EMPLOYMENT


Job Service	Labor Force	Unemployment Insurance Offices	Wages

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.

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

LABOR FORCE - TOTAL EMPLOYED (annual averages)
1997				1998
Maryland			2,231,499	2,284,671
Nonmanufacturing Industry (private sector)			1,645,289 (73.7%)	1,687,246 (73.8%)
	services		710,287	737,058
		trade (wholesale)	110,300	110,795
		trade (retail)	426,555	430,447
	contract construction		137,820	140,815
	finance, insurance, real estate		131,161	134,394
	transportation, communications, public utilities		103,126	103,892
	other		26,070	29,745
Government			409,488 (18.4%)	419,274 (18.4%)
	local		195,356	203,116
	state		89,662	89,483
	federal		125,470	126,675
Manufacturing			176,722 (7.9%)	178,051 (7.8%)

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

* Maryland residents aged 16 and older.

WAGES (weekly averages)
1997				1998
Maryland			$611	$640
Nonmanufacturing Industry (private sector)
	services		$595	$622
		trade (wholesale)	$794	$844
		trade (retail)	$328	$345
	contract construction		$629	$669
	finance, insurance, real estate		$824	$874
	transportation, communications, public utilities		$734	$773
	other		$445	$506
Government (18.4%)
	local		$612	$629
	state		$620	$640
	federal		$861	$1,006
Manufacturing			$763	$802