Maryland adds 3,400 jobs, unemployment rate ticks down
Maryland added 3,400 in September, sending the unemployment rate down slightly to to 4.2 percent.
The drop comes after unemployment had been holding steady at 4.3 percent for the the past three months.
The financial services sector added 1,500 jobs, while 4,900 new government jobs helped spur Maryland's job growth, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Professional and business services jobs increased by 700.
Meanwhile, many...