Washington County, MD

FIPS 24043 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Washington County had an annual average of 64,205 jobs across 3,704 establishments, paying $3.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

64,205

+2.3% YoY

Establishments

3,704

Total Wages

$3.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$58,253

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 Washington County, MD, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 1 — —
611 NAICS 611 4,957 98 $1,088 $272.3M
722 NAICS 722 4,588 306 $477 $113.9M
621 NAICS 621 3,712 261 $2,221 $340.6M
561 NAICS 561 3,250 206 $798 $134.9M
492 NAICS 492 2,991 22 $837 $130.1M
623 NAICS 623 2,176 43 $920 $104.1M
238 NAICS 238 2,096 222 $1,187 $129.4M
333 NAICS 333 2,066 13 $1,769 $190.0M
455 NAICS 455 1,788 47 $549 $51.1M
445 NAICS 445 1,718 110 $566 $50.6M
921 NAICS 921 1,668 15 $2,563 $112.6M
541 NAICS 541 1,631 337 $1,292 $109.6M
484 NAICS 484 1,599 103 $1,272 $105.7M
444 NAICS 444 1,476 34 $825 $63.3M
522 NAICS 522 1,420 76 $1,655 $122.2M
812 NAICS 812 1,396 105 $784 $56.9M
441 NAICS 441 1,196 60 $1,387 $86.3M
922 NAICS 922 1,069 6 $2,878 $118.2M
423 NAICS 423 1,039 104 $1,598 $86.4M
459 NAICS 459 982 88 $616 $31.5M
457 NAICS 457 867 48 $648 $29.2M
811 NAICS 811 814 116 $1,028 $43.5M
326 NAICS 326 792 11 $1,439 $59.3M
551 NAICS 551 781 30 $2,453 $99.7M
458 NAICS 458 738 68 $495 $19.0M
713 NAICS 713 702 37 $372 $13.6M
424 NAICS 424 659 37 $1,104 $37.8M
332 NAICS 332 559 21 $1,203 $35.0M
721 NAICS 721 558 34 $509 $14.8M
813 NAICS 813 550 63 $712 $20.4M
923 NAICS 923 509 6 $2,449 $40.8M
524 NAICS 524 502 65 $1,696 $44.3M
237 NAICS 237 490 22 $1,382 $35.2M
323 NAICS 323 487 7 $1,169 $29.6M
493 NAICS 493 487 9 $932 $23.6M
236 NAICS 236 474 95 $1,115 $27.5M
325 NAICS 325 404 8 $1,542 $32.4M
456 NAICS 456 394 48 $810 $16.6M
449 NAICS 449 386 42 $1,026 $20.6M
531 NAICS 531 374 103 $965 $18.8M
312 NAICS 312 311 14 $939 $15.2M
337 NAICS 337 300 6 $1,066 $16.6M
322 NAICS 322 286 3 $1,347 $20.1M
711 NAICS 711 244 21 $791 $10.1M
532 NAICS 532 238 32 $1,024 $12.7M
221 NAICS 221 220 8 $2,285 $26.1M
327 NAICS 327 219 7 $2,808 $31.9M
491 NAICS 491 217 16 $1,276 $14.4M
488 NAICS 488 189 19 $1,395 $13.7M
562 NAICS 562 158 12 $1,486 $12.2M
926 NAICS 926 150 14 $2,550 $19.9M
517 NAICS 517 148 11 $1,500 $11.6M
112 NAICS 112 141 12 $1,093 $8.0M
518 NAICS 518 140 6 $2,360 $17.2M
712 NAICS 712 136 8 $1,939 $11.9M
321 NAICS 321 107 9 $1,110 $6.2M
485 NAICS 485 100 14 $1,088 $5.7M
111 NAICS 111 85 17 $771 $3.4M
513 NAICS 513 84 18 $1,251 $5.5M
425 NAICS 425 63 19 $1,846 $6.1M
339 NAICS 339 41 9 $1,589 $3.4M
334 NAICS 334 31 8 $1,027 $1.7M
928 NAICS 928 28 1 $1,907 $2.7M
115 NAICS 115 24 8 $903 $1.1M
814 NAICS 814 22 24 $1,073 $1.2M
314 NAICS 314 19 6 $731 $0.7M
481 NAICS 481 11 4 $1,403 $0.8M
924 NAICS 924 6 1 $1,879 $0.6M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

634

jobs · $101,871 avg pay

State Government

1,749

jobs · $96,514 avg pay

Local Government

6,307

jobs · $58,861 avg pay

Private

55,515

jobs · $56,479 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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