BLS LAUS · August 2026 preliminary · not seasonally adjusted
Maryland Unemployment Rate by County
Maryland statewide was 3.9% in August 2026, against 4.6% in August 2025; the United States was 4.3% on the same basis. The 24 counties and equivalents below are listed alphabetically, each with its August 2026 rate and the change from August 2025. They are not ranked: county estimates carry model error BLS does not publish, so an order would compare noise.
24 areas · rate August 2026 · change from August 2025
- Allegany County5.1% · −0.9 pts
- Anne Arundel County3.4% · −0.6 pts
- Baltimore city5.5% · −0.5 pts
- Baltimore County4.0% · −0.6 pts
- Calvert County3.5% · −0.6 pts
- Caroline County3.6% · −0.6 pts
- Carroll County3.0% · −0.6 pts
- Cecil County4.0% · −0.9 pts
- Charles County4.6% · −0.4 pts
- Dorchester County4.5% · −0.4 pts
- Frederick County3.3% · −0.6 pts
- Garrett County3.7% · −0.6 pts
- Harford County3.6% · −0.7 pts
- Howard County3.4% · −0.6 pts
- Kent County3.7% · −0.9 pts
- Montgomery County3.5% · −0.7 pts
- Prince George's County4.4% · −0.6 pts
- Queen Anne's County3.0% · −0.5 pts
- Somerset County4.4% · −1.0 pts
- St. Mary's County3.7% · −0.4 pts
- Talbot County3.5% · −0.8 pts
- Washington County3.9% · −1.0 pts
- Wicomico County4.0% · −0.7 pts
- Worcester County3.4% · −0.6 pts