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Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Baltimore-area unemployment rate edges up

The Baltimore-area unemployment rate creeped up in October.

The U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics says the region's unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in October, up from 5.2 percent in September, but below its 5.7 percent unemployment rate in October 2014.

The Baltimore-area labor force grew in October to 1,488,200, up from 1,469,600 a month before. Those without jobs increased to 80,700, up from 77,100 in September.

Unemployment rates were down in 337 of the nation’s 387 metropolitan areas, up in 38 and unchanged in 12.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Any area where there is a large population of black people those numbers are always higher.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

When I leave Baltimore during the rush hour,I don't see the last commuter stop until I get to Cambridge.Thousands of employees who work in Baltimore live on the Eastern Shore.That speaks for itself,because when they are hired the employers would rather hire staff who live 2 hours away than those living 10 minutes away in Baltimore.