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DLLR's Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning

 

Where Workers Live and Work by Workforce Investment Area (WIA)

 

Available in Adobe Acrobat format (download Adobe Reader for free) and Word format (download Word viewer for free)

Most workers commute from home to their jobs. These "Labor Shed" (where workers live) and "Commuter Shed" (where residents work) graphics provide planners, economic development specialists, job seekers, employers, transportation authorities and a host of other users with information needed to understand the commuting patterns of workers. Data used to develop the Labor Shed and Commuter Shed graphics was extracted from the U.S. Census Bureau, Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Origin-Destination Data Base which is utilized in LED's OnTheMap application. The employment data used in this application is derived from administrative records maintained by partnering states and submitted to the U.S. Census Bureau. The data covers private sector and state and local government employment only; federal employment is excluded.

In developing counts of jobs, LED focuses on primary wage and salary jobs, that is, the highest paying job for an individual worker for the year. The count of primary jobs is construed to be a measurement for the count of workers.

Data for the District of Columbia (DC), a recently recruited partner state, while currently being processed for use in LED applications, is not yet in regular production. For this reason, Commuter Shed Maps do not individually highlight the commuting of Marylanders to DC. The impact of this data gap, however, is lessened by the fact that workers from Maryland, as well as from other states, characteristically commute to DC for federal employment - a data component which, again, is not a component of the LED database.

Additional information/exploration on the LED program.

 

Where Workers Live

  • Maryland
    PDF (113KB)
    Word (60KB)
  • Anne Arundel County WIA
    PDF (60KB)
    Word (112KB)
  • Baltimore City WIA
    PDF (60KB)
    Word (113KB)
  • Baltimore County WIA
    PDF (60KB)
    Word (113KB)
  • Frederick County WIA
    PDF (62KB)
    Word (11KB)
  • Lower Shore WIA
    (Somerset, Wicomico & Worcester counties)
    PDF (62KB)
    Word (117KB)
  • Mid-Maryland WIA
    (Carroll & Howard counties)
    PDF (62KB)
    Word (119KB)
  • Montgomery County WIA
    PDF (61KB)
    Word (109KB)
  • Prince George's County WIA
    PDF (64KB)
    Word (112KB)
  • Southern Maryland WIA
    (Calvert, Charles & St. Mary's counties)
    PDF (61KB)
    Word (116KB)
  • Susquehanna WIA
    (Cecil & Harford counties)
    PDF (62KB)
    Word (114KB)
  • Upper Shore WIA
    (Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's & Talbot counties)
    PDF (60KB)
    Word (114KB)
  • Western Maryland WIA
    (Allegany, Garrett & Washington counties)
    PDF (60KB)
    Word (111KB)

Where Residents Work

  • Maryland
    PDF (62KB)
    Word (121KB)
  • Anne Arundel County WIA
    PDF (63KB)
    Word (117KB)
  • Baltimore City WIA
    PDF (64KB)
    Word (120KB)
  • Baltimore County WIA
    PDF (64KB)
    Word (119KB)
  • Frederick County WIA
    PDF (63KB)
    Word (114KB)
  • Lower Shore WIA
    (Somerset, Wicomico & Worcester counties)
    PDF (62B)
    Word (119KB)
  • Mid-Maryland WIA
    (Carroll & Howard counties)
    PDF (64KB)
    Word (121KB)
  • Montgomery County WIA
    PDF (65KB)
    Word (120KB)
  • Prince George's County WIA
    PDF (68KB)
    Word (1119KB)
  • Southern Maryland WIA
    (Calvert, Charles & St. Mary's counties)
    PDF (62KB)
    Word (122KB)
  • Susquehanna WIA
    (Cecil & Harford counties)
    PDF (62KB)
    Word (119KB)
  • Upper Shore WIA
    (Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's & Talbot counties)
    PDF (63KB)
    Word (115KB)
  • Western Maryland WIA
    (Allegany, Garrett & Washington counties)
    PDF (62KB)
    Word (111KB)
 

Inquiries regarding methodology, additional information, or general assistance may be directed to:

Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning
Office of Workforce Information and Performance
1100 North Eutaw Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
(410) 767-2250

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