Wicomco's Labor Force Continues to Shrink - LATEST RELEASE FROM BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS FROM SEPTEMBER 2011 TO SEPTEMBER 2012 - WICOMICO'S LABOR FORCE LOST ANOTHER 681 JOBS
| Labor Force Data By County, Not Seasonally Adjusted - 02/11 through 09/12 | ||||||||
| Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics | ||||||||
| Unemployment | ||||||||
| County | Period | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Rate (%) | |||
| Wicomico | 11-Feb | 52506 | 47333 | 5173 | 9.9 | |||
| Wicomico | 11-Mar | 53116 | 48391 | 4725 | 8.9 | |||
| Wicomico | 11-Apr | 52961 | 48485 | 4476 | 8.5 | |||
| Wicomico | 11-May | 53444 | 48877 | 4567 | 8.5 | |||
| Wicomico | 11-Jun | 53825 | 48951 | 4874 | 9.1 | |||
| Wicomico | 11-Jul | 54139 | 49273 | 4866 | 9 | |||
| Wicomico | 11-Aug | 53423 | 48706 | 4717 | 8.8 | |||
| Wicomico | 11-Sep | 53821 | 49172 | 4649 | 8.6 | |||
| Wicomico | 11-Oct | 53384 | 48809 | 4575 | 8.6 | |||
| Wicomico | 11-Dec | 53213 | 48619 | 4594 | 8.6 | |||
| Wicomico | 12-Jan | 51255 | 46321 | 4934 | 9.6 | |||
| Wicomico | 12-Feb | 52614 | 47554 | 5060 | 9.6 | |||
| Wicomico | 12-Mar | 53120 | 48371 | 4749 | 8.9 | |||
| Wicomico | 12-Apr | 52802 | 48379 | 4423 | 8.4 | |||
| Wicomico | 12-May | 53608 | 49253 | 4355 | 8.1 | |||
| Wicomico | 12-Jun | 54151 | 49465 | 4686 | 8.7 | |||
| Wicomico | 12-Jul | 54904 | 50340 | 4564 | 8.3 | |||
| Wicomico | 12-Aug | 53291 | 48917 | 4374 | 8.2 | |||
| Wicomico | 12-Sep | 53140 | 48995 | 4145 | 7.8 | |||
| p = preliminary. | SOURCE: BLS, LAUS | |||||||
| 20-Nov-12 | ||||||||
Thanks Pollitt and Ireton...your policies are working so well. Jerks!
ReplyDeleteMaryland Dept of labor shows that Wicomico added 1002 jobs in that period. 48,995 sept 12 versus 47,993 in sept 11
ReplyDeleteLooks to me like it is going in the right direction. Does this calculate all the people that live in Delaware that work in Wicomico? Because we all know that there aren't any jobs in the lower sussex area...they all come here to work.
ReplyDeleteThe point is that Wicomico is losing ground in the employment arena. Less workforce means less jobs. Less jobs equates to less state income tax proceeds and less local income tax proceeds. This means that there has to either be a reduction in county expenditures and/or increases in taxes.
ReplyDeleteEither way - this is not a good indicator at all for Wicomicos employment scene.
However, on the the flip side - Wicomico is poised for a Maintenance of Effort waiver for FY2013.
This is not good news at all!
ReplyDeleteI wish I knew where O'Malley is obtaining all of these so called news jobs. Looking at the employment data, it certainly is not around here.
Response to 3:46 Posting that states Wicomico added 1002 jobs.
ReplyDeleteYou need to sober up. You had better go back and look at the statistics. According to my calculations/math - Wicomico has lost 681 jobs from Sep. 20111 to Sept. 2012 - (53,821 - 53,140 = 681 jobs lost).
7:32 sorry you can't do basic math
ReplyDeleteThe old gray mare ain't what she used to be.
ReplyDeleteIt really is a scary scenario when you consider that there are so many graduating college and high school students each year.
ReplyDeleteThis is very alarming when you also consider the increase in population growth. What a crying shame.
A signficant portion of our county's population has now gone on federal or state subsistence. I know a few my own neighbors have filed for permanent disability - and received it. One of my other neighbors has been on unemployment for longer than a year now.
ReplyDeleteI believe the underlying premise is that it pays for our area to perform poorer than other surrounding communities so as to qualify for governmental incentivizing subsidies.
ReplyDeleteIn other words - there is now more incentive to not work and get ahead as opposed to working a real job.
4:57 Reply -
ReplyDeleteWe need to start charging a commuter tax for all non-wicomico residents working in wicomico.