Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD: 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	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2011	556.0	556.2	560.7	564.8	567.1	570.2	566.2	561.0	564.0	564.7	565.2	563.7	563.3
2012	554.4	556.8	564.9	569.1	573.5	574.4	573.1	(P) 570.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2011	30.6	30.6	30.8	31.9	32.3	32.8	33.5	33.1	33.7	32.2	31.6	30.5	32.0
2012	30.1	30.6	30.8	31.7	30.9	31.8	32.2	(P) 32.2
Manufacturing
2011	16.6	16.5	16.6	16.6	16.5	16.7	16.6	16.6	16.4	16.3	16.2	16.1	16.5
2012	15.9	15.8	15.7	15.8	15.8	15.9	15.8	(P) 15.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2011	75.1	74.0	74.4	74.9	75.2	75.7	75.8	75.0	74.2	75.6	77.1	77.4	75.4
2012	75.1	73.4	75.2	75.1	75.8	76.0	76.0	(P) 75.4
Information
2011	14.9	15.1	15.1	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.9	13.0	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.7
2012	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.5	(P) 14.3
Financial Activities
2011	39.9	40.1	39.9	40.0	39.9	40.0	40.1	40.0	39.7	39.6	39.7	40.0	39.9
2012	39.3	39.5	39.5	39.6	39.7	40.0	39.8	(P) 39.5
Professional & Business Services
2011	123.6	123.7	125.4	125.9	125.6	127.1	125.8	125.0	124.4	124.5	124.6	123.2	124.9
2012	120.1	121.4	125.9	127.8	129.4	130.0	130.8	(P) 131.5
Educational & Health Services
2011	77.4	77.5	78.0	78.4	78.5	78.1	76.7	77.0	77.8	78.1	78.5	79.3	77.9
2012	78.7	79.5	79.5	79.6	80.7	79.4	79.2	(P) 78.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2011	43.8	43.8	45.2	46.9	48.5	49.9	49.9	49.3	47.6	46.3	45.4	45.2	46.8
2012	44.3	44.3	45.6	46.7	47.6	48.7	49.5	(P) 49.1
Other Services
2011	30.1	30.1	30.3	30.5	30.6	30.9	30.8	30.6	30.4	30.3	30.4	30.4	30.5
2012	30.1	30.0	30.2	30.4	30.5	30.9	30.9	(P) 30.6
Government
2011	104.0	104.8	105.0	104.8	105.1	104.2	102.1	101.4	105.1	107.1	107.0	106.8	104.8
2012	106.2	107.7	107.9	107.8	108.6	107.2	104.4	(P) 103.6
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2011	(1) 652,600	(1) 648,403	(1) 652,554	(1) 648,751	(1) 653,375	(1) 658,683	(1) 659,696	(1) 653,873	(1) 653,448	(1) 653,902	(1) 651,194	(1) 648,323	(1) 652,900
2012	(2) 649,524	(2) 650,646	(2) 657,287	(2) 652,577	656,952	664,015	670,575	(P) 658,794
Employment
2011	(1) 615,331	(1) 612,390	(1) 617,943	(1) 615,758	(1) 618,230	(1) 620,237	(1) 622,922	(1) 617,981	(1) 617,784	(1) 619,851	(1) 619,985	(1) 617,341	(1) 617,979
2012	(2) 615,610	(2) 615,509	(2) 623,376	(2) 620,084	623,185	627,179	634,759	(P) 623,542
Unemployment
2011	(1) 37,269	(1) 36,013	(1) 34,611	(1) 32,993	(1) 35,145	(1) 38,446	(1) 36,774	(1) 35,892	(1) 35,664	(1) 34,051	(1) 31,209	(1) 30,982	(1) 34,921
2012	(2) 33,914	(2) 35,137	(2) 33,911	(2) 32,493	33,767	36,836	35,816	(P) 35,252
Unemployment Rate
2011	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.6	(1) 5.3	(1) 5.1	(1) 5.4	(1) 5.8	(1) 5.6	(1) 5.5	(1) 5.5	(1) 5.2	(1) 4.8	(1) 4.8	(1) 5.3
2012	(2) 5.2	(2) 5.4	(2) 5.2	(2) 5.0	5.1	5.5	5.3	(P) 5.4
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals. (2) Corrected. (P) Preliminary
The Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Frederick and Montgomery Counties in Maryland.

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