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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > Maryland > Baltimore

Baltimore

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Baltimore Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Nov 2022
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Nov 2022
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Nov 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2022
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Baltimore Area Employment – March 2018 Employment News Release May 2018
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – October 2019 Average energy prices News Release Nov 2019
Consumer Expenditures for the Baltimore Metropolitan Area: 2017-18 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area – September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019
Workplace Fatalities in Baltimore-Towson, MD – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Baltimore-Towson – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Maryland’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2015 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2016
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices - Baltimore Average energy prices Table Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson – September 2019 Average energy prices News Release Oct 2019
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson – October 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – October 2019 Average energy prices News Release Feb 2020
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Economy at a Glance:
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,496.5 1,498.5 1,528.2 1,525.4 1,528.7 (p)1,505.6

Employment(1)

 1,447.1 1,444.3 1,457.7 1,462.5 1,462.8 (p)1,450.4

Unemployment(1)

 49.4 54.3 70.4 62.9 65.9 (p)55.2

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.3 3.6 4.6 4.1 4.3 (p)3.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,405.3 1,415.4 1,416.8 1,419.2 (p)1,423.0  

12-month % change

 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.1 (p)3.3  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 81.2 82.2 82.4 84.5 (p)85.7  

12-month % change

 1.9 2.5 2.6 4.3 (p)6.2  

Manufacturing(3)

 61.1 62.1 62.3 63.9 (p)63.8  

12-month % change

 5.5 6.9 6.5 7.4 (p)6.5  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 255.3 257.6 257.1 255.7 (p)257.1  

12-month % change

 5.9 6.1 4.9 3.5 (p)4.5  

Information(3)

 16.8 16.9 17.0 17.0 (p)17.1  

12-month % change

 3.1 2.4 3.0 1.8 (p)1.8  

Financial Activities(3)

 75.8 76.7 77.4 76.4 (p)78.2  

12-month % change

 -1.8 -0.8 0.1 -1.9 (p)0.8  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 253.3 250.9 252.2 253.6 (p)255.8  

12-month % change

 5.2 3.4 4.3 3.1 (p)3.6  

Education and Health Services(3)

 262.2 261.9 259.5 260.1 (p)258.8  

12-month % change

 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.5 (p)-0.5  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 123.3 130.9 138.2 138.9 (p)135.4  

12-month % change

 17.1 17.4 17.5 14.6 (p)10.7  

Other Services(3)

 48.8 48.5 50.0 49.8 (p)51.0  

12-month % change

 5.4 3.9 6.6 4.6 (p)6.9  

Government(3)

 227.5 227.7 220.7 219.3 (p)220.1  

12-month % change

 1.2 0.9 -0.6 0.7 (p)0.3  

Consumer Price Index: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

CPI-U, All items(4)

 290.688   298.273   298.641  

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   9.1   10.6   10.2  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 285.697   293.846   294.383  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   8.3   10.5   9.7  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary