Maryland added 3,400 jobs in February 2025

Maryland’s unemployment rate remained at 3.0 percent, ahead of federal layoffs

BALTIMORE, MD (March 28, 2025) – Maryland added 3,400 total jobs in February 2025, according to new estimates released today by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Maryland’s private sector added 4,600 jobs in February while public sector employment fell by an estimated 1,200 jobs. The change in public sector employment was driven by a loss of 700 federal government jobs. Due to the timing of when the employment data is collected, these reported losses do not include the federal layoffs that began in mid-February, impacting probationary and other workers, or subsequent federal contract terminations and grant cancellations.

According to the preliminary data, Maryland has added 99,000 total jobs between January 2023 and February 2025. Maryland’s employment has expanded by 3.6 percent over that timeframe, above the 2.9 percent growth rate for the United States. Recent federal actions and uncertainty threaten to weaken the recent gains in Maryland’s economy.

BLS also reports that Maryland’s unemployment rate remained at 3.0 percent in February, remaining well below the national rate of 4.1 percent.

The five sectors with the largest employment gains in February were: Construction (4,100 jobs); Health Care and Social Assistance (2,000 jobs); Accommodation and Food Services (1,800 jobs); Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation (1,200 jobs); and Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (400 jobs).

The five sectors with the largest estimated employment losses in February were: Other Services (-1,500 jobs); Government (-1,200 jobs); Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (-1,200 jobs); Retail Trade (-900 jobs); and Information (-800 jobs).

Note: Data is transferred to the Maryland Department of Labor’s website directly from BLS servers. Our database may be refreshed with a brief lag. For more immediate access to this month's jobs data, please visit the BLS website. Please visit the Maryland Department of Labor's website to view the current employment situation.