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Dorchester County - Fourth Quarter 2016 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

Industry FOURTH QUARTER 2016
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Dorchester County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 725   11,426   11,358   10,988 11,257  $113,692,055 $777
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 50 2,340 2,329 2,347 2,339 29,695,100 977
Federal Government 19 177 175 177 176 3,175,953 1,388
State Government 8 776 774 764 771 10,739,406 1,071
Local Government 23 1,387 1,380 1,406 1,391 15,779,741 873
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 675 9,086 9,029 8,641 8,919 83,996,955 724
GOODS-PRODUCING 141 2,971 2,993 2,923 2,962 31,402,514 816
 Natural Resources and Mining
23 275 265 197 246 2,859,727 894
 Construction
82 495 501 515 504 5,423,540 828
 Manufacturing
36 2,201 2,227 2,211 2,213 23,119,247 804
SERVICE PROVIDING 534 6,115 6,036 5,718 5,956 52,594,441 679
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
181 2,078 2,055 1,821 1,985 16,676,965 646
 Information
9 118 126 127 124 881,962 547
 Financial Activities
55 307 302 305 305 3,413,190 861
 Professional and Business Services
82 597 604 623 608 7,764,654 982
 Education and Health Services
62 1,383 1,369 1,290 1,347 14,997,133 856
 Leisure and Hospitality
78 1,376 1,329 1,297 1,334 7,329,377 423
 Other Services
67 256 251 255 254 1,531,160 464