The June 2023 preliminary unemployment rate in Montgomery County showed the lowest non-seasonal June rate in more than 30 years at 1.5%, according to information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ State and Local Area Unemployment Statistics series and released Wednesday by the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation. This key metric is the lowest of any June tracking to 1990. It was also lower than Maryland’s overall rate, which was 1.7%, compared to the Washington MSA at 2.5% and the national average at 3.8%.
