

2024

9.1 9.1 9.2 (p)9.5                  

Other Services

2023

3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2

2024

3.2 3.2 3.2 (p)3.2                  

Government

2023

17.8 18.1 18.2 18.1 18.4 16.9 16.5 16.6 18.1 18.3 18.4 18.4 17.8

2024

18.2 18.5 18.5 (p)18.6                  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

130,123 130,657 131,339 130,749 131,148 131,580 133,010 132,078 132,156 131,918 131,283 130,432 131,373

2024

129,253 129,716 130,454 130,431 130,716 132,832 132,371 131,336 (p)132,163        

Employment

2023

126,303 126,715 127,725 127,777 127,889 127,776 129,160 127,750 128,441 128,046 127,784 126,901 127,689

2024

124,860 124,948 125,847 126,527 127,073 128,068 127,432 126,448 (p)127,957        

Unemployment

2023

3,820 3,942 3,614 2,972 3,259 3,804 3,850 4,328 3,715 3,872 3,499 3,531 3,684

2024

4,393 4,768 4,607 3,904 3,643 4,764 4,939 4,888 (p)4,206        

Unemployment Rate

2023

2.9 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.9 3.3 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.8

2024

3.4 3.7 3.5 3.0 2.8 3.6 3.7 3.7 (p)3.2        

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg, Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Washington County in Maryland and Berkeley and Morgan Counties in West Virginia.