Maryland · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Maryland

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Maryland, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Maryland had about 2,754,900 people on their payrolls across roughly 199,584 establishments, with average annual pay of $81,490.

Total employment in Maryland grew 9.6% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Maryland are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

2,754,900Employment, 2025
199,584Establishments
$81,490Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Maryland	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	6,237	0.2%	0.28	est. · 1.00
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	1,361	0.1%	0.13	est. · 0.99
23	Construction	165,305	6.0%	1.11	est. · 1.00
31-33	Manufacturing	113,287	4.1%	0.51	est. · 1.00
22	Utilities	10,536	0.4%	0.68	est. · 1.00
42	Wholesale Trade	85,479	3.1%	0.80	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	265,947	9.7%	0.97	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	122,703	4.5%	0.91	est. · 0.99
51	Information	38,220	1.4%	0.72	est. · 1.00
52	Finance and Insurance	82,818	3.0%	0.74	est. · 1.00
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	43,464	1.6%	1.00	est. · 1.00
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	279,440	10.1%	1.45	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	29,378	1.1%	0.64	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	167,288	6.1%	1.04	pub.
61	Educational Services	284,051	10.3%	1.21	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	428,193	15.5%	0.96	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	48,391	1.8%	0.90	est. · 0.99
72	Accommodation and Food Services	225,008	8.2%	0.89	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	94,262	3.4%	1.13	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	263,493	9.6%	1.89	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	2,754,879	199,584	$81,490	0.5%	pub.
2024	2,768,546	196,050	$78,941	2.3%	pub.
2023	2,705,183	190,185	$76,052	2.4%	pub.
2022	2,641,021	189,482	$73,667	2.3%	pub.
2021	2,581,194	176,625	$71,688	2.7%	pub.
2020	2,512,624	174,807	$68,879	6.9%	pub.
2019	2,698,113	176,160	$62,976	0.7%	pub.
2018	2,679,064	173,354	$61,151	1.0%	pub.
2017	2,653,569	172,188	$59,603	1.0%	pub.
2016	2,627,172	170,930	$58,106	1.4%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Maryland	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	245,697	8.9%	1.27
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	237,729	8.6%	1.29
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	143,207	5.2%	1.55
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	49,967	1.8%	1.09
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	43,960	1.6%	1.70
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	51,331	1.9%	1.10
23-0000	Legal occupations	29,676	1.1%	1.29
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	176,814	6.4%	1.10
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	35,738	1.3%	0.98
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	168,758	6.1%	0.97
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	109,747	4.0%	0.79
33-0000	Protective service occupations	79,180	2.9%	1.20
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	214,674	7.8%	0.89
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	85,070	3.1%	1.05
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	62,918	2.3%	1.10
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	219,053	8.0%	0.93
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	308,892	11.2%	0.95
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	3,096	0.1%	0.40
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	113,948	4.1%	1.00
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	94,740	3.4%	0.88
51-0000	Production occupations	66,881	2.4%	0.44
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	213,800	7.8%	0.88

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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