Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release - 2025 M01 Results — 2025-03-21

(NOTE: On March 28, 2025, BLS corrected errors in estimates for not seasonally adjusted all employees in the following areas: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Maryland; Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD; Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda, MD Metropolitan Division; Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV; Salisbury, MD; and Saginaw, MI. Seasonally adjusted estimates for all employees and 3-month average change were corrected at aggregate levels. Tables in this news release contain the incorrect data and will not be reissued. Corrected data are available in the LABSTAT database, at www.bls.gov/sae/data/. For a complete list of series and products impacted by the correction, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.) Unemployment rates were higher in January than a year earlier in 290 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 64 areas, and unchanged in 33 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 18 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 11 areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent.