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Baltimore Metropolitan Area - Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - OWIP

CALENDAR YEAR 2008
Industry Average
Number
of
Reporting
 Units		 Annual
Average
Employment		 Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker
         
Baltimore Metropolitan Area        
         

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT

 71,593 1,250,934  $60,602,594,935 $932
         

GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL

 1,439 217,150 11,617,755,381 1,029
Federal Government 381 40,870 2,997,629,755 1,410
State Government 250 66,859 3,460,052,256 995
Local Government 808 109,421 5,160,073,370 907
         

PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES

 70,154 1,033,784 48,984,839,554 911
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 10,928 150,618 8,547,746,023 1,091
 Natural Resources and Mining
 234 1,683 54,636,868 624
 Crop production
 75 740 22,783,149 592
 Animal production
 50 249 6,697,165 517
 Forestry and logging
 D D D D
 Fishing, hunting and trapping
 D D D D
 Agriculture and forestry support activities
 72 354 10,061,636 547
 Oil and gas extraction
 D D D D
 Mining, except oil and gas
 12 202 10,631,528 1,012
 Support activities for mining
 13 59 2,861,560 933
 Construction
 8,621 79,805 4,207,731,861 1,014
 Construction of buildings
 2,970 16,427 955,631,531 1,119
 Heavy and civil engineering construction
 481 8,654 489,489,276 1,088
 Specialty trade contractors
 5,170 54,724 2,762,611,054 971
 Manufacturing
 2,073 69,130 4,285,377,294 1,192
 Food manufacturing
 186 8,951 443,694,163 953
 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
 27 1,904 95,668,370 966
 Textile mills
 18 455 15,230,937 644
 Textile product mills
 72 485 17,525,604 695
 Apparel manufacturing
 35 1,106 33,903,174 590
 Leather and allied product manufacturing
 D D D D
 Wood product manufacturing
 60 1,366 53,037,707 747
 Paper manufacturing
 31 2,362 102,762,053 837
 Printing and related support activities
 320 5,208 233,122,048 861
 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
 D D D D
 Chemical manufacturing
 129 7,544 565,218,200 1,441
 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
 65 2,703 113,278,322 806
 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
 84 2,501 122,537,205 942
 Primary metal manufacturing
 32 3,308 235,460,192 1,369
 Fabricated metal product manufacturing
 279 5,329 273,587,179 987
 Machinery manufacturing
 132 4,422 259,678,344 1,129
 Computer and electronic product manufacturing
 131 11,129 1,117,867,097 1,932
 Electrical equipment and appliance mfg.
 46 1,217 74,673,282 1,180
 Transportation equipment manufacturing
 72 4,541 311,230,800 1,318
 Furniture and related product manufacturing
 122 1,434 57,209,976 767
 Miscellaneous manufacturing
 210 2,659 130,385,160 943
SERVICE PROVIDING 59,135 883,076 40,432,733,533 881
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
 15,025 231,444 9,068,476,062 754
 Utilities
 43 6,012 667,249,530 2,134
 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
 2,082 26,862 1,793,107,961 1,284
 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
 911 18,306 954,852,973 1,003
 Electronic markets and agents and brokers
 705 3,813 296,977,064 1,498
 Motor vehicle and parts dealers
 842 17,578 749,044,484 819
 Furniture and home furnishings stores
 484 5,016 165,928,766 636
 Electronics and appliance stores
 543 5,481 196,484,759 689
 Building material and garden supply stores
 531 10,507 341,724,550 625
 Food and beverage stores
 1,854 31,244 762,452,017 469
 Health and personal care stores
 868 9,185 310,367,261 650
 Gasoline stations
 611 3,480 69,306,494 383
 Clothing and clothing accessories stores
 1,291 15,432 275,393,826 343
 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores
 480 5,856 128,315,038 421
 General merchandise stores
 393 24,828 484,835,180 376
 Miscellaneous store retailers
 1,088 9,204 212,611,531 444
 Nonstore retailers
 326 2,620 101,951,709 748
 Air transportation
 34 3,834 262,911,399 1,319
 Rail transportation
 D D D D
 Water transportation
 16 405 29,748,044 1,413
 Truck transportation
 834 8,295 366,019,724 849
 Transit and ground passenger transportation
 341 6,369 159,679,542 482
 Pipeline transportation
 D D D D
 Scenic and sightseeing transportation
 21 290 6,072,409 403
 Support activities for transportation
 407 6,421 298,643,291 894
 Postal service
 D D D D
 Couriers and messengers
 160 4,313 184,464,580 822
 Warehousing and storage
 144 5,899 241,787,504 788
 Information
 960 22,037 1,391,221,258 1,214
 Publishing industries, except Internet
 257 5,491 320,548,270 1,123
 Motion picture and sound recording industries
 164 1,746 48,884,191 538
 Broadcasting, except Internet
 46 1,895 149,392,921 1,516
 Telecommunications
 313 10,130 712,012,877 1,352
 ISPs, search portals, and data processing
 108 2,090 120,161,251 1,106
 Other information services
 72 685 40,221,748 1,129
 Financial Activities
 7,170 75,010 5,438,880,581 1,394
 Monetary authorities - central bank
 D D D D
 Credit intermediation and related activities
 1,903 23,021 1,323,917,484 1,106
 Securities, commodity contracts, investments
 682 10,421 1,684,266,196 3,108
 Insurance carriers and related activities
 1,537 19,189 1,335,973,370 1,339
 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles
 71 812 50,451,856 1,195
 Real estate
 2,463 14,206 709,370,901 960
 Rental and leasing services
 487 6,860 301,635,728 846
 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
 D D D D
 Professional and Business Services
 14,724 183,022 10,967,189,780 1,152
 Professional and technical services
 10,000 101,438 7,718,518,322 1,463
 Management of companies and enterprises
 218 7,811 740,863,228 1,824
 Administrative and support services
 4,262 69,839 2,324,776,745 640
 Waste management and remediation services
 244 3,934 183,031,485 895
 Education and Health Services
 7,906 214,300 9,975,401,071 895
 Educational services
 1,011 40,167 1,975,634,933 946
 Ambulatory health care services
 4,733 50,211 2,750,859,559 1,054
 Hospitals
 88 65,578 3,490,368,089 1,024
 Nursing and residential care facilities
 688 33,086 1,077,765,885 626
 Social assistance
 1,386 25,258 680,772,605 518
 Leisure and Hospitality
 6,475 115,716 2,293,810,945 381
 Performing arts and spectator sports
 324 3,600 330,133,169 1,764
 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks
 51 1,394 36,781,445 507
 Amusements, gambling, and recreation
 722 13,467 223,646,455 319
 Accommodation
 273 9,650 238,730,076 476
 Food services and drinking places
 5,105 87,605 1,464,519,800 321
 Other Services
 6,875 41,547 1,297,753,836 601
 Repair and maintenance
 2,158 12,785 501,957,419 755
 Personal and laundry services
 1,943 15,684 349,052,578 428
 Membership associations and organizations
 1,178 11,241 407,145,527 697
 Private households
 1,596 1,837 39,598,312 415
UNCLASSIFIED 91 90 4,359,998 932