Cecil County, MD

FIPS 24015 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Cecil County had an annual average of 36,713 jobs across 1,963 establishments, paying $2.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

36,713

+16% YoY

Establishments

1,963

Total Wages

$2.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$63,482

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Cecil County, MD, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 3,304 148 $464 $79.6M
611 NAICS 611 3,071 56 $1,345 $200.5M
923 NAICS 923 2,207 5 $2,516 $288.9M
713 NAICS 713 1,698 37 $593 $52.4M
561 NAICS 561 1,458 113 $941 $71.3M
445 NAICS 445 1,300 64 $670 $45.3M
621 NAICS 621 1,211 124 $1,100 $69.3M
921 NAICS 921 1,064 9 $2,163 $70.4M
484 NAICS 484 988 55 $1,421 $73.0M
455 NAICS 455 974 26 $612 $31.0M
622 NAICS 622 972 1 $1,948 $98.5M
423 NAICS 423 958 47 $1,365 $68.0M
238 NAICS 238 706 128 $1,246 $45.7M
424 NAICS 424 703 26 $1,308 $47.8M
624 NAICS 624 635 65 $738 $24.3M
111 NAICS 111 540 13 $842 $23.7M
541 NAICS 541 539 173 $1,438 $40.0M
811 NAICS 811 454 78 $1,094 $25.8M
457 NAICS 457 378 32 $668 $13.1M
441 NAICS 441 376 24 $1,102 $21.5M
812 NAICS 812 301 47 $616 $9.6M
444 NAICS 444 285 18 $795 $11.8M
721 NAICS 721 252 22 $633 $8.3M
459 NAICS 459 250 28 $580 $7.5M
926 NAICS 926 234 7 $1,944 $23.5M
531 NAICS 531 227 69 $1,024 $12.1M
813 NAICS 813 193 35 $636 $6.4M
115 NAICS 115 192 14 $847 $8.5M
522 NAICS 522 176 39 $1,545 $14.2M
456 NAICS 456 168 22 $720 $6.3M
524 NAICS 524 155 33 $1,286 $10.3M
485 NAICS 485 148 10 $748 $5.7M
449 NAICS 449 137 15 $1,047 $7.5M
221 NAICS 221 136 7 $2,590 $18.3M
491 NAICS 491 131 16 $1,334 $9.1M
488 NAICS 488 130 15 $1,177 $8.0M
112 NAICS 112 109 7 $808 $4.6M
312 NAICS 312 109 10 $718 $4.1M
332 NAICS 332 104 10 $1,204 $6.5M
922 NAICS 922 87 3 $1,087 $4.9M
321 NAICS 321 84 6 $1,085 $4.8M
562 NAICS 562 76 12 $1,291 $5.1M
517 NAICS 517 73 4 $1,558 $5.9M
458 NAICS 458 35 6 $332 $0.6M
314 NAICS 314 34 6 $1,337 $2.3M
425 NAICS 425 30 10 $1,365 $2.1M
551 NAICS 551 26 9 $1,885 $2.6M
814 NAICS 814 25 16 $590 $0.8M
928 NAICS 928 24 1 $2,166 $2.8M
532 NAICS 532 16 5 $1,006 $0.8M
518 NAICS 518 15 6 $2,106 $1.7M
327 NAICS 327 15 4 $1,819 $1.5M
513 NAICS 513 9 10 $2,433 $1.2M
924 NAICS 924 2 1 $1,847 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

3,382

jobs · $119,040 avg pay

State Government

557

jobs · $76,323 avg pay

Local Government

3,742

jobs · $68,059 avg pay

Private

29,032

jobs · $56,173 avg pay

MD Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

4.4%

April 2026

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