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Monday, December 23, 2013

Maryland Adds 8,900 Jobs In November, Unemployment Rate Improves

Maryland added 8,900 jobs in November, sending the state’s unemployment rate down to 6.4 percent and leading to the highest number of private sector jobs for the month since 2007.

The preliminary numbers, released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor, show state businesses created 6,600 jobs in November. The public sector added 2,300 jobs.

The state’s unemployment rate is down from 6.7 percent in October and remains below the national rate of 7.3 percent.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I did not see any statistics by county. I'm inclined to guess that we still showed negative growth on the Eastern Shore.....

Anonymous said...

Do I believe these statistics?? NO!! More smoke and mirrors... Just start with the result you want to show and pick out the information you need to make it true.

Anonymous said...

8:50 been there, done that.