Employment and Wages by County in Maryland, First Quarter 2008

Map of Average Weekly Wages in Maryland

County Employment Average weekly wage
March 2008 Percent change,
March 2007-2008		 Rank by percent change
First quarter 2008 Rank by wage level Percent change,
first quarter 2007-2008		 Rank by percent change

Nationwide

 134,761,094 0.4   $905   2.4  

Statewide

 2,530,333 0.0   963   2.8  

Allegany

29,310 -0.4 13 602 21 4.7 2

Anne Arundel

232,502 1.0 4 928 5 3.2 9

Baltimore County

 374,660 0.0 10 901 7 2.3 14

Calvert

22,002 0.5 7 776 11 0.0 22

Caroline

8,861 -1.1 18 610 20 2.0 18

Carroll

57,092 0.8 6 646 17 2.4 12

Cecil

30,889 0.9 5 789 10 1.8 19

Charles

41,979 0.1 9 720 12 3.3 7

Dorchester

11,336 -1.5 22 637 19 0.3 21

Frederick

94,077 0.0 10 863 8 4.0 5

Garrett

11,563 -0.7 15 525 24 5.6 1

Harford

82,226 -1.2 21 826 9 3.3 7

Howard

147,945 1.6 3 1,025 3 2.3 14

Kent

8,160 -3.1 24 645 18 3.2 9

Montgomery

455,694 -0.4 13 1,238 1 2.1 17

Prince George's

314,503 0.2 8 913 6 2.9 11

Queen Anne's

13,813 -0.9 17 597 22 2.4 12

St. Mary's

39,720 2.4 2 965 4 4.2 3

Somerset

7,085 -0.8 16 657 16 1.5 20

Talbot

19,312 2.6 1 667 14 -0.6 24

Washington

65,900 -1.1 18 684 13 -0.3 23

Wicomico

46,865 -0.2 12 663 15 3.4 6

Worcester

20,749 -1.7 23 550 23 2.2 16

Baltimore City

 340,712 -1.1 18 1,033 2 4.2 3

 

Last Modified Date: November 3, 2008