Business Composition & Key Industries

CARROLL COUNTY BUSINESS COMPOSITION & KEY INDUSTRIES

Annual Average 2023

Carroll’s business composition incudes growing Professional and Business Services firms; Trade, Transportation and Utility companies; Construction; and Education and Health Services. Additionally, over the last two years manufacturing employment has increased through plant relocations and expansions.

3945

Manufacturing Jobs

85.0%

Private Sector Employment

49129

Total Private Sector Jobs

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SECTOR	# OF FIRMS	% OF TOTAL	# OF EMPLOYEES	% OF TOTAL	AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE
1	Total Employment	4,566	100%	57,801	100%	1,267
2	Public Employment	103	2.3%	8,672	15.0%	1,604
3	Federal Gov't	26	0.6%	789	1.4%	2239
4	State Gov't	11	0.2%	1,270	2.2%	1464
5	Local Gov't	64	1.4%	6,613	11.4%	1109
8	Private Employment	4,463	97.7%	49,129	85%	1,112
9	Natural Resources & Mining	51	1.1%	495	0.9%	844
10	Construction	773	16.9%	6,202	10.7%	1305
11	Manufacturing	148	3.2%	3,945	6.8%	1479
12	Trade, Transportation & Utilities	792	17.3%	12,269	21.2%	878
13	Information	58	1.3%	240	0.4%	1602
14	Financial Activities	363	8.0%	1,386	2.4%	1918
15	Professional & Business Services	938	20.5%	5,811	10.1%	1357
16	Education & Health Services	548	12.0%	10,076	17.4%	991
17	Leisure & Hospitality	343	7.5%	6,560	11.3%	435
18	Other Services	441	9.7%	2,144	3.7%	851
19	Unclassified	8	0.2%	1	0.0%	572

NAICS Sectors, Carroll County, Maryland—2023 Annual Averages, All establishment sizes
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages – Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last updated: September 20, 2024