Unemployment falls in MD

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released state level employment figures for February today. Marylanders unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent, down from the 6.7 percent it had hovered at for three months.

Maryland employers added 10,500 positions in February. They have added 38,200 positions since February 2012.

The job market is slowly improving, but it's important to remember that the number of employed Marylanders only exceeded the number employed before the 2008 recession as of six months ago. Collectively, Maryland has a long way to go before every working family is able to succeed.