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Maryland: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Maryland from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20263.9%#27 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20254.0%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20253.23M−0.3% on a year earlier
Employed, 20253.10M128,741 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%2.5%5%7.5%10%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
2.6M2.8M3M3.2M3.4M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20254.0%3,229,6633,100,922128,741
20243.2%3,240,8443,137,930102,914
20232.2%3,197,9103,126,37471,536
20223.0%3,177,3663,082,08695,280
20215.2%3,173,9933,008,375165,618
20206.5%3,235,9263,026,142209,784
20193.4%3,334,4133,221,709112,704
20183.8%3,271,7413,147,501124,240
20174.1%3,249,3823,117,487131,895
20164.2%3,190,7093,055,268135,441
20155.0%3,167,4093,007,714159,695
20145.7%3,146,0122,965,779180,233
20136.6%3,146,6852,939,610207,075
20126.9%3,130,2192,914,791215,428
20117.3%3,100,4022,874,611225,791
20107.8%3,087,3952,847,701239,694
20097.1%3,073,1662,853,987219,179
20084.3%3,056,8432,925,330131,513
20073.4%3,012,5542,908,634103,920
20063.8%3,001,3052,886,004115,301
20054.2%2,942,3792,819,647122,732
20044.3%2,890,7432,766,242124,501
20034.5%2,881,3102,752,590128,720
20024.5%2,871,6442,742,805128,839
20014.1%2,841,9462,724,414117,532
20003.6%2,804,6342,704,482100,152
19993.4%2,768,5102,673,54094,970
19984.2%2,762,4212,645,396117,025
19974.8%2,773,8002,639,377134,423
19964.9%2,750,8632,615,061135,802
19955.0%2,716,4282,581,356135,072
19945.3%2,694,2012,552,623141,578
19936.0%2,667,4042,506,045161,359
19926.5%2,660,1822,486,595173,587
19915.8%2,619,5902,467,762151,828
19904.4%2,592,1152,477,970114,145
19893.8%2,558,1002,461,53896,562
19884.2%2,512,6792,407,155105,524
19874.3%2,456,1622,350,610105,552
19864.5%2,390,7872,283,107107,680
19854.6%2,310,9622,203,994106,968
19845.4%2,275,9052,153,269122,636
19836.9%2,229,4402,074,495154,945
19828.1%2,193,5982,014,825178,773
19817.3%2,180,0402,021,494158,546
19806.5%2,144,1502,005,479138,671
19795.8%2,112,3101,989,843122,467
19785.6%2,050,4671,936,450114,017
19776.1%1,969,3101,849,405119,905
19766.6%1,912,2081,785,342126,866

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.