Maryland gained 10,100 jobs in September, the largest gain since May 2015, according to estimates released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Additionally, August's estimate was revised upward by 8,500 jobs from a gain of 500 to a gain of 9,000 jobs.

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Maryland added 700 jobs and the state’s unemployment rate stayed at 4.3 percent in August, according data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the preliminary survey data, the first six months in ...

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Although Maryland has added nearly 40,000 jobs over the past year, the state’s private workers aren’t necessarily seeing increased wages as a result. In May 2014, private-sector employees in Maryland earned an average of $27.09 per hour, the seventh-highest rate ...

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The problem of long-term unemployment has been a distinguishing characteristic of the Great Recession and its aftermath, with some politicians and economist worrying that the downturn produced a class of citizens who are permanently unable to find lasting work.

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In Maryland, you're 15 times more likely to bump into an astronomer than on average in the wider U.S.

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The increase in Maryland’s unemployment rate reported Friday is particularly mystifying because it signals that the state’s well-educated work force may not be as strongly positioned to drive economic growth as previously thought, economists said.

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Maryland lost 9,000 jobs in July, according to new federal data, and the state unemployment rate increased to 6.1 percent from 5.8 percent in June.

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The number of jobs in Maryland increased by 9,300 jobs in April, the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation announced Friday, and unemployment dropped to 5.5 percent. Good news right? Yes, but there’s more to the story.

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Maryland lost about 600 jobs in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, and the state unemployment rate dropped to 5.7 percent.

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The number of jobs in Maryland decreased by 9,800 in January, according to preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a December increase in jobs was smaller than previously thought.

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