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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

February Jobs Nos. In - US Bureau of Labor Statistics Shows Wicomico Lost 3,791 Jobs - Marks Its Second Largest Job Loss On Record

The US Bureau of Labor posted its February jobs numbers for the nations Counties and municipalities.  February, 2015 marks Wicomico's second largest job loss on record, showing the Counties workforce retracted by 3,791 jobs when compared to February, 2014.  January, 2015 set an all time record in recorded workforce job losses - 4081.  The latest government jobs statistics indicates that Wicomico County has recorded negative workforce job growth for 26 consecutive months - and - has lost employment ground in 32 of the past 38 months. The last time Wicomico County recorded a positive monthly job generation workforce number was in December 2012 (+412).

In February 2014 - Wicomico officials took action to rebase their employment base jobs number for income tax estimating - by writing down the employment number by 1400 jobs.  The original employment estimate was 49,000 employed verses the rebased number of 47,600.  In light of the recent monthly record setting jobs reports numbers - it might be prudent to reexamine yet another projected income tax debasement.



Labor Force Data By County, Not Seasonally Adjusted 
09-2011 through 02-2015
Source:  Bureau of Labor Statistics
Unemploy.Change over prior 
CountyPeriodLabor ForceEmployedUnemployedRate %years 2011 - 2015
Wicomico11-Sep537824896548179
Wicomico11-Oct529174813747809
Wicomico11-Nov525334759749369.4
Wicomico11-Dec523554740549509.5
Wicomico12-Jan5198046749523110.1-240
Wicomico12-Feb527294753051999.9-214
Wicomico12-Mar528374797748609.2-600
Wicomico12-Apr524664803844288.4-711
Wicomico12-May535424900545378.5-74
Wicomico12-Jun542754951047658.826
Wicomico12-Jul550635033247318.61064
Wicomico12-Aug538884936745218.4587
Wicomico12-Sep534024904843548.2-380
Wicomico12-Oct531134864844658.4196
Wicomico12-Nov526134804845658.780
Wicomico12-Dec527764801347639421
Wicomico13-Jan517844673850469.7-196
Wicomico13-Feb520254714648799.4-704
Wicomico13-Mar522704770045708.7-567
Wicomico13-Apr520704787741938.1-396
Wicomico13-May533004908442167.9-242
Wicomico13-Jun534384895744818.4-837
Wicomico13-Jul540824983242507.9-981
Wicomico13-Aug533634938739767.5-525
Wicomico13-Sep526534881438397.3-749
Wicomico13-Oct528034885739467.50%-310
Wicomico13-Nov525804836942118.00%-33
Wicomico13-Dec525884841841707.90%-188
Wicomico14-Jan510134649545188.90%-771
Wicomico14-Feb510494662544248.70%-976
Wicomico14-Mar513384722141178.00%-932
Wicomico14-Apr512924761236807.20%-778
Wicomico14-May525114877037417.10%-789
Wicomico14-Jun528424896938737.30%-596
Wicomico14-Jul536964979339037.30%-386
Wicomico14-Aug526004896036406.90%-763
Wicomico14-Sep522614892733346.40%-392
Wicomico14-Oct523024880634966.70%-501
Wicomico14-Nov517404802937117.20%-840
Wicomico14-Dec515284782237067.20%-1060
Wicomico15-Jan469324282641068.70%-4081r
Wicomico15-Feb472584332139378.30%-3791p
-22229less 
p = preliminary.SOURCE:  BLS, LAUSworkforce
r = revised8-Apr-15
       
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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 9:48 AM

    Don't twiddle with the numbers, please. Tell us how many jobs there are, how many people don't have jobs but can work, and then how many can't find a job when they look for one.

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  2. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 10:10 AM

    Wicomico County = the new armpit of Maryland. Hope you are proud - Pollitt, Creamer, Strasberg and other tax and spend, self-entitled abusers.

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  3. towjamApril 14, 2015 at 10:11 AM

    We all know who's to blame.

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  4. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 10:20 AM

    Great . this is what happens when you have a tax and spend way of life.

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  5. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM

    At least Teachers and the BOE have jobs!!! They are now the highest paid with the private sector making the lowest!

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  6. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 11:07 AM

    Pollitt*s loss.

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  7. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 11:26 AM

    Tragically, hopping and skipping to the polls, a majority of people will still blindly vote for those who have created the mess.

    And then expect different results.

    Insanity in plain sight.


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  8. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 6:16 PM

    The informational report just goes to show that there is now more incentive to not work than there is to work. With earned income tax credits, free Obama medicare, free Obama phones, Homestead tax credits, independence cards - why would anyone even want to work. And so - they aren't. Fact is - this Presidential Administration has literally destroyed our Country as we once knew it.

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  9. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 6:19 PM

    I knew Wicomico residents were in dire straits. I even witnessed an eviction right across the street from my house. Right now, their furniture is sitting outside being destroyed by this rain. There are vacant houses everywhere, and foreclosures are up the ying-yang.

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  10. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 6:22 PM

    This is the worse economy I have ever witnessed, and I have lived here all of my life. For one - there aren't any manufacturers left.

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  11. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 8:05 PM

    To be located so close to the nations capital and yet Wicomico is far down on the economic totem pole.

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  12. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 8:29 PM

    You know how I can tell our economy sucks, just by looking at how the people are living around me. criminals, illegals, and homeless are everywhere.

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  13. AnonymousApril 14, 2015 at 9:30 PM

    Breaking news --

    Now the local Democrat elite (Pollitt, Pretl, Pagano, Hastings, Fake Day and Liarton, among others)has a ready answer:

    Blame it on Bob!

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