ECONOMY

EMPLOYMENT


State Jobs	Job Service	Labor Force


Unemployment Insurance Offices	Wages

Information about employment within State government agencies is available from the Office of Personnel Services and Benefits of the Department of Budget and Management.

In Maryland, State agencies concerned with employment (including unemployment insurance & job-seeker assistance) are the Division of Employment and Training, and the Division of Labor and Industry. Both are part of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.

LABOR FORCE - TOTAL EMPLOYED (annual averages)
			1997	1998	1999
Maryland			2,231,499	2,284,671	2,347,638
Private Sector nonmanufacturing industry			1,645,289 (73.7%)	1,687,246 (73.8%)	1,744,916 (74.3%)
	services		710,287	737,058	766,113
		trade (wholesale)	110,300	110,795	112,958
		trade (retail)	426,555	430,447	435,939
	contract construction		137,820	140,815	149,808
	finance, insurance, real estate		131,161	134,394	139,642
	transportation, communications, public utilities		103,126	103,892	108,446
	other		26,070	29,745	32,010
Public Sector			409,488 (18.4%)	419,274 (18.4%)	425,860 (18.1%)
	local government		195,356	203,116	207,284
	state government		89,662	89,483	91,634
	federal government		125,470	126,675	126,942
Private Sector manufacturing			176,722 (7.9%)	178,051 (7.8%)	176,862 (7.5%)

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE (annual averages)*
1997		1998	1999	2000
Employment (in & out of state)	2,648,000	2,625,286	2,667,735	2,735,462
Unemployment	142,000 (5.1%)	125,175 (4.6%)	97,909 (3.5%)	95,190 (3.4%)
TOTAL	2,789,000	2,750,461	2,765,644	2,830,652

* Maryland residents aged 16 and older.

WAGES (weekly averages)
			1997	1998	1999
Maryland			$611	$640	$663
Private Sector nonmanufacturing industry
	services		$595	$622	$651
		trade (wholesale)	$794	$844	$891
		trade (retail)	$328	$345	$355
	contract construction		$629	$669	$702
	finance, insurance, real estate		$824	$874	$916
	transportation, communications, public utilities		$734	$773	$796
	other		$445	$506	$555
Public Sector
	local government		$612	$629	$644
	state government		$620	$640	$675
	federal government		$861	$1,006	$974
Private Sector manufacturing			$763	$802	$830