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Maryland Portion of D.C. 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
         
Maryland Portion of D.C. Metropolitan Area        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 60,140 928,853  $49,838,671,389 $1,032
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 1,081 194,490 12,851,360,361 1,271
Federal Government 357 72,858 6,575,173,659 1,736
State Government 38 19,174 855,518,646 858
Local Government 686 102,458 5,420,668,056 1,017
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 59,059 734,363 36,987,311,028 969
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 7,894 109,985 6,636,899,391 1,160
 Natural Resources and Mining
 141 1,739 69,006,238 763
 Crop production
 35 505 14,654,870 558
 Animal production
 33 391 12,586,696 619
 Forestry and logging
 9 44 1,413,225 618
 Fishing, hunting and trapping
 D D D D
 Agriculture and forestry support activities
 41 177 5,761,589 626
 Oil and gas extraction
 D D D D
 Mining, except oil and gas
 13 530 30,404,870 1,103
 Support activities for mining
 8 73 3,425,512 902
 Construction
 6,594 76,704 4,256,558,957 1,067
 Construction of buildings
 2,305 18,645 1,161,998,964 1,199
 Heavy and civil engineering construction
 298 6,186 355,960,009 1,107
 Specialty trade contractors
 3,991 51,873 2,738,599,984 1,015
 Manufacturing
 1,159 31,542 2,311,334,196 1,409
 Food manufacturing
 89 2,146 77,547,149 695
 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
 22 1,170 51,477,213 846
 Textile mills
 11 210 9,691,218 887
 Textile product mills
 37 341 13,574,845 766
 Apparel manufacturing
 14 51 1,308,254 493
 Leather and allied product manufacturing
 D D D D
 Wood product manufacturing
 28 604 27,214,738 867
 Paper manufacturing
 9 190 9,130,687 924
 Printing and related support activities
 227 5,315 293,376,270 1,062
 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
 D D D D
 Chemical manufacturing
 60 3,459 388,030,035 2,157
 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
 9 224 10,133,088 870
 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
 59 1,129 52,861,120 900
 Primary metal manufacturing
 8 59 4,206,962 1,371
 Fabricated metal product manufacturing
 109 2,678 141,464,865 1,016
 Machinery manufacturing
 38 925 46,337,593 963
 Computer and electronic product manufacturing
 128 9,398 954,194,729 1,953
 Electrical equipment and appliance mfg.
 12 223 13,880,949 1,197
 Transportation equipment manufacturing
 29 1,099 90,945,211 1,591
 Furniture and related product manufacturing
 84 859 38,189,769 855
 Miscellaneous manufacturing
 176 1,220 72,256,073 1,139
SERVICE PROVIDING 50,721 623,781 30,323,969,380 935
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
 9,961 154,103 5,797,609,352 724
 Utilities
 44 3,112 262,444,538 1,622
 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
 1,213 15,298 1,104,742,982 1,389
 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
 492 7,231 398,911,918 1,061
 Electronic markets and agents and brokers
 409 2,386 182,673,816 1,472
 Motor vehicle and parts dealers
 541 14,326 644,332,337 865
 Furniture and home furnishings stores
 467 4,832 161,093,642 641
 Electronics and appliance stores
 429 4,676 183,031,344 753
 Building material and garden supply stores
 393 9,391 343,409,249 703
 Food and beverage stores
 1,247 25,179 678,726,756 518
 Health and personal care stores
 645 6,286 189,680,445 580
 Gasoline stations
 495 3,356 76,562,903 439
 Clothing and clothing accessories stores
 941 10,815 183,795,769 327
 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores
 383 5,057 109,940,675 418
 General merchandise stores
 266 17,839 359,964,835 388
 Miscellaneous store retailers
 724 6,248 143,022,720 440
 Nonstore retailers
 220 1,450 63,525,282 843
 Air transportation
 6 44 1,873,412 819
 Water transportation
 12 155 17,095,467 2,121
 Truck transportation
 442 3,427 131,783,443 740
 Transit and ground passenger transportation
 D D D D
 Pipeline transportation
 D D D D
 Scenic and sightseeing transportation
 15 104 2,546,298 471
 Support activities for transportation
 168 1,782 124,293,584 1,341
 Postal service
 D D D D
 Couriers and messengers
 129 5,687 211,007,532 714
 Warehousing and storage
 81 2,913 151,223,464 998
 Information
 988 21,277 1,656,902,955 1,498
 Publishing industries, except Internet
 274 4,925 336,913,326 1,316
 Motion picture and sound recording industries
 168 1,408 46,866,900 640
 Broadcasting, except Internet
 39 2,554 315,227,546 2,374
 Telecommunications
 323 9,087 710,340,931 1,503
 ISPs, search portals, and data processing
 132 2,661 194,698,832 1,407
 Other information services
 52 642 52,855,420 1,583
 Financial Activities
 5,561 56,542 4,053,882,360 1,379
 Monetary authorities - central bank
 D D D D
 Credit intermediation and related activities
 1,492 18,757 1,185,497,485 1,215
 Securities, commodity contracts, investments
 455 4,931 729,432,672 2,845
 Insurance carriers and related activities
 948 12,149 958,613,872 1,517
 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles
 57 606 40,531,945 1,286
 Real estate
 2,203 15,369 946,493,399 1,184
 Rental and leasing services
 387 4,610 184,520,216 770
 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets
 D D D D
 Professional and Business Services
 13,162 164,011 11,092,896,338 1,301
 Professional and technical services
 9,394 96,921 8,062,890,075 1,600
 Management of companies and enterprises
 133 10,730 997,624,107 1,788
 Administrative and support services
 3,471 53,461 1,895,465,701 682
 Waste management and remediation services
 164 2,899 136,916,455 908
 Education and Health Services
 6,780 107,454 4,881,171,448 874
 Educational services
 D D D D
 Ambulatory health care services
 4,384 37,411 2,312,829,594 1,189
 Hospitals
 42 19,637 1,024,301,172 1,003
 Nursing and residential care facilities
 508 21,774 655,529,459 579
 Social assistance
 D D D D
 Leisure and Hospitality
 4,458 83,155 1,550,673,793 359
 Performing arts and spectator sports
 D D D D
 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks
 D D D D
 Amusements, gambling, and recreation
 445 9,705 193,117,062 383
 Accommodation
 209 8,743 288,178,239 634
 Food services and drinking places
 3,522 61,467 990,274,032 310
 Other Services
 9,811 37,239 1,290,833,134 667
 Repair and maintenance
 1,494 8,150 335,985,886 793
 Personal and laundry services
 1,481 12,439 292,954,030 453
 Membership associations and organizations
 922 10,310 532,825,476 994
 Private households
 5,914 6,340 129,067,742 392
UNCLASSIFIED 444 597 26,442,257 852