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Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St. & Saratoga St., Baltimore, Maryland, November 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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Information about employment within State government agencies is available from the Office of Personnel Services and Benefits of the Department of Budget and Management.
In Maryland, State agencies concerned with employment (including unemployment insurance & job-seeker assistance) are the Division of Workforce Development, the Division of Unemployment Insurance, and the Division of Labor and Industry. Each is part of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.
Mural, East Antietam St. (near North Potomac St.), Hagerstown, Maryland, June 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
* Resident and nonresident wage-earners working in Maryland.
* Resident wage-earners working either in Maryland or out of state.
Source: Office of Labor Statistics,
TOTAL LABOR FORCE EMPLOYED IN MARYLAND*
(annual averages)
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Maryland
2,427,396
2,434,480
2,461,074
2,497,416
2,530,129
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Maryland
2,231,499
2,284,671
2,347,638
2,404,095
2,423,138
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Private Sector
goods producing339,518 (14%)
328,847 (13.5%)
321,733 (13.2%)
325,826 (13.2%)
330,435 (13.2%)
331,590 (13.1%)
natural resources & mining
6,278
6,247
6,440
6,687
6,891
6,836
construction
164,880
165,725
167,495
175,967
182,878
188,420
manufacturing
168,360
156,875
147,798
143,172
140,666
136,334
Private Sector
service providing1,634,258 (67.4%)
1,644,350 (67.7%)
1,660,125 (68.1%)
1,686,668 (68.5%)
1,716,583 (68.7%)
1,741,777 (68.8%)
trade, transportation & utilities
466,494
461,501
458,526
463,227
466,162
470,271
information
58,380
53,402
50,365
50,121
50,368
50,726
financial activities
148,821
151,187
156,231
156,352
158,234
157,729
professional & business
358,310
357,504
360,676
370,638
383,250
394,518
education & health
307,161
318,044
326,564
333,435
340,182
349,136
leisure & hospitality
208,691
215,106
218,993
224,371
229,246
229,694
other
86,401
87,606
88,770
88,524
89,141
89,703
Public Sector
442,648 (18.2%)
450,215 (18.5%)
450,458 (18.5%)
446,342 (18.1%)
448,627 (17.9%)
455,492 (18.0%)
local government
218,036
223,486
225,125
223,492
226,183
232,795
state government
98,134
98,415
97,069
95,928
96,707
97,519
federal government
126,782
128,314
128,264
126,922
125,737
125,178
1997
1998
1999
2000
Private Sector
manufacturing
176,722 (7.9%)
178,051 (7.8%)
176,862 (7.5%)
180,101 (7.4%)
Private Sector
nonmanufacturing
1,645,289 (73.7%)
1,687,246 (73.8%)
1,744,916 (74.3%)
1,792,860 (74.6%)
services
710,287
737,058
766,113
793,234
trade (wholesale)
110,300
110,795
112,958
114,255
trade (retail)
426,555
430,447
435,939
441,981
contract construction
137,820
140,815
149,808
156,501
finance, insurance, real estate
131,161
134,394
139,642
138,203
transportation, communications,
public utilities
103,126
103,892
108,446
111,441
other
26,070
29,745
32,010
37,245
Public Sector
409,488 (18.4%)
419,274 (18.4%)
425,860 (18.1%)
431,134 (17.9%)
local government
195,356
203,116
207,284
210,707
state government
89,662
89,483
91,634
93,713
federal government
125,470
126,675
126,942
126,714
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
(annual averages)
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Employed*
2,712,268
2,732,057
2,749,111
2,764,110
2,813,781
2,892,620
Unemployed**
114,779 (4.1%)
128,139 (4.5%)
128,858 (4.5%)
124,047 (4.3%)
121,283 (4.1%)
116,523 (3.9%)
TOTAL
2,827,047
2,860,196
2,877,969
2,888,157
2,935,064
3,009,143
1997
1998
1999
2000
Employed*
2,646,200
2,661,192
2,687,843
2,711,382
Unemployed**
132,002 (4.8%)
118,817 (4.3%)
100,027 (3.6%)
100,275 (3.6%)
TOTAL
2,778,202
2,780,009
2,787,870
2,811,657
** Unemployed Maryland residents actively seeking work.
WAGES
(weekly averages)
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Maryland
$757
$782
$818
$853
$887
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Maryland
$611
$640
$663
$701
$735
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Private Sector
goods producing$837
$855
$879
$920
$949
$986
natural resources & mining
$580
$562
$575
$607
$640
$661
construction
$776
$792
$813
$847
$883
$926
manufacturing
$906
$933
$968
$1,025
$1,051
$1,085
Private Sector
service providing$686
$703
$728
$763
$798
$831
trade, transportation & utilities
$618
$630
$649
$675
$696
$716
information
$1,073
$1,084
$1,113
$1,173
$1,192
$1,218
financial activities
$980
$1,023
$1,090
$1,149
$1,235
$1,283
professional & business
$862
$892
$920
$973
$1,030
$1,100
education & health
$670
$692
$719
$752
$778
$807
leisure & hospitality
$320
$318
$328
$337
$352
$342
other
$497
$510
$526
$549
$563
$585
Public Sector
$837
$882
$913
$952
$993
$1,029
local government
$697
$726
$746
$781
$811
$848
state government
$743
$810
$803
$815
$839
$879
federal government
$1,151
$1,210
$1,288
$1,356
$1,437
$1,483
1997
1998
1999
2000
Private Sector
manufacturing
$763
$802
$830
$883
Private Sector
nonmanufacturing
services
$595
$622
$651
$694
trade (wholesale)
$794
$844
$891
$959
trade (retail)
$328
$345
$355
$368
contract construction
$629
$669
$702
$738
finance, insurance, real estate
$824
$874
$916
$969
transportation, communications, public utilities
$734
$773
$796
$847
other
$445
$506
$555
$592
Public Sector
local government
$612
$629
$644
$666
state government
$620
$640
$675
$710
federal government
$861
$1,006
$974
$1,029
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