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Dorchester County - Fourth Quarter 2015 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

Industry FOURTH QUARTER 2015
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Dorchester County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 739   11,446   11,369   11,082 11,299  $116,715,922 $795
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 50 2,359 2,370 2,382 2,370 29,818,480 968
Federal Government 19 175 181 180 179 2,797,675 1,202
State Government 8 808 801 799 803 10,805,022 1,035
Local Government 23 1,376 1,388 1,403 1,389 16,215,783 898
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 689 9,087 8,999 8,700 8,929 86,897,442 749
GOODS-PRODUCING 138 3,211 3,186 3,093 3,163 36,390,364 885
  Natural Resources and Mining
23 261 261 241 254 3,024,997 916
  Construction
77 472 477 472 474 5,416,652 879
  Manufacturing
38 2,478 2,448 2,380 2,435 27,948,715 883
SERVICE PROVIDING 551 5,876 5,813 5,607 5,765 50,507,078 674
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
181 1,988 1,987 1,770 1,915 16,603,410 667
  Information
8 34 32 31 32 317,666 764
  Financial Activities
62 343 340 343 342 3,752,723 844
  Professional and Business Services
84 521 523 511 518 6,348,403 943
  Education and Health Services
67 1,349 1,355 1,362 1,355 14,838,332 842
  Leisure and Hospitality
77 1,379 1,319 1,327 1,342 7,107,689 407
  Other Services
72 262 257 263 261 1,538,855 454