Virginia hammered Maryland in job growth once again in January 2025. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Virginia added 7,100 jobs in January, while Maryland only created 4,900. The BLS also revised Virginia's numbers from December upward, with the Old Dominion's jobs-added figure rising from 4,900 to 14,200. Maryland had infamously only gained a paltry 200 jobs in December.
“More Virginians are working than ever in the Commonwealth as jobs and opportunity continue to expand in Virginia,” Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin said in a statement Tuesday. “In January, the Commonwealth added 7,100 nonfarm jobs, building on the upwardly revised job gains in December. This performance underscores the success of our pro-business policies and our ongoing focus on workforce development, which are providing Virginia companies the talent they need to grow and Virginians with the opportunities to succeed.”
VA adding 2800 jobs per million residents: wow, how spectacular is that!
ReplyDeleteMD adding 2800 jobs per million residents: what a garbage, moribund trainwreck!
VA 3% unemployment rate: Youngkin is a god!
MD 3% unemployment rate: why did Moore ruin everything?!
11:39: I already debunked this argument last month. There are many other states where the jobs added number is not a reflection of population size. Virginia beats Maryland soundly under any formulation.
Delete"I already debunked this argument last month by showing everyone I don't know how statistics work."
Delete11:36: I'm quite confident that no economist would cite your claim that population determines the number of jobs created as "statistics working."
DeleteI don't know how to dumb this down further. Not accounting for differences in size when comparing data points is just so stupid anyone with a decent 8th grade education would know better.
DeleteIt'd be like me saying "Virginia has 100,000 unemployed people. Maryland only has 70,000 unemployed people, therefore Maryland is a far better state for job seekers!" Or "Baltimore has 200 murders and NYC had 350 murders, therefore Baltimore is safer than NYC!" Please tell me you understand.
2:08: I don't think anyone can understand how the population of a state would determine the number of jobs created. You make it sound like each resident is engaged in job creation somehow. It's the businesses and entrepreneurs who create the jobs (or government, in the case of government jobs). In the case of moribund Maryland, there are simply less business enterprises being started, less business expansion, and less jobs being created than in vibrant Virginia.
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