MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

ECONOMY


State Jobs	Job Service


Labor Force	Unemployment Insurance	Wages

Mural, East Antietam St. (near North Potomac St.), Hagerstown, Maryland, June 2004. 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.

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.

TOTAL LABOR FORCE EMPLOYED IN MARYLAND* (annual averages)
	1997	1998	1999	2000
Maryland	2,231,499	2,284,671	2,347,638	2,404,095


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

* Resident and nonresident wage-earners working in Maryland.

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (annual averages)
	1997	1998	1999	2000
Employed*	2,648,000	2,625,286	2,667,735	2,696,543
Unemployed**	142,000 (5.1%)	125,175 (4.6%)	97,909 (3.5%)	108,284 (3.9%)
TOTAL	2,789,000	2,750,461	2,765,644	2,804,827

* Resident wage-earners working either in Maryland or out of state.
** Unemployed Maryland residents actively seeking work.

WAGES (weekly averages)
	1997	1998	1999	2000
Maryland	$611	$640	$663	$701


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