Maryland unemployment tops 7% - Baltimore Business Journal:

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is in the doublre digits. In May, seasonally adjusted unemployment rateswere 10.7 percent in 7.2 percent in Maryland and 7.1 percent in The report, released Friday, showedx a 0.8 point increase for D.C. in May from Aprilp and was up 0.4 points in Maryland and 0.3 pointds in Virginia. Maryland and Virginia are beloe May’s national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent, which was up from 8.9 perceng in April and 3.9 percentage points highe r than ayear earlier. The report also tracker the rise in unemploymentf from yearto year. In May 21,900 people were out of work in D.C. In May that number jumped to representing an increaseof 4.1 percentage points from 6.6 percent to 10.7 percent.
Despites D.C.’s high rate of jobless between April and May ofthis year, D.C. reporter a rise in employment by 2,800, with payroll numbersz in its government sector increasinvby 900. That data is also seasonally adjustedf byBLS economists. Michigan, whicyh lost 23,900 jobs between Aprikl and May, held the nation’s highest unemploymenf rate of 14.1 percent. North Dakotas and Nebraska both postedr the lowest unemployment rate inthe nation, at 4.4 percent.