Unemployment Ticks Up In Maryland

After months of a steady decline, the unemployment rate in Maryland has increased slightly. 

State officials say the workforce growth outpaced employment gains during March.

And that's why Maryland's jobless rate ticked up to 6.6 percent in March from 6.5 percent in February, despite the fact that the US Department of Labor reported there was a net gain of 1,500 jobs last month.

In the past 12 months private sector employers added nearly 48,000 jobs in the state. That's out of almost 50-thousand overall since March of 2011. 

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