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Md. unemployment jumps upward. Maryland’s unemployment rate went from 5.4 percent in December to 6.2 percent in January, as Lorraine Mirabella reports today. That’s a big jump in one month, and high for the land of pleasant living.  BALTIMORE — While the nation’s unemployment rate has hit its highest level since 1983, Maryland’s unemployment numbers are not as dramatic, but they are following the national trend. Friday, March 6, 2009. Metro Area State – April Jobless Rate – Change from April 2008 Weirton-Steubenville WV-OH 11.7% +6.1 Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV 9.3% +4.7 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna WV-OH 9.2% +4.7 Wheeling WV-OH 8.6% +3.8 Winchester