Worcester County, MD

FIPS 24047 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Worcester County had an annual average of 22,853 jobs across 2,399 establishments, paying $1.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

22,853

+4.7% YoY

Establishments

2,399

Total Wages

$1.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$43,362

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 Worcester County, MD, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
928 NAICS 928 — — — —
722 NAICS 722 5,910 383 $593 $182.2M
721 NAICS 721 2,466 112 $729 $93.5M
611 NAICS 611 1,708 36 $1,253 $105.5M
713 NAICS 713 1,222 58 $683 $43.4M
921 NAICS 921 1,218 11 $1,116 $70.7M
455 NAICS 455 948 22 $582 $28.7M
541 NAICS 541 931 235 $1,209 $58.6M
621 NAICS 621 826 99 $2,305 $52.6M
445 NAICS 445 825 84 $718 $30.8M
238 NAICS 238 770 134 $1,043 $41.8M
561 NAICS 561 720 104 $975 $36.5M
531 NAICS 531 595 150 $901 $27.9M
623 NAICS 623 587 16 $766 $23.4M
444 NAICS 444 504 26 $670 $17.5M
922 NAICS 922 431 13 $1,366 $29.3M
458 NAICS 458 429 85 $641 $14.3M
459 NAICS 459 417 68 $637 $13.8M
441 NAICS 441 319 22 $1,005 $16.7M
811 NAICS 811 286 50 $939 $14.0M
522 NAICS 522 282 36 $1,244 $18.3M
311 NAICS 311 281 16 $1,064 $15.5M
236 NAICS 236 279 73 $1,113 $16.1M
812 NAICS 812 279 56 $647 $9.4M
813 NAICS 813 219 48 $702 $8.0M
456 NAICS 456 197 23 $753 $7.7M
423 NAICS 423 188 34 $877 $8.6M
237 NAICS 237 168 14 $962 $8.4M
457 NAICS 457 162 16 $856 $7.2M
532 NAICS 532 131 37 $622 $4.3M
491 NAICS 491 119 8 $1,238 $7.7M
336 NAICS 336 110 4 $1,411 $8.1M
551 NAICS 551 109 11 $1,249 $7.1M
449 NAICS 449 106 24 $889 $4.9M
425 NAICS 425 81 20 $1,690 $7.1M
712 NAICS 712 81 7 $1,367 $4.7M
524 NAICS 524 77 24 $1,245 $5.0M
484 NAICS 484 70 18 $1,028 $3.7M
562 NAICS 562 62 10 $1,001 $3.2M
111 NAICS 111 48 9 $877 $2.2M
513 NAICS 513 42 8 $2,331 $5.0M
711 NAICS 711 36 7 $1,336 $2.5M
926 NAICS 926 29 3 $2,576 $3.9M
114 NAICS 114 29 14 $811 $1.2M
339 NAICS 339 27 4 $993 $1.4M
424 NAICS 424 24 16 $1,294 $1.6M
323 NAICS 323 23 5 $756 $0.9M
112 NAICS 112 18 7 $651 $0.6M
814 NAICS 814 17 18 $750 $0.7M
485 NAICS 485 16 14 $640 $0.5M
512 NAICS 512 15 5 $539 $0.4M
518 NAICS 518 11 6 $2,483 $1.4M
314 NAICS 314 7 5 $1,767 $0.6M
115 NAICS 115 6 4 $1,602 $0.5M
999 NAICS 999 2 7 $131 $0.0M
924 NAICS 924 2 1 $1,647 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

220

jobs · $79,306 avg pay

Private

22,633

jobs · $43,011 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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