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Maryland 2008 - 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
         
Maryland        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 166,258 2,537,400  $125,737,153,204 $953
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 3,329 470,409 27,420,315,166 1,121
Federal Government 1,016 127,150 10,651,787,237 1,611
State Government 390 99,683 4,878,017,734 941
Local Government 1,923 243,576 11,890,510,195 939
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 162,929 2,066,991 98,316,838,038 915
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 23,875 313,044 17,538,229,370 1,077
 Natural Resources and Mining
 691 6,528 232,333,088 684
 Crop production
 210 2,185 64,025,819 564
 Animal production
 139 1,310 41,737,018 613
 Forestry and logging
 60 241 6,549,570 523
 Fishing, hunting and trapping
 31 141 3,789,786 517
 Agriculture and forestry support activities
 157 1,040 30,904,647 571
 Oil and gas extraction
 3 3 89,745 575
 Mining, except oil and gas
 54 1,184 63,179,314 1,026
 Support activities for mining
 37 424 22,057,189 1,000
 Construction
 19,089 178,076 9,360,657,981 1,011
 Construction of buildings
 6,551 40,598 2,341,289,026 1,109
 Heavy and civil engineering construction
 1,059 16,806 928,760,952 1,063
 Specialty trade contractors
 11,479 120,672 6,090,608,003 971
 Manufacturing
 4,095 128,440 7,945,238,301 1,190
 Food manufacturing
 361 15,366 655,416,954 820
 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
 62 3,752 172,436,395 884
 Textile mills
 41 1,089 39,607,152 699
 Textile product mills
 124 945 34,976,229 712
 Apparel manufacturing
 57 1,382 40,394,997 562
 Leather and allied product manufacturing
 13 168 6,519,664 746
 Wood product manufacturing
 139 2,761 108,067,931 753
 Paper manufacturing
 51 4,228 196,955,862 896
 Printing and related support activities
 639 12,231 636,540,294 1,001
 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
 35 767 47,651,062 1,195
 Chemical manufacturing
 246 12,350 1,016,199,056 1,582
 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
 103 6,808 366,444,514 1,035
 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
 193 4,655 218,088,526 901
 Primary metal manufacturing
 52 3,559 246,535,938 1,332
 Fabricated metal product manufacturing
 482 10,345 511,542,686 951
 Machinery manufacturing
 229 7,482 449,200,458 1,155
 Computer and electronic product manufacturing
 323 21,588 2,128,517,647 1,896
 Electrical equipment and appliance mfg.
 79 2,241 131,856,868 1,132
 Transportation equipment manufacturing
 141 7,871 543,011,817 1,327
 Furniture and related product manufacturing
 260 3,636 138,384,869 732
 Miscellaneous manufacturing
 465 5,216 256,889,382 947
SERVICE PROVIDING 138,263 1,753,071 80,731,414,275 886
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
 34,125 461,249 17,943,132,612 748
 Utilities
 135 10,274 1,011,190,153 1,893
 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
 4,358 48,436 3,348,143,004 1,329
 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
 1,959 30,311 1,600,814,453 1,016
 Electronic markets and agents and brokers
 4,013 14,652 1,238,437,000 1,625
 Motor vehicle and parts dealers
 1,762 36,735 1,565,533,510 820
 Furniture and home furnishings stores
 1,142 11,357 376,912,655 638
 Electronics and appliance stores
 1,142 11,228 411,304,317 704
 Building material and garden supply stores
 1,201 24,107 815,355,900 650
 Food and beverage stores
 3,667 64,628 1,605,134,125 478
 Health and personal care stores
 1,786 18,072 581,738,809 619
 Gasoline stations
 1,382 9,710 197,432,223 391
 Clothing and clothing accessories stores
 2,664 30,117 530,390,179 339
 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores
 1,057 12,413 269,514,757 418
 General merchandise stores
 832 51,261 1,004,079,575 377
 Miscellaneous store retailers
 2,227 17,822 407,729,232 440
 Nonstore retailers
 723 5,457 215,251,973 759
 Air transportation
 70 4,394 281,697,425 1,233
 Rail transportation
 D D D D
 Water transportation
 37 577 47,628,744 1,587
 Truck transportation
 1,791 15,912 685,014,393 828
 Transit and ground passenger transportation
 752 9,987 254,333,642 490
 Pipeline transportation
 3 53 4,437,540 1,610
 Scenic and sightseeing transportation
 56 446 9,528,616 411
 Support activities for transportation
 706 10,570 563,132,941 1,025
 Postal service
 D D D D
 Couriers and messengers
 351 11,611 447,182,148 741
 Warehousing and storage
 279 10,904 464,037,416 818
 Information
 2,715 49,820 3,336,494,015 1,288
 Publishing industries, except Internet
 751 12,073 736,094,209 1,173
 Motion picture and sound recording industries
 402 4,695 121,150,994 496
 Broadcasting, except Internet
 142 4,986 484,440,796 1,868
 Telecommunications
 875 20,913 1,539,040,033 1,415
 ISPs, search portals, and data processing
 349 5,671 348,566,115 1,182
 Other information services
 196 1,482 107,201,868 1,391
 Financial Activities
 15,510 149,220 10,376,470,877 1,337
 Monetary authorities - central bank
 8 311 20,999,113 1,298
 Credit intermediation and related activities
 4,198 51,170 2,939,083,387 1,105
 Securities, commodity contracts, investments
 1,373 15,928 2,498,625,904 3,017
 Insurance carriers and related activities
 3,033 34,119 2,459,410,832 1,386
 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles
 173 1,507 98,393,527 1,256
 Real estate
 5,579 33,148 1,805,195,681 1,047
 Rental and leasing services
 1,092 12,684 529,754,494 803
 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
 54 353 25,007,939 1,362
 Professional and Business Services
 36,329 398,952 25,063,169,209 1,208
 Professional and technical services
 25,053 226,206 17,833,882,712 1,516
 Management of companies and enterprises
 474 21,135 1,907,875,894 1,736
 Administrative and support services
 10,267 143,903 4,963,184,369 663
 Waste management and remediation services
 535 7,708 358,226,234 894
 Education and Health Services
 17,193 367,671 16,683,401,452 873
 Educational services
 2,312 58,718 2,625,074,714 860
 Ambulatory health care services
 10,498 100,920 5,769,445,080 1,099
 Hospitals
 154 98,260 5,089,134,363 996
 Nursing and residential care facilities
 1,454 65,206 2,028,285,509 598
 Social assistance
 2,775 44,567 1,171,461,786 505
 Leisure and Hospitality
 13,383 236,048 4,428,239,284 361
 Performing arts and spectator sports
 782 7,465 428,978,327 1,105
 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks
 100 1,769 46,461,615 505
 Amusements, gambling, and recreation
 1,494 27,192 487,678,628 345
 Accommodation
 792 24,433 650,382,907 512
 Food services and drinking places
 10,215 175,189 2,814,737,807 309
 Other Services
 19,008 90,111 2,900,506,826 619
 Repair and maintenance
 4,408 24,281 959,354,802 760
 Personal and laundry services
 4,002 31,765 718,977,491 435
 Membership associations and organizations
 2,738 25,324 1,040,101,224 790
 Private households
 7,860 8,741 182,073,309 401
UNCLASSIFIED 791 876 47,194,393 1,036