BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland’s total employment grew at double the national rate in July 2024 compared to June 2024, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Maryland added 6,100 total jobs in July 2024, including 5,300 in the private sector. The state’s job growth rate of 1.2 percent for the first seven months of 2024 outpaces the national average of 0.9 percent.
“The top five sectors that contributed to Maryland’s job growth were: Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services (+1,800 jobs); Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (+1,400 jobs); Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (+1,300 jobs); Government (+800 jobs); and Finance and Insurance (+500 jobs),” the news release said. “The four sectors that lost jobs in July were: Information (-100 jobs), Construction (-200 jobs); Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (-600 jobs); and Health Care and Social Assistance (-700 jobs).”
Maryland’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.8 percent in July 2024. The state’s labor force participation rate, which measures the amount of people who are working or actively seeking work, rose 0.1 percent to 65.5 percent, the highest state labor force participation rate since September 2020, the news release said.
This article was written with the assistance of AI and reviewed by a human editor.
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