Eye on the Economy: An Interactive Look at Maryland and the Regional Economy in December 2022

• The most recent jobs report showed that in December 2022, Maryland lost a total of 200 Total Nonfarm jobs.
• The official unemployment rate for Maryland decreased to 4.0 percent.

Opinion: Maryland needs tax change to attract military retirees, boost economy
The Baltimore Banner, December 27, 2022

In this opinion piece, the author advocates for Maryland to exempt all military retirement pay from the state income tax. He argues that this would prevent skilled retirees from moving to other states, the majority of which already have this exemption. To support this argument, he references a study previously done by the Regional Economic Studies Institute which examined this issue.