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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 Feb 2023
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table May 2025
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table May 2025
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table May 2025
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Baltimore Area Employment – September 2022 Employment News Release Oct 2022
Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – December 2022 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2023
Consumer Expenditures in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area — 2020-21 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2022
Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area — December 2022 Benefits, Pay News Release Jan 2023
Workplace Fatalities in Baltimore-Towson, MD – Full Tables Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2015
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2022
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 May 2022
Average Energy Prices - Baltimore Average energy prices Table Jun 2022
Average Energy Prices, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson – November 2022 Average energy prices News Release Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson – December 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2023
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2023
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Economy at a Glance:
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2024		 Oct
2024		 Nov
2024		 Dec
2024		 Jan
2025		 Feb
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (m)1,514.8 (m)1,518.7 (m)1,515.8 (m)1,509.1 1,488.5 (p)1,481.3

Employment(1)

 (m)1,470.3 (m)1,471.4 (m)1,469.7 (m)1,468.4 1,443.7 (p)1,432.4

Unemployment(1)

 (m)44.5 (m)47.2 (m)46.1 (m)40.7 44.8 (p)48.9

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (m)2.9 (m)3.1 (m)3.0 (m)2.7 3.0 (p)3.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,456.4 1,460.2 1,466.0 1,466.1 (p)1,433.0  

12-month % change

 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.9 (p)-0.5  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 81.4 81.2 80.4 79.5 (p)75.7  

12-month % change

 1.4 1.6 1.4 0.5 (p)-4.4  

Manufacturing(3)

 58.0 57.6 57.5 57.8 (p)57.5  

12-month % change

 -0.9 -1.2 -1.0 -0.5 (p)-1.0  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 250.0 253.9 261.8 263.7 (p)252.3  

12-month % change

 0.6 0.2 -0.1 0.0 (p)-1.3  

Information(3)

 15.6 15.3 15.5 15.5 (p)15.6  

12-month % change

 -4.3 -7.3 -6.1 -5.5 (p)-5.5  

Financial Activities(3)

 77.6 77.8 78.1 78.5 (p)77.9  

12-month % change

 -1.4 -0.9 -0.1 0.3 (p)-0.4  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 259.1 259.6 258.4 256.7 (p)251.6  

12-month % change

 0.9 0.7 -0.1 0.3 (p)-1.8  

Education and Health Services(3)

 286.7 291.3 293.9 294.0 (p)290.3  

12-month % change

 3.2 4.1 4.4 4.7 (p)3.0  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 131.8 129.3 125.1 123.8 (p)120.9  

12-month % change

 0.6 0.1 -0.5 -1.2 (p)-2.5  

Other Services(3)

 54.9 55.9 55.9 54.7 (p)55.3  

12-month % change

 -2.5 1.1 0.5 -2.1 (p)-2.3  

Government(3)

 241.3 238.3 239.4 241.9 (p)235.9  

12-month % change

 2.7 0.5 -0.3 0.8 (p)0.6  

Consumer Price Index: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

CPI-U, All items(4)

           321.541

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

             3.2

CPI-W, All items(5)

   311.295   309.897   314.196

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

     2.9   2.9   2.9

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.
(m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(p) Preliminary