Across the U.S., July saw an employment jump of nearly 92,000 non-farm jobs, while the national unemployment rate remained essentially unchanged from last month at 4.6 percent.
Nationwide, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there are 7.1 million unemployed people nationwide. Since 2006, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has fluctuated between 4.4 and 4.6 percent.
Employment has continued to trend up in several markets, including food service (up 22,000 jobs), computer systems and related careers (up 15,000 jobs) and business support services (up 9,000 jobs). However, temporary help positions took another hit in July, down 7,000 jobs for the month and 52,000 for the year.
In Maryland, the most recent data has the unemployment rate at 3.8 percent, up .2 percent from April when it was at its lowest point of the year.
