St. Mary's County, MD

FIPS 24037 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, St. Mary's County had an annual average of 49,114 jobs across 2,184 establishments, paying $4.2 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

49,114

+3.2% YoY

Establishments

2,184

Total Wages

$4.2B

Avg Annual Pay

$85,380

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 St. Mary's County, MD, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
541 NAICS 541 11,825 393 $2,158 $1,325.9M
928 NAICS 928 9,897 4 $2,534 $1,303.9M
722 NAICS 722 3,400 175 $467 $82.5M
621 NAICS 621 1,821 135 $1,938 $182.5M
561 NAICS 561 1,771 109 $1,577 $145.2M
238 NAICS 238 1,596 168 $1,453 $120.5M
445 NAICS 445 1,294 70 $571 $38.4M
455 NAICS 455 1,187 32 $559 $33.6M
623 NAICS 623 1,063 24 $1,035 $57.3M
441 NAICS 441 683 42 $1,096 $38.9M
611 NAICS 611 599 37 $858 $26.7M
488 NAICS 488 413 20 $1,879 $40.3M
812 NAICS 812 396 55 $620 $12.7M
444 NAICS 444 377 15 $853 $16.7M
457 NAICS 457 367 23 $934 $12.6M
236 NAICS 236 360 70 $1,630 $30.6M
459 NAICS 459 344 38 $504 $9.0M
811 NAICS 811 316 56 $1,108 $18.2M
485 NAICS 485 290 45 $867 $13.1M
551 NAICS 551 282 6 $947 $13.9M
721 NAICS 721 277 15 $582 $8.4M
522 NAICS 522 274 34 $1,440 $20.5M
456 NAICS 456 273 32 $739 $10.5M
926 NAICS 926 266 12 $2,643 $22.5M
458 NAICS 458 236 14 $678 $8.3M
524 NAICS 524 230 23 $2,173 $26.0M
713 NAICS 713 227 27 $387 $4.6M
813 NAICS 813 216 28 $790 $8.9M
531 NAICS 531 207 71 $1,188 $12.8M
423 NAICS 423 172 23 $1,509 $13.5M
237 NAICS 237 160 15 $1,419 $11.8M
449 NAICS 449 149 18 $722 $5.6M
491 NAICS 491 145 26 $1,177 $8.9M
424 NAICS 424 140 12 $1,115 $8.1M
332 NAICS 332 138 10 $1,119 $8.0M
814 NAICS 814 73 25 $673 $2.6M
922 NAICS 922 69 3 $1,059 $3.8M
484 NAICS 484 66 16 $1,071 $3.7M
562 NAICS 562 50 9 $1,430 $3.7M
532 NAICS 532 46 8 $891 $2.1M
513 NAICS 513 43 6 $2,499 $5.6M
923 NAICS 923 41 3 $2,469 $5.2M
312 NAICS 312 34 4 $470 $0.8M
921 NAICS 921 30 2 $2,803 $4.4M
336 NAICS 336 28 4 $5,847 $8.6M
339 NAICS 339 27 3 $1,015 $1.4M
111 NAICS 111 24 11 $874 $1.1M
334 NAICS 334 16 4 $1,984 $1.7M
113 NAICS 113 14 5 $1,000 $0.7M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

10,461

jobs · $129,176 avg pay

State Government

1,133

jobs · $63,507 avg pay

Local Government

4,268

jobs · $63,534 avg pay

Private

33,252

jobs · $75,153 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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