Overview
- New BLS estimates show about 10,000 federal jobs vanished in October alone, Maryland’s largest one-month drop since at least 1990, with roughly 300 more lost in November.
- Since January 2025, federal employment in the state is down an estimated 24,900 positions, while the statewide unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in November from 3.8% in September.
- State officials link the cuts to Trump-Vance workforce reductions and an extended federal shutdown that delayed reporting and concentrated losses into the fall.
- BLS data indicate private-sector employment slipped by 4,400 in October–November even as health care and private education added jobs, underscoring limited offsets to federal cuts.
- With federal payrolls and payments directing over $150 billion into Maryland annually and more than 160,000 federal jobs previously located in-state, the Moore administration is expanding job placement, benefits, loans, and tailored services for displaced workers.