Dorchester County, MD

FIPS 24019 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Dorchester County had an annual average of 9,668 jobs across 770 establishments, paying $0.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

9,668

-17.6% YoY

Establishments

770

Total Wages

$0.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$48,918

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 Dorchester County, MD, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
311 NAICS 311 2,092 13 $971 $105.7M
611 NAICS 611 955 20 $1,288 $61.3M
621 NAICS 621 504 41 $2,197 $33.1M
623 NAICS 623 405 13 $904 $19.0M
238 NAICS 238 335 57 $999 $17.4M
455 NAICS 455 318 9 $606 $10.0M
561 NAICS 561 311 32 $771 $12.5M
441 NAICS 441 309 15 $1,193 $19.2M
332 NAICS 332 298 10 $1,556 $24.1M
445 NAICS 445 280 26 $546 $7.9M
423 NAICS 423 216 16 $1,344 $15.1M
424 NAICS 424 185 15 $885 $8.5M
484 NAICS 484 168 26 $1,167 $10.2M
811 NAICS 811 132 26 $1,100 $7.5M
531 NAICS 531 127 27 $710 $4.7M
524 NAICS 524 122 18 $1,856 $11.8M
457 NAICS 457 101 10 $528 $2.8M
485 NAICS 485 99 13 $834 $4.3M
236 NAICS 236 95 23 $942 $4.7M
237 NAICS 237 92 7 $1,289 $6.2M
522 NAICS 522 84 18 $1,018 $4.4M
459 NAICS 459 76 8 $606 $2.4M
444 NAICS 444 76 11 $716 $2.8M
456 NAICS 456 71 8 $728 $2.7M
812 NAICS 812 69 15 $478 $1.7M
491 NAICS 491 68 12 $1,235 $4.4M
813 NAICS 813 60 15 $418 $1.3M
111 NAICS 111 46 10 $804 $1.9M
115 NAICS 115 40 4 $769 $1.6M
449 NAICS 449 28 5 $982 $1.4M
926 NAICS 926 27 3 $2,132 $3.0M
221 NAICS 221 27 3 $2,492 $3.5M
924 NAICS 924 26 2 $2,047 $2.7M
532 NAICS 532 25 5 $637 $0.8M
923 NAICS 923 12 1 $1,899 $1.2M
458 NAICS 458 8 3 $645 $0.3M
928 NAICS 928 8 1 $2,963 $1.2M
425 NAICS 425 5 4 $1,532 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

186

jobs · $94,884 avg pay

Private

9,482

jobs · $48,018 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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