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MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

ECONOMY

EMPLOYMENT

[photo, Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St. and Saratoga St., Baltimore, Maryland]
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    • Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St. & Saratoga St., Baltimore, Maryland, November 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    Employers

    Job Service

    State Jobs

    Unemployment Insurance

    Unemployment Rates

    Wages

    Workforce

    [photo, Window washers, St. Agnes Hospital, Catonsville, Maryland] In Maryland, State agencies concerned with employment (including unemployment insurance & job-seeker assistance) are the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning, the Division of Unemployment Insurance, and the Division of Labor and Industry. Each is part of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.

    Window washers, St. Agnes Hospital, Catonsville, Maryland, April 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    Information about employment within State government agencies is available from the Office of Personnel Services and Benefits of the Department of Budget and Management. Those agencies employing the most workers include the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; the Department of Transportation; the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; and the Department of Human Resources.

    In 2011, Maryland ranked 4th nationally in concentration of technology jobs: 87 of every 1,000 private sector workers. The average annual wage for employees in this field is approximately $90,000, or 69% more than the average private-sector wage.

    In 2010, Maryland ranked second in the nation in the fields of technology and science, and first in human capital investment (Milken Institute index). Human capital investment is determined by creating a population average of SAT and ACT test scores, state education appropriations and spending, as well as academic degrees, particularly in the fields of engineering and sciences. Some 11,600 high-tech companies were located in Maryland as of 2010.

    EMPLOYERS

    Nearly 80% of those working in Maryland are employed by the private sector, while federal, State, county and municipal governments employ 20% of the workforce.

    In 2011, The Johns Hopkins University was the largest private employer in Maryland. The University employs 27,000 faculty and staff. Other leading employers in the State include Giant Food Stores of Maryland; Johns Hopkins Hospital; Lockheed Martin Corp.; Marriott International, Inc.; Northrop Grumman Corp.; University of Maryland Medical System; MedStar Health; Verizon Maryland, Inc.; and Wal-Mart Associates.

    Government employees in Maryland in 2011 numbered 487,919. Of these, 144,513 were federal workers, 102,367 worked for State government, and 241,039 were employed by county and municipal governments.

    In 2011, Maryland had more than 165,000 businesses that employed nearly 2.5 million workers with an annual payroll of nearly $132 billion. In the manufacturing sector, sixteen of twenty industrial categories are represented with corporate headquarters of well-known businesses, such as Black & Decker, McCormick, and Lockheed Martin located in Maryland. Financial services is a growing sector in the Maryland economy. Brokerage firms, insurers, and other financial companies maintain their home operations or a significant presence in the State.

    Source: Employment and Payrolls - Industry Series - Maryland 2011, Division of Workforce Development & Adult Learning, Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.

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