Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2024	110.4	110.3	111.3	111.8	113.0	113.2	110.5	110.7	111.7	112.4	113.5	113.5	111.9
2025	(p)110.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2024	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9
2025	(p)4.7
Manufacturing
2024	10.8	10.7	11.0	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	10.9	10.9
2025	(p)10.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2024	26.8	26.1	26.1	26.3	26.5	26.4	26.4	26.4	26.5	27.0	28.1	28.3	26.7
2025	(p)26.3
Information
2024	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7
2025	(p)1.7
Financial Activities
2024	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.4
2025	(p)4.2
Professional & Business Services
2024	11.1	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.6	11.2	11.1	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	11.2
2025	(p)10.6
Educational & Health Services
2024	17.0	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.3	17.6	17.2	17.5	17.6	17.8	17.8	17.9	17.4
2025	(p)17.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2024	9.7	9.7	10.0	10.3	10.9	11.1	11.0	10.8	10.2	10.0	9.8	9.8	10.3
2025	(p)9.5
Other Services
2024	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.0
2025	(p)5.1
Government
2024	19.1	19.5	19.6	19.6	20.0	19.5	17.9	18.2	19.7	19.9	20.1	20.0	19.4
2025	(p)19.5
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
2024	(m)138,814	(m)139,520	(m)139,724	(m)139,193	(m)139,811	(m)142,325	(m)141,680	(m)140,425	(m)140,783	(m)140,766	(m)140,167	(m)139,456
2025	142,478	(p)141,595
Employment
2024	(m)134,002	(m)134,271	(m)134,930	(m)135,205	(m)135,701	(m)137,172	(m)136,376	(m)135,232	(m)136,384	(m)136,337	(m)135,803	(m)135,459
2025	137,644	(p)136,638
Unemployment
2024	(m)4,812	(m)5,249	(m)4,794	(m)3,988	(m)4,110	(m)5,153	(m)5,304	(m)5,193	(m)4,399	(m)4,429	(m)4,364	(m)3,997
2025	4,834	(p)4,957
Unemployment Rate
2024	(m)3.5	(m)3.8	(m)3.4	(m)2.9	(m)2.9	(m)3.6	(m)3.7	(m)3.7	(m)3.1	(m)3.1	(m)3.1	(m)2.9
2025	3.4	(p)3.5
Footnotes (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (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.