Maryland state Economy Profile

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Maryland state Economy

The number of private wage and salary workers in Maryland equals 1,880,604. Government workers comprise 22.3% of workers in Maryland. Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business make up 5.4% of Maryland labor force. There are 5,473 unpaid family workers in Maryland.

6.95% of population are involved in construction, 7.26% are in manufacturing, and two point seven eight percent are in wholesale trade. 12.41% of labor force provide professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Maryland. Six point eight percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, in Maryland.

sixty-seven point seven eight percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Maryland. 73.73% of Maryland workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. Three point three five percent of Maryland residents work at home. 7.22% use public transportation (including taxicab).

	Maryland	%, Maryland	United States
Population 16 years and over	4,085,942		217,168,077
In labor force	2,769,525	67.78%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,737,359	66.99%	63.39%
- - Employed	2,608,457	63.84%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	128,902	3.15%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.7		5.8
- Armed Forces	32,166	0.79%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,316,417	32.22%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	2,150,812	52.64%	51.66%
In labor force	1,351,034	33.07%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,344,224	32.9%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,280,037	31.33%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	402,876	9.86%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	260,316		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,591,670		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	1,910,917	73.73%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	320,992	12.39%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	187,246	7.22%	4.73%
Walked	64,852	2.5%	2.93%
Other means	20,960	0.81%	1.19%
Worked at home	86,703	3.35%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	31.2		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	2,608,457		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,076,233	41.26%	33.65%
Service occupations	363,833	13.95%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	688,728	26.4%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	6,886	0.26%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	224,355	8.6%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	248,422	9.52%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	16,178	0.62%	1.87%
Construction	181,280	6.95%	6.78%
Manufacturing	189,327	7.26%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	72,621	2.78%	3.6%
Retail trade	273,339	10.48%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	127,294	4.88%	5.2%
Information	103,351	3.96%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	186,159	7.14%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	323,834	12.41%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	538,350	20.64%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	177,341	6.8%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	145,424	5.58%	4.87%
Public administration	273,959	10.5%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	1,880,604	72.1%	78.47%
Government workers	581,611	22.3%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	140,769	5.4%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	5,473	0.21%	0.31%

	Maryland	%, Maryland	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,981,795		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	137,199	6.92%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	83,328	4.2%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	188,104	9.49%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	212,135	10.7%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	305,987	15.44%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	427,180	21.56%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	268,558	13.55%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	230,285	11.62%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	69,102	3.49%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	59,917	3.02%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	52,868		41,994
With earnings	1,660,631	40.64%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	66,315		56,604
With Social Security income	446,560	10.93%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,170		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	66,919	1.64%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,361		6,320
With public assistance income	47,643	1.17%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,729		3,032
With retirement income	370,945	9.08%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	21,370		17,376
Families	1,368,647		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	55,996	4.09%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	36,235	2.65%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	101,330	7.4%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	127,850	9.34%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	200,870	14.68%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	316,596	23.13%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	218,983	16.0%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	197,790	14.45%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	60,552	4.42%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	52,445	3.83%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	61,876		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	25,614		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	41,640		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	32,155		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	83,232		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	64,063	76.97%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	30,328	36.44%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	49,841		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	43,754	87.79%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	20,403	40.94%	42.27%
Individuals	438,676		33,899,812
18 years and over	296,799	67.66%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	48,854	11.14%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	135,892	30.98%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	95,561	21.78%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	160,929	36.69%	31.63%

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