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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Maryland Adds More than 28,000 Jobs Since January

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has released state jobs and unemployment data.

Compared with September 2014, Maryland jobs are up by 44,700. Maryland has added 28,700 total jobs since January 2015; our private sector gained 22,000 jobs. The September preliminary unemployment rate remained steady at 5.1 percent.

According to the survey data, Maryland’s preliminary jobs estimate for August remained unchanged with revision reflecting a gain of 2,700 jobs. Maryland‘s job totals decreased by 4,000 in September. Public sector jobs increased by 2,200 and the private sector jobs declined by 6,200 jobs over-the-month.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is true, I had heard that several new Walmart's opened up here.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Governor Hogan!

In your face Marty!

Anonymous said...

My question is this - Where are these jobs? Across the bridge?

Anonymous said...

good for Maryland, sorry we recover LAST.

Anonymous said...

Public sector: isn't that the same as GOVERNMENT jobs???