MD adds 2,700 jobs in August; unemployment remains below national average

Maryland added 2,700 total jobs in August, including 1,900 in the private sector, according to monthly data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Maryland’s growth rate in August matched the nation’s rate at 0.1%. Over the first eight months of the year, Maryland’s economy has added 31,800 jobs and grown by 1.2%, faster than the national rate of 0.9%.