Maryland was one of nine states and the District of Columbia that lost jobs in the year ending in September, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Hit hard by the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal workforce, the District of Columbia suffered the largest percentage job loss, down 3.5% or 25,800 jobs.
Maryland and Virginia, also home to large numbers of federal workers, posted the third- and fourth-highest job losses for the year, according to the BLS data. It said Virginia lost 25,600 nonfarm jobs from September to September, a 0.6% loss, while Maryland lost 13,900 jobs over the year, a 0.5% loss in the state workforce…