Executive Summary

A new information source, the Local

Employment Dynamics (LED) program for

Maryland, shows:

• The workforce is aging. From 1990

through 2002, an increasing percentage of the workforce was 45 years and

older. The proportion of people 65

years and older who continue working

has also increased, but slightly.

• Industries in which more than 1-in-5

workers were 55 years and older in

2002 include: apparel from fabrics,

paper/allied products, local/suburban

transit, transportation equipment, and

membership organizations. Of these,

apparel from fabrics had relatively few

older workers.

• An example of an industry with a high

turnover rate for workers 55 years and

older is the hotels/other lodging places

industry.

• An example of an industry with a low

turnover rate for older workers is the

legal services industry.

• Industries where workers 65 years and

over are most likely to be employed

include health services and business

services. Eating and drinking places,

and engineering, accounting, and

research services are also important

sources of work for the oldest workers.

• On average, in 2002, for workers 65

years and over, 5,199 jobs were gained

and 6,690 were lost. 

• Of the industries that employed more

than 500 workers 65 years and older,

the highest paying was legal services

($4,281a month). The industry with

the highest average monthly earnings

in 2002 for workers 65 years and older

was security/commodity brokers

($6,922), but the number of such

workers was only 274.

Introduction

A large wave of workers born during the

Baby Boom of 1946 to 1964 will be leaving the workforce over the next few

decades. A larger share than in past generations may “retire” to collect the pensions they earned over their work life and

then continue working part-time or in

more flexible working arrangements.1

Decision makers are looking at the economic and policy implications for a wide

range of programs and institutions,

including Social Security and Medicare;

financial markets; the housing market;

and recreation, transportation, and healthcare systems.

What the workforce of the future looks

like will depend on many factors. This

report focuses on one possible scenario

that some scholars consider to be reasonable. It assumes that Baby Boomers replicate the retirement behavior of previous

U.S.Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Issued August 2004

LED/OW-MD

A Profile Of Older Workers In 

Maryland

By 

Nick Carroll 

and 

Cynthia Taeuber

Sponsored by the 

National Institute on Aging

National Institutes of Health

Department of Health and 

Human Services

Local Employment Dynamics

1 The term “retirees” refers to workers who collect

pensions—who may have varied labor market experiences. Some may completely leave the labor force and

others may continue to work. Of those who continue to

work while they receive pensions, some may work fewer

than 35 hours a week, some may work only part of the

year, and others may continue in the labor force yearround and full-time. 

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generations and that immigrant

workers do not fill all of the jobs

left vacant by these retirements. If

these assumptions prove accurate:

The United States will lose the

services of millions of highly

skilled, experienced workers.

Because of the baby dearth that

followed the Baby Boom, there

will not be many new workers to

replace them, even as the senior

adult population grows significantly. Labor force growth is

expected to fall from 1.1 percent per year in the 1990s to

0.36 percent per year in the

period 2010 to 2020.2

Regardless of how the future

unfolds, information about the

workforce decisions made by the

Baby Boomers can be useful to a

number of groups. Decision makers in Maryland need to know

which industries and regions of the

state are likely to be most affected

by changes in the size and composition of the labor force in coming

decades. Similarly, businesses

need such information both to

make more informed plans for

transitions and to pinpoint potential problem areas and new opportunities. Older workers who want

to continue working need to know

in what industries and in what

areas of Maryland jobs are available, how flexible businesses are

about their working arrangements,

and the level of earnings they can

expect.

The Census Bureau, together with

state partners, is developing several new sources of information to

support these needs. The Local

Employment Dynamics (LED) program, one of the newest resources,

produces workforce indicators that

are updated every quarter for each

partner state and its metropolitan

areas, counties, and Workforce

Investment Areas.3 Statistics are

available without cost on the program's Web site

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/> and

additional indicators are available

from partner states. The statistics

are historical and come from multiple, high-quality information

sources that include most of the

working population (see “Sources

and Accuracy of the Data” at the

end of this report for additional

information about coverage). 

The LED program is a partnership

between the Census Bureau and

participating states. As of July

2004, 32 states are partners with

the Census Bureau in creating this

information.4 Those 32 states cover

about 74 percent of America’s

workers. Additional states are planning to join the partnership.

This report uses Quarterly

Workforce Indicators (QWIs) from

the LED program for the state of

Maryland to focus on two groups

of older workers: those who are

likely to be receiving pension

income (65 and older), and the preretirement group (55–64 years

old). People in the preretirement

group may collect pensions within

the next ten years, but may or may

not continue to participate in the

labor force. 

With the LED, we can respond to

questions such as:

What changes are occurring in

the age composition of the workforce in a geographic area?

Which industries will be most

affected by the departure of

older workers from the workforce?

In what industries do older people tend to continue working

and under what circumstances?

Which industries create jobs for

older workers? Suffer the most

job losses? 

Which industries have the lowest

job turnover rates for older

workers?

How much do older workers

earn in various industry groups

and geographic areas?

As the LED statistics in this report

show, older workers in Maryland

have been an increasing proportion

of the labor force. We learn from

the LED information that older

workers tend to be employed in the

same industries that employ large

numbers of younger workers, but

the best-paid are those who work in

financial firms with relatively few

older workers. We do not know yet

whether Maryland will undergo

rapid and massive changes, or

gradual changes due to the retirement of experienced workers of the

Baby Boom generation along with

the movement of workers into and

out of Maryland. We do know that

both have the potential to affect the

age distribution of the workforce

significantly. Planners in Maryland

will be able to keep an eye on the

2 U.S. Census Bureau

2 Penner, Rudolph, Pamela Perun, and

Eugene Steuerle. “Legal and Institutional

Impediments to Partial Retirement and PartTime Work by Older Workers,” The Urban

Institute, 2002. 

3 Other related information sources from the

Census Bureau include the American

Community Survey <http://www.census.gov

/acs/www > and the economic census

<http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ2002

.html>.

4 As of July 2004, the partner states whose

data were being processed were: CA, CO, DE,

FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MN, MO, MT,

NC, NJ, NM, OK, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, and

WV. Additional partner states include: AL, AR,

DC, GA, MI, and ND. This is an ongoing project

and additional states are expected to join.

Quarterly Workforce

Indicators for partner states

and detailed information

about the LED program are

available at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>. 
impact of such factors and emerging trends by using the LED statistics.

How is the age composition of

the workforce in Maryland

changing?

The aging of Baby Boom workers

led to an increase in the proportion

of the workforce 45 years and

older from 1990 to 2002 in

Maryland. Many planners anticipate this proportion will grow even

more rapidly over the next two

decades unless a large influx of

younger workers comes into

Maryland. In 1990, 75 percent of

Maryland workers were 14-to-44

years old (Figure 1). By 2002, that

figure had dropped to 66 percent

of workers. Nearly 15 percent of

Maryland workers were 45-to-54

years old in 1990 and about 21

percent were in that age group in

2002.

The falling share of younger workers occurred across the economy

of Maryland. The share of workers

in Maryland who are 65 and older,

the traditional age when most

workers leave the labor force permanently, increased slightly, from

2.4 percent to 3.1 percent, from

1990 to 2002.

Which industries will be most

affected by the aging

workforce? 

Unless there is an infusion of new

workers from outside Maryland, or

from other Maryland industries,

the industries identified in 

Figure 25 are those likely to be

most affected by the aging of the

workforce.6 If older workers seek

either more flexibility in hours or

U.S. Census Bureau 3

Beginning-of-Quarter

Employment

Total number of workers 

who were employed by the

same employer in the 

reference and previous

quarters

Skill Level

Quarters of work experience

5 Workers in private households are not

shown in the text because the coverage of private households is low relative to other industries. 

6 Because the QWIs come from a mixture of

sources, they are not directly comparable with

statistics from worker-based surveys such as

the decennial census, the American Community

Survey, and the Current Population Survey.

Industries are based on the Standard Industrial

Classification (SIC) system. The LED program

will convert from the SIC system to the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

in early 2004. Some classification titles appear

to be similar but the detailed industry groups

that compose the categories may differ

between the SIC and NAICS systems. In addition, since the QWIs are updated quarterly, the

numbers in this report may differ slightly from

those on the current Web site. 

Figure 1.

Maryland Workforce by Age Group: 1990 to 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics 

program's Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

[Percent of beginning-of-quarter employment]

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Jul-90 Jul-91 Jul-92 Jul-93 Jul-94 Jul-95 Jul-96 Jul-97 Jul-98 Jul-99 Jul-00 Jul-01 Jul-02

65+

14-44

45-54

55-64 
leave these industries completely,

companies may suffer a considerable loss of skills and knowledge.

Thus, industries with a high proportion of workers near retirement

might need, for example, to plan

for increased training to respond

to the loss of older workers and

their institutional knowledge. 

Figure 2 shows that the local/suburban transit industry in Maryland

had a high proportion of older

workers—18.1 percent were 55–64

years old and 10.9 percent were

65 years and older. Other industries with a relatively high proportion of workers 55 years and older

included apparel from fabrics (26.7

percent), membership organizations (22.0 percent), and

paper/allied products (21.1 percent). 

The demand for older workers

and job stability

An indicator of the degree to which

businesses need older workers is

the turnover rate of older workers

within an industry. Industries with

a history of relatively high

turnover rates may have little need

for specific skills and may find it

easy to replace employees. As a

result, firms in such industries may

be likely to pay relatively low

wages. A relatively low turnover

rate for a specific age group, such

as older workers, may indicate that

workers in that age group are relatively skilled or not readily

replaced. The LED data enable us,

for the first time, to identify the

nature of demand for older workers in particular industries. 

The job turnover rate is also a

measure of job stability. Older

workers who work in low turnover

industries may spend less time

looking for work and retraining for

new jobs. The average quarterly

turnover rate for all workers in

Maryland was 13.2 percent in

2002 (although this includes the

relatively high turnover rates of

teenagers and young adults).7

For workers 65 years and older, it

was 10.7 percent; for those 55

years and older, 10.0 percent. 

Of the top ten industries in

Maryland employing workers 65

years and older in 2002 (Table 1

and Figure 3), the eating and drinking places (16.4 percent) and business services (15.6 percent) industries had the highest average

quarterly turnover rates; the lowest was the real estate (7.6 percent) industry. 

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Figure 2.

Selected Industries With a High Proportion of 

Older Workers by Age, for Maryland: 2002

Note: Details do not cover the total workforce in these age categories.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, 

Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program's Web site at 

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Total

Real estate

Educational services

Water transportation

Membership organizations

Industrial/commercial 

machinery

Stone, clay and glass

Transportation equipment

Local/suburban transit

Paper/allied products

Apparel from fabrics

55-64

65+

[Percent of industry's workers. Includes only industries that employed 100 

or more workers in each age category in Maryland]

21.8

4.9

19.1

2.0

18.1

10.9

18.0 

2.1

16.6

3.2

16.4

2.2

15.6

6.4

15.3

3.7

14.3

3.8

13.7 

5.8

10.4

3.1

7 This is a simple average of four quarters in

a calendar year.
Where do older workers work?

This section asks where older

workers are most concentrated

because the types of work performed by today’s older workers

may indicate the work that older

people will perform in the future.

Planners might also examine the

type of work done by younger age

groups, such as those 35–44 years

old, for the changes they might

expect among older workers, given

differences in the type of education different age groups received

and changes in the needs of industries.

As shown in Figure 3, the industries where workers 65 years and

over were most likely to be

employed in Maryland in 2002

were health services, business

services (employing 9.1 percent

and 9.0 percent of the workforce

65 years and older, over 5,000

workers each), eating and drinking

places (5.6 percent), and engineering, accounting, and research (5.5

percent). Of workers 65 years and

older in Maryland, 53.6 percent

were employed in the ten industries shown in Figure 3, compared

with 54.1 percent of all workers.

Older and younger workers may be

employed in distinctly different

types of firms within these industries, however, and may be

assigned different tasks. 

Between 1990 and 2002, there were

few changes in the top ten industries

that employed the largest number of

workers 65 and older (Table 2).8

Despite some shuffling in rank, service industries have long been the

major employers of the oldest workers in Maryland.

Employment dynamics and

older workers

The employment numbers in the

preceding section show only one

part of the employment picture.

Even when levels of employment in

an industry change little, enormous

change can occur in the underlying

numbers. Economists refer to the

underlying changes as “job gain”

and “job loss.” Even if employment

levels in an industry stay the same,

some firms add jobs and others

eliminate jobs. So, while Figure 3

identifies the industries that

employed a high proportion of workers 65 years and older in Maryland

in 2002, LED program data reveal

more detail. LED indicators also tally

the number of jobs gained and lost

by older workers in the Maryland

economy.9

The LED statistics reveal that, on

average in Maryland in 2002, for

workers 65 years and older, 5,199

jobs were gained a quarter

(Appendix Table A4) and 6,690 were

lost (Appendix Table A5)—on 

U.S. Census Bureau 5

8 Historical statistics are consistent in the

LED program, so it is possible to make comparisons of statistics over time.

Table 1.

Job Stability in Maryland by Industry: 2002

[Top 10 industries statewide employing workers 65 and older]

Industry Workers 65

and older

(number)

Average quarterly

turnover rate

for workers

65 and older

(percent)

Average quarterly

turnover rate

for workers

14 and older

(percent)

Workers 14

and older

(number)

Health services .............................. 5,506 8.6 10.7 202,339

Business services ........................... 5,450 15.6 17.8 199,875

Eating and drinking places .................... 3,400 16.4 21.6 147,756

Engineering, accounting, and research ......... 3,314 10.5 11.5 114,848

Construction–special trade .................... 3,048 13.6 13.8 108,719

Miscellaneous retail .......................... 2,848 9.5 15.4 63,370

Social services .............................. 2,487 9.1 12.3 68,643

Real estate ................................. 2,223 7.6 11.0 38,093

Wholesale trade–durables .................... 2,153 8.6 10.2 70,585

Educational services ......................... 1,915 8.4 9.2 50,535

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

2002, Appendix Tables A1 and A2. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Turnover Rate — A measure

of workforce stability, the

turnover rate reflects the

movement of workers into

and out of jobs.

Turnover rate = 

(A worker who retires is

included in the turnover rate.)

* ( ) 2

1

, -1

+

t t

t t

average employment

accessions separations

9 Job losses for older workers can happen in

two ways—a firm can actually reduce employment, or it can substitute a younger worker for

an older worker who may have taken another

job, retired, or left involuntarily.
average, a net decrease of 1,491

such workers employed a quarter.

The industries that created the most

jobs for workers 65 years and older

(Table 3) were business services,

with 586 jobs gained on average a

quarter, followed by eating and

drinking places (549 jobs). The

industries that lost the most jobs for

the oldest workers were business

services (790 jobs a quarter lost on

average), eating and drinking places

(549 jobs), and construction—special trade (476 jobs). These changes

represented, in Maryland in 2002, an

average net loss of 205 jobs in business services, no change in eating

and drinking places, and 107 jobs in

construction - special trade.

What do older workers earn?

On average, full-quarter workers

65 years and older in 2002 earned

$2,261a month in Maryland, and

workers of all ages averaged

$3,239 a month (Table 4 and

Appendix Table A6).

As is the case for all workers, the

average earnings levels of older

workers vary greatly among industries. For example, in health services, which employed 9.1 percent

of all workers 65 years and older

in Maryland in 2002, the average

monthly earnings were $2,760.

Workers 14 and older in that industry had average monthly earnings

of $3,220. Nine percent of the

oldest workers in Maryland were

employed by the business services

industry, and they had average

monthly earnings of $2,096. Of

the top ten industries of older

workers in Maryland in 2002, the

industry with the highest average

monthly earnings was engineering,

accounting and research, with an

average of $4,115 a month; the

lowest was eating and drinking

places, with an average $1,151 a

month.

Among all industry groups, security/commodity brokers had the highest average monthly earnings in

2002 for workers 65 years and

older - $6,922—compared with

$7,066 for all workers in this industry (Table 5). The number of workers 65 years and older in this industry is relatively small—274 workers.

Other high paying industries

include nondepository institutions,

holding/other investment offices,

legal services, and engineering,

accounting and research. Both of

the industries that employed 500 or

more workers 65 years and older—

legal services, and engineering,

accounting, and research—were relatively high paying, with average

earnings of $4,281 and $4,115 a

month, respectively.

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Figure 3.

Workers 65 Years and Older in Selected Industries, 

for Maryland: 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing 

and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix 

Table A3. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

[Percent of workers aged 65+ years]

Educational services

Wholesale trade - durables

Real estate

Social services

Miscellaneous retail

Construction - special trade

Engineering, accounting, 

and research

Eating and drinking places

Business services

Health services 9.1

9.0

5.5

5.1

4.7

4.1

3.7

3.6

3.2

5.6

Job Gain — New jobs created

either by new businesses

opening or by existing firms

adding new jobs

Job Loss — Jobs lost to the

economy when businesses

close or reduce employment

Net Job Flow — The difference

between current and previous

beginning-of-quarter employment across all businesses
Summary

This report provides answers to

several key questions related to

the aging of Maryland’s workforce:

• What is the age composition of

the workforce and what are the

changes over time?

• Which industries are likely to be

affected by the aging of the

workforce?

• Which industries have the lowest turnover rates of older workers?

• In which industries are older

workers most likely to be

employed?

• How much do older workers

earn?

In Maryland in 2002, the industries

that employed the highest proportions of workers 55–64 years old,

and hence were likely to be affected by retirements in the coming

decade were apparel from fabrics,

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Table 2.

Top Ten Employers in Maryland Employing Workers 65 and Older by Rank:

1990 and 2002

1990

rank

2002

rank Industry

Number of workers 65 and older

Percent change,

1990-2002

Number of workers 14 and older,

1990 2002 2002

2 1 Health services . . ..................... 2,995 5,506 83.8 202,339

1 2 Business services ..................... 3,014 5,450 80.8 199,875

3 3 Eating and drinking places ............. 2,480 3,400 37.1 147,756

6 4 Engineering, accounting, and research . . 1,864 3,314 77.8 114,848

7 5 Construction–special trade . . . .......... 1,704 3,048 78.9 108,719

4 6 Miscellaneous retail . .................. 2,331 2,848 22.2 63,370

9 7 Social services . ...................... 1,374 2,487 81.0 68,643

5 8 Real estate ........................... 1,970 2,223 12.8 38,093

8 9 Wholesale trade–durables .............. 1,594 2,153 35.1 70,585

15 10 Educational services .................. 1,127 1,915 69.9 50,535

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

1990 and 2002, Appendix Tables A1 and A3. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Table 3.

Job Gains and Losses Among Industry Groups in Maryland by Industry: 2002

[Average number of jobs per quarter]

Top ten industries that created jobs

for workers 65 and over Jobs created1 Jobs lost1 Net change2

Total employment

65 and older 14 and older

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 790 –205 5,450 199,875

Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 549 0 3,400 147,756

Construction–special trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 476 –107 3,048 108,719

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 460 –146 5,506 202,339

Engineering, accounting, and research . . . . . . . . . . . 248 371 –124 3,314 114,848

Miscellaneous retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 303 –107 2,848 63,370

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 221 –32 2,487 68,643

Amusement and recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 223 –34 1,506 32,414

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 201 –19 1,569 28,350

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 119 52 2,137 48,177

1 Averages are rounded to whole numbers. 2 Computed from actual averages, not from the rounded whole numbers as shown in this

table.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

2002, Appendix Tables A1, A4, and A5. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Full-Quarter Employment

Total number of workers who were employed by the same employer

in the reference, previous, and subsequent quarters

Average Earnings for Full-Quarter Employees

Total earnings of all workers employed the full quarter divided by the

number of such workers 
paper/allied products, local/suburban transit, and transportation

equipment.

The local/suburban transit, membership organizations, and real

estate industries had high proportions of workers 65 years and

older. In terms of pay, older workers tended to fare best in industries with relatively few older

workers and, as for all workers, in

industries with many highly

trained, professional employees,

such as in financial firms.

SOURCES AND ACCURACY

OF THE DATA

Background

The U.S. Census Bureau and partner states produce Quarterly

Workforce Indicators (QWIs) for

each state, metropolitan area,

county, and Workforce Investment

Board area. QWIs for other geographic areas are available through

the state partners. 

The QWIs are updated each quarter

and annual averages are available

at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Overview

The QWIs are key economic indicators selected jointly by the Census

Bureau and its partner states. Each

QWI provides a critical measure of

an area’s economy and is a tool to

understand changes in the core

performance of local economies. 

The QWIs are updated 7 months

after the end of a quarter, which

makes them a current and a historical time series to monitor economic change. They serve as early

indicators to states and local areas

of emerging trends and help to

identify turning points in the

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Table 4.

Average Monthly Earnings Among Top Ten Industries in Maryland by Age: 2002

[Full-quarter earnings]

Industry

Average monthly

earnings for workers

65 and older

(dollars)

Average monthly

earnings for workers

14 and older

(dollars)

Workers 65

and older

(number)

Workers 14

and older

(number)

Total ..................................... 2,261 3,239 60,304 1,968,359

Health services .............................. 2,760 3,220 5,506 202,339

Business services ........................... 2,096 3,729 5,450 199,875

Eating and drinking places .................... 1,151 1,261 3,400 147,756

Engineering, accounting, and research . . . . . . . . . 4,115 4,871 3,314 114,848

Construction–special trade .................... 2,765 3,434 3,048 108,719

Miscellaneous retail .......................... 1,362 1,954 2,848 63,370

Social services .............................. 1,522 2,016 2,487 68,643

Real estate ................................. 2,150 3,264 2,223 38,093

Wholesale trade–durables .................... 2,700 4,648 2,153 70,585

Educational services ......................... 3,174 3,421 1,915 50,535

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

2002, Appendix Table A6. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Table 5.

Average Monthly Earnings of Workers in Maryland by Age: 2002

[Full-quarter earnings. Includes only industries that employed 100 or more workers 65 and older in Maryland]

Industry

Average monthly

earnings of workers

65 and older

(dollars)

Average monthly

earnings of workers

14 and older

(dollars)

Workers 65

and older

(number)

Workers 14

and older

(number)

Security/commodity brokers ................... 6,922 7,066 274 13,907

Nondepository institutions ..................... 4,483 5,057 197 19,489

Holding/other investment offices . . . ............ 4,449 5,460 125 3,369

Legal services ............................... 4,281 4,565 528 16,558

Engineering, accounting, and research . . . . . . . . . 4,115 4,871 3,314 114,848

Chemicals . . . ............................... 3,965 4,698 204 14,363

Electronic and electrical equipment ............ 3,783 4,811 259 14,110

Transportation equipment ..................... 3,651 4,230 216 10,471

Insurance agents and brokers ................. 3,570 4,261 453 14,301

Communications . ............................ 3,408 4,951 200 28,391

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

2002, Appendix Tables A1 and A6. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
dynamics of the workforce and

specific industries. 

The database covers about 98 percent of the labor force.10 The QWIs

are derived from state administrative records and basic demographic information from other existing

sources. Some information about

the workforce is not now available

in this database, including hours

and weeks worked, educational

attainment, occupation, and

whether workers worked for an

entire quarter or a part of the quarter. The Census Bureau is working

on long-term plans to include

information of this type, particularly educational and occupational

information. There are other types

of errors in administrative data,

including coding errors in personal

identifiers, coding errors in business identifiers, and errors in wage

records (see the technical documentation on 

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>). 

Because the QWIs come from a

mixture of sources, they are not

directly comparable with statistics

from worker-based surveys, such

as the decennial census, the

American Community Survey, and

the Current Population Survey.

Industries are based on the

Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC) system. The LED program

will convert from the SIC system to

the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) in

early 2004. Some classification

titles appear to be similar but the

detailed industry groups that compose the categories may differ

between the SIC and NAICS systems.

Enhanced Unemployment

Insurance (UI) wage records are the

basic data source for the QWIs.

Administrative records and the surveys differ in coverage, the timing

of data collection, and concept definitions. The QWIs are not exactly

comparable with establishment

surveys either, such as those from

the Bureau of Labor Statistics’

Quarterly Census of Employment

and Wages (QCEW) program, which

capture employment at an establishment on the 12th of the month.

The LED database can respond to a

wide variety of questions about

the workforce because it allows

multiple definitions of “employment.” That is because the QWIs

are job-based statistics and different from the worker-based statistics familiar to many researchers.11

The LED database includes all jobs

held:

1. In a quarter, regardless of length

of time the job is held

2. At the beginning of a quarter (the measure used in this

report)

3. At the end of a quarter

4. For a full quarter

The measure that is closest to the

QCEW definition of employment is

the second one, jobs held at the

beginning of a quarter. This second measure has the additional

advantage that the trends are similar to those shown by worker-based

surveys such as the decennial census, although the levels differ. 

Another difference among datasets

is measurement of earnings.

According to the BLS Handbook of

Methods (1997), UI wage records

measure “gross wages and salaries,

bonuses, stock options, tips, and

other gratuities, and the value of

meals and lodging, where supplied.” They do not include Old Age

Survivor and Disability Insurance

(OASDI), health insurance, workers’

compensation, unemployment

insurance, private pensions, and

welfare funds. The LED database

does not include the number of

hours or weeks an employee

worked. Thus, what appears for an

industry such as retail trade to be

low average earnings in a given

year or quarter may be the result of

relatively low hourly wages, not

working many hours in the time

period, or both. In retail trade,

much of the work is part-time and

this affects the LED measure of

average earnings. 

The confidentiality of the

statistics is protected.

The Census Bureau and the state

partners are committed to protecting the confidentiality of the data in

the LED files. Technically, the

approach to avoid disclosure of individual information is to combine cell

suppression methodology with the

addition of statistical noise, controlling key measures to county

employment levels as reported by

the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In

plainer English, the statistical techniques the Census Bureau uses

mean that the actual statistics are

not shown if the numbers in a cell

are small. Rather, the statistics that

are shown are “fuzzy,” that is, close

to the actual information but not

exact.

Only Census Bureau employees or

individuals who have Special Sworn

Status are permitted to work with

the data. Everyone who has access

to Title 13 data must have an official

security clearance based on a background check, including fingerprinting. Additionally, they are subject to

U.S. Census Bureau 9

11 For the QWIs, a “job” is defined as equivalent records for an employer and employee.

10 The database for each state covers about

98 percent of nonagricultural, private wage and

salaried employment. Most state and local government employees are included, but many federal workers are not (depending on the state).

The remaining 2 percent are railroad workers

and workers for some non-profit organizations.

Self-employed workers and independent contractors are not in the covered universe. See:

U.S. Census Bureau, David W. Stevens and Julia

Lane, “Employment That Is Not Covered By

State Unemployment,” Technical Paper No. TP2002-16, January 2002, available on

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
a fine of up to $250,000, up to five

years in jail, or both, if confidential

information is disclosed. The

Census Bureau and state data custodians review all projects before

release to avoid disclosure of confidential information. 

More detailed information about the

confidentiality protection system is

available under the “Confidentiality”

menu at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>. 

Why the Census Bureau

produces the LED statistics

The Census Bureau and the state

partners are committed to protecting the integrity of information and

producing the highest quality statistics. We accomplish this by

ensuring that the LED program is

consistent with the Census

Bureau’s legal authority and mission, that the methodologies used

are the best alternatives, and that

the LED program produces demonstrated benefits. 

The state partners and the Census

Bureau both benefit from the LED

program. The state partners fulfill

their mandate to provide high

quality regional labor market information and the Census Bureau

improves the economic and demographic survey estimates and intercensal population estimates.

Specifically, the LED program supports Census Bureau research on

improving the quality, use, and

analysis of its census, survey, and

estimation-based data products.

Estimates of the employed population by demographic, geographic,

and industrial detail enhance the

Census Bureau’s existing agencywide programs. In particular, estimates of workers in each county

and industry, in conjunction with

statistical information about

employers, will provide longneeded and critical but previously

unavailable information for key

programs such as the demographic

survey estimates and the intercensal population estimates program. Census Bureau programs

will benefit from new information

on turnover, job gain, and job loss

by age and sex, and information

on the employment of individuals

in each county. 

More information about the benefits of the LED program may be

found on the LED Web site at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Research for and production of this

report were supported under an

interagency agreement with the

Behavioral and Social Research

Program, National Institute on Aging,

Agreement No. Y1-AG-9415-01.

10 U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau 11

Table A1.

Employment in Maryland by Industry and Age: 2002

[Beginning-of-quarter employment]

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Total, age group . . . .................................... 1,296,173 407,549 204,334 60,304 1,968,359

Agriculture

Agricultural production–crops ................................. 1,202 402 282 175 2,062

Agricultural production–livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927 290 171 59 1,447

Agricultural services . ........................................ 14,805 2,941 1,146 742 19,633

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 24 *15 4 107

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *77 20 *18 *8 122

Mining

Metal mining ............................................... ---- -

Coal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 202 69 *4 515

Oil/gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 *20 6 6 87

Mining/quarrying–nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 202 130 38 805

Construction

Building construction–general contractors ...................... 24,265 8,298 3,507 1,135 37,205

Construction other than building . ............................. 8,149 3,017 1,604 448 13,217

Construction - special trade .................................. 76,328 20,408 8,936 3,048 108,719

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products ....................................... 13,610 5,722 2,668 469 22,468

Tobacco products ........................................... - 3 - - 7

Textile mill products ......................................... *1,179 *503 *267 *62 *2,010

Apparel from fabrics ........................................ 1,488 906 711 160 3,265

Lumber and wood products .................................. 3,077 885 467 189 4,618

Furniture/fixtures ............................................ 1,851 713 356 66 2,985

Paper/allied products ........................................ 2,854 1,579 1,071 113 5,617

Printing/publishing .......................................... 16,840 6,823 3,745 733 28,139

Chemicals . . . .............................................. 8,293 4,068 1,799 204 14,363

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 248 136 26 993

Rubber and plastics ......................................... 5,092 2,266 1,012 135 8,505

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 *328 *137 14 1,303

Stone, clay, and glass ....................................... 2,978 1,551 937 184 5,648

Primary metal industries ..................................... 2,531 *2,263 *1,280 *71 6,146

Fabricated metal products ................................... 5,104 2,276 1,212 264 8,855

Industrial/commercial machinery .............................. 7,774 3,880 2,346 320 14,319

Electronic/electrical equipment . .............................. 8,890 3,314 1,649 259 14,110

Transportation equipment .................................... 5,172 3,203 1,880 216 10,471

Measuring/analyzing instruments ............................. 7,524 *4,665 *3,182 299 15,669

Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. 1,805 561 271 95 2,732

Transportation, Communication and Utilities

Railroad transport ........................................... ---- -

Local/suburban transit ....................................... 4,470 2,034 1,652 993 9,148

Motor freight transportation .................................. 17,094 6,002 3,063 791 26,949

Water transportation ........................................ 2,646 1,544 792 191 5,173

Transportation by air ........................................ 14,487 3,541 1,046 107 19,181

Pipelines, except natural gas ................................. ---- -

Transportation services ...................................... 2,913 1,304 660 195 5,070

Communications . ........................................... 19,245 6,783 2,164 200 28,391

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . ....................... 6,553 4,798 1,348 88 12,787

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade–durables . . . ................................ 43,960 16,708 7,764 2,153 70,585

Wholesale trade–nondurables ................................ 28,166 9,932 4,837 1,342 44,277

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware ................................. 13,275 3,584 1,970 763 19,592

General merchandise stores ................................. 32,303 8,497 5,239 2,137 48,177

Food stores . ............................................... 46,731 12,878 6,549 1,901 68,059

Car dealers, gas stations .................................... 30,793 8,776 4,848 1,777 46,194

Apparel and accessory stores ................................ 20,055 2,653 1,459 720 24,887

Home furniture stores ....................................... 16,132 3,864 1,919 651 22,565

Eating and drinking places . . ................................. 122,184 15,456 6,717 3,400 147,756

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 42,693 11,417 6,411 2,848 63,370

APPENDIX TABLES
12 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A1.

Employment in Maryland by Industry and Age: 2002 — Con. 

[Beginning-of-quarter employment]

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions ....................................... 21,567 7,115 3,477 575 32,735

Nondepository institutions .................................... 14,558 3,334 1,400 197 19,489

Security and commodity brokers .............................. 10,212 2,330 1,091 274 13,907

Insurance carriers .......................................... 15,477 6,463 2,657 321 24,918

Insurance agents/brokers .................................... 8,651 3,320 1,878 453 14,301

Real estate ................................................ 22,040 8,605 5,226 2,223 38,093

Holding/other investment offices . . . ........................... 1,995 837 412 125 3,369

Services

Hotels/other lodging places .................................. 14,764 4,128 2,096 737 21,725

Personal services . . ......................................... 18,084 5,260 3,439 1,569 28,350

Business services .......................................... 138,427 38,153 17,845 5,450 199,875

Car repair, services, and parking ............................. 18,030 4,646 2,347 913 25,934

Miscellaneous repair services ................................ 4,028 1,520 779 267 6,593

Motion pictures ............................................. *6,066 677 283 117 7,142

Amusement and rec. services ................................ *23,765 4,561 2,582 1,506 32,414

Health services ............................................. 120,950 51,292 24,591 5,506 202,339

Legal services .............................................. 10,285 3,806 1,940 528 16,558

Educational services ........................................ 28,418 12,989 7,214 1,915 50,535

Social services ............................................. 43,943 14,600 7,614 2,487 68,643

Museums, galleries, and gardens ............................. 1,389 377 252 112 2,130

Membership organizations . . ................................. 9,358 4,432 2,760 1,136 17,687

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 72,504 25,571 13,459 3,314 114,848

Private households ......................................... 3,562 2,060 1,495 764 7,881

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 118 54 21 549

- Value equals zero or value is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://www.lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

2002, Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
U.S. Census Bureau 13

Table A2.

Average Quarterly Turnover Rates in Maryland by Industry and Age: 2002

[In percent]

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Total . . ................................................ 21.8 9.8 9.2 10.7 13.2

Agriculture

Agricultural production–crops ................................. 22.5 12.1 10.5 16.0 14.0

Agricultural production–livestock .............................. *21.5 *16.0 *16.1 *14.5 *17.5

Agricultural services . ........................................ 20.2 12.0 11.2 15.6 15.7

Forestry ................................................... 71.1 - *9.1 - 14.2

Fishing, hunting, and trapping ................................ 39.1 *19.4 *30.7 *34.9 24.2

Mining

Metal mining ............................................... ---- -

Coal mining ................................................ 66.5 *105.3 - - 49.2

Oil/gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 *17.0 - - 18.2

Mining/quarrying–nonmetallic ................................. 18.2 *6.3 *6.0 10.4 8.7

Construction

Building construction–general contractors ...................... 20.8 10.8 10.1 13.0 13.4

Construction other than building . ............................. 24.5 13.3 12.5 14.7 15.7

Construction–special trade ................................... 20.1 11.0 10.2 13.6 13.8

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products ....................................... *21.8 *10.0 *10.0 *11.3 *12.5

Tobacco products ........................................... ---- -

Textile mill products ......................................... *24.2 *20.7 *23.6 *20.6 *20.7

Apparel from fabrics ........................................ 20.7 7.1 6.0 *9.0 8.4

Lumber and wood products .................................. 19.0 8.6 *7.3 *11.8 10.7

Furniture/fixtures ............................................ 19.4 *7.6 *7.4 6.4 9.9

Paper/allied products ........................................ *22.7 *18.7 *23.3 *13.6 *19.2

Printing/publishing .......................................... 19.4 7.3 7.2 8.5 9.2

Chemicals . . . .............................................. 21.4 *4.7 *5.3 *7.6 5.8

Petroleum refining .......................................... 30.4 *13.3 *11.7 29.8 17.7

Rubber and plastics ......................................... 16.0 4.8 4.6 *9.3 6.5

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 *2.7 *4.4 - 4.1

Stone, clay, and glass ....................................... 20.8 *9.0 *8.8 13.1 11.1

Primary metal industries ..................................... 10.6 *3.0 *4.6 *6.0 4.4

Fabricated metal products ................................... 17.1 6.5 6.5 8.2 8.0

Industrial/commercial machinery .............................. 21.2 *5.5 *5.2 7.3 6.5

Electronic/electrical equipment . .............................. 18.8 *10.1 *8.9 *9.3 11.0

Transportation equipment .................................... 26.8 16.9 20.0 *16.4 16.4

Measuring/analyzing instruments ............................. *22.2 *25.4 *27.8 *15.9 *22.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. 22.1 7.6 7.0 *5.9 10.2

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport ...........................................

Local/suburban transit ....................................... 21.0 11.4 10.3 9.8 13.3

Motor freight transportation .................................. 22.0 10.7 9.5 10.6 14.0

Water transportation ........................................ 26.5 11.1 13.2 14.2 14.8

Transportation by air ........................................ 20.8 *7.9 *9.1 *13.9 9.3

Pipelines, except natural gas ................................. ---- -

---- -

Transportation services ...................................... 18.8 11.8 10.9 *10.3 13.4

Communications . ........................................... 21.0 *12.8 *13.7 *10.7 11.1

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . ....................... 16.5 *8.7 *18.6 *19.0 8.6

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade–durables . . . ................................ 18.3 8.2 8.0 8.6 10.2

Wholesale trade–nondurables ................................ 20.0 8.3 8.3 9.4 10.8

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware ................................. 24.1 *13.7 *12.4 *10.3 17.4

General merchandise stores ................................. 23.2 *12.8 *11.3 *10.8 16.8

Food stores . ............................................... 18.7 7.8 7.8 9.8 12.4

Car dealers, gas stations .................................... 21.8 11.1 10.9 9.7 14.5

Apparel and accessory stores ................................ 24.9 9.6 7.3 7.8 19.2

Home furniture stores ....................................... 19.1 8.4 7.4 8.0 12.9

Eating and drinking places . . ................................. 25.0 14.4 12.9 16.4 21.6

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 23.1 10.2 9.1 9.5 15.4
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Table A2.

Average Quarterly Turnover Rates in Maryland by Industry and Age: 2002 — Con.

[In percent]

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions ....................................... 19.3 *9.7 *8.7 8.2 11.2

Nondepository institutions .................................... 26.0 *17.5 *17.6 *15.9 19.0

Security and commodity brokers .............................. 20.2 *7.5 9.5 *8.8 8.6

Insurance carriers .......................................... 19.8 *7.9 *8.3 *9.9 9.7

Insurance agents/brokers .................................... 17.9 7.3 *6.8 7.3 9.4

Real estate ................................................ 20.6 8.5 7.5 7.6 11.0

Holding/other investment offices . . . ........................... 28.4 8.1 8.4 8.5 11.7

Services

Hotels/other lodging places .................................. 31.3 23.6 18.4 17.2 26.8

Personal services . . ......................................... 20.4 9.9 10.0 10.9 13.0

Business services .......................................... 28.4 14.8 13.8 15.6 17.8

Car repair, services, and parking ............................. 20.6 9.9 9.1 9.2 13.4

Miscellaneous repair services ................................ 19.8 9.8 9.3 10.6 12.0

Motion pictures ............................................. *22.1 11.6 10.9 *12.0 19.5

Amusement and recreation services . ......................... 24.7 12.4 12.8 17.2 18.2

Health services ............................................. 18.6 8.4 7.4 8.6 10.7

Legal services .............................................. 21.1 5.5 5.0 6.5 8.3

Educational services ........................................ 21.8 6.6 6.1 8.4 9.2

Social services ............................................. 19.2 9.4 8.7 9.1 12.3

Museums, galleries, and gardens ............................. 18.0 *7.9 *8.6 *9.2 10.8

Membership organizations . . ................................. 20.3 8.1 7.4 8.4 10.3

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 22.2 9.6 9.4 10.5 11.5

Private households ......................................... 20.8 11.0 10.4 11.0 12.5

Services, not classified ...................................... 23.9 *8.1 *15.9 *21.2 13.2

- Value equals zero or value is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

2002. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
U.S. Census Bureau 15

Table A3.

Maryland Employment by Industry and Age: 1990 and 2002

[Beginning-of-quarter employment]

Industry

Under 65 65 and older

1990 2002 1990 2002

Total ........................................................... 1,705,277 1,908,056 42,186 60,304

Agriculture

Agricultural production–crops .......................................... 2,281 1,886 127 175

Agricultural production–livestock ....................................... 1,508 1,388 50 59

Agricultural services . ................................................. 13,855 18,892 264 742

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 100 - 4

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 115 *9 *8

Mining

Metal mining ....................................................... .--- -

Coal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 509 *10 *4

Oil/gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 80 - 6

Mining/quarrying–nonmetallic .......................................... 1,262 767 62 38

Construction

Building construction–general contractors ............................... 39,314 36,070 785 1,135

Construction other than building . . . .................................... 19,544 12,769 326 448

Construction–special trade ............................................ 95,316 105,672 1,704 3,048

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products ................................................ 24,131 21,999 642 469

Tobacco products .................................................... - 3 - -

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,112 *1,948 *33 *62

Apparel from fabrics ................................................. 8,461 3,105 264 160

Lumber and wood products ........................................... 4,007 4,430 108 189

Furniture/fixtures . . . .................................................. 2,998 2,920 49 66

Paper/allied products ................................................. 10,357 5,504 135 113

Printing/publishing ................................................... 27,774 27,407 663 733

Chemicals . . . ....................................................... 13,555 14,159 160 204

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 966 *17 26

Rubber and plastics .................................................. 8,713 8,370 114 135

Leather and leather products .......................................... 1,029 1,289 22 14

Stone, clay, and glass ................................................ 8,271 5,466 154 184

Primary metal industries .............................................. 10,896 6,074 *116 *71

Fabricated metal products ............................................ 9,685 8,591 246 264

Industrial/commercial machinery ....................................... 16,375 13,999 281 320

Electronic/electrical equipment . ....................................... 16,307 13,852 211 259

Transportation equipment ............................................. 13,430 10,255 158 216

Measuring/analyzing instruments ...................................... 26,522 15,370 347 299

Miscellaneous manufacturing .......................................... 2,511 2,637 77 95

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport .................................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit ................................................ 5,451 8,156 473 993

Motor freight transportation ........................................... 28,999 26,159 421 791

Water transportation ................................................. 5,852 4,982 208 191

Transportation by air ................................................. 7,597 19,074 38 107

Pipelines, except natural gas .......................................... - - - -

Transportation services ............................................... 5,698 4,876 165 195

Communications . .................................................... 31,186 28,192 185 200

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . ................................ 16,580 12,699 99 88

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade–durables ............................................ 69,586 68,432 1,594 2,153

Wholesale trade–nondurables ......................................... 41,699 42,935 1,311 1,342

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware .......................................... 17,155 18,829 699 763

General merchandise stores .......................................... 35,896 46,039 1,200 2,137

Food stores . ........................................................ 68,808 66,158 1,263 1,901

Car dealers, gas stations ............................................. 44,247 44,417 1,243 1,777

Apparel and accessory stores ......................................... 26,971 24,167 1,055 720

Home furniture stores ................................................ 19,982 21,914 621 651

Eating and drinking places ............................................ 123,134 144,356 2,480 3,400

Miscellaneous retail .................................................. 57,018 60,521 2,331 2,848
16 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A3.

Maryland Employment by Industry and Age: 1990 and 2002 — Con.

[Beginning-of-quarter employment]

Industry

Under 65 65 and older

1990 2002 1990 2002

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions ................................................ 39,643 32,160 656 575

Nondepository institutions ............................................. 8,467 19,292 76 197

Security and commodity brokers ....................................... 5,695 13,633 108 274

Insurance carriers . .................................................. 26,322 24,596 322 321

Insurance agents/brokers ............................................. 13,565 13,848 293 453

Real estate ......................................................... 34,089 35,871 1,970 2,223

Holding/other investment offices . . . .................................... 1,701 3,244 63 125

Services

Hotels/other lodging places ........................................... 31,493 20,988 603 737

Personal services . . .................................................. 23,245 26,782 1,268 1,569

Business services ................................................... 131,601 194,425 3,014 5,450

Car repair, services, and parking ...................................... 17,883 25,023 459 913

Miscellaneous repair services ......................................... 9,941 6,327 261 267

Motion pictures ...................................................... 7,051 7,025 105 117

Amusement and recreation services . .................................. 24,229 30,907 958 1,506

Health services ...................................................... 153,986 196,833 2,995 5,506

Legal services ....................................................... 15,863 16,031 363 528

Educational services ................................................. 32,931 48,621 1,127 1,915

Social services ...................................................... 32,570 66,156 1,374 2,487

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845 2,018 *39 112

Membership organizations . . .......................................... 16,388 16,551 943 1,136

Engineering, accounting, and research ................................. 84,774 111,534 1,864 3,314

Private households .................................................. 5,471 7,116 766 764

Services, not classified ............................................... 1,011 528 36 21

- Value equals zero or value is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

2002. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
U.S. Census Bureau 17

Table A4.

Composition of Job Gain in Maryland by Industry and Age: 2002

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Total . . ................................................ 28,939 28,525 13,695 5,199

Agriculture

Agricultural production–crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 65 41 27

Agricultural production–livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 24 13 6

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 351 123 130

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 *1 -

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3 2 *2 *2

Mining

Metal mining ............................................... - - - -

Coal mining . . . ............................................. 3 6 2 -

Oil/gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 *1 1 -

Mining/quarrying–nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 14 6 3

Construction

Building construction–general contractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 731 295 123

Construction other than building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 248 136 49

Construction–special trade ................................... 2,088 1,977 833 369

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 144 62 44

Tobacco products ........................................... - - - -

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 *32 *15 *3

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 35 16 6

Lumber and wood products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 64 32 17

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 34 14 5

Paper/allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 202 107 9

Printing/publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 238 133 30

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 87 42 9

Petroleum refining .......................................... 8 6 4 1

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 37 11 2

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1 *2 *1 1

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 94 43 14

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 *18 *8 *2

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 82 40 15

Industrial/commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 107 55 15

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 196 78 8

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 253 174 20

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 *113 *41 9

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 26 14 5

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport ........................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 174 129 77

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 485 233 65

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 80 43 21

Transportation by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 104 41 6

Pipelines, except natural gas ................................. - - - -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 151 69 19

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 705 213 18

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 67 29 5

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade–durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 819 398 141

Wholesale trade–nondurables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 499 240 81

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 214 110 42

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 762 427 171

Food stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 660 323 137

Car dealers, gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 655 377 125

Apparel and accessory stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 189 94 51

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 268 133 46

Eating and drinking places ................................... 3,926 1,923 808 549

Miscellaneous retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,115 788 434 196
18 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A4.

Composition of Job Gain in Maryland by Industry and Age: 2002 — Con.

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 483 198 29

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 349 143 28

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 133 83 21

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 195 96 18

Insurance agents/brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 193 102 24

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 605 345 136

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 70 33 13

Services

Hotels/other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 715 314 123

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 603 373 182

Business services .......................................... 3,336 3,360 1,557 586

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 343 164 71

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 141 62 24

Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 58 27 15

Amusement and recreation services .......................... 1,036 535 319 189

Health services ............................................. 2,035 2,863 1,202 314

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 206 107 35

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 654 332 120

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870 979 511 190

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 21 15 8

Membership organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 346 187 88

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 1,365 1,685 922 248

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 252 153 72

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 14 9 2

- Value equals zero or value is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

2002. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov> .
U.S. Census Bureau 19

Table A5.

Composition of Job Loss in Maryland by Industry and Age: 2002

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Total . . ................................................ 26,421 30,264 16,514 6,690

Agriculture

Agricultural production–crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 68 40 34

Agricultural production–livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 33 20 8

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 333 139 114

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 *1 1

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3 2 *3 *1

Mining

Metal mining ............................................... - - - -

Coal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 42 11 *1

Oil/gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 - 1 *1

Mining/quarrying–nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 14 9 3

Construction

Building construction–general contractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 775 347 165

Construction other than building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 300 172 61

Construction–special trade ................................... 1,988 2,163 993 476

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 313 173 55

Tobacco products ........................................... - - - -

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 *25 *13 *3

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 59 43 16

Lumber and wood products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 64 40 23

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 48 24 8

Paper/allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 247 185 15

Printing/publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 458 291 78

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 181 118 19

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 18 11 3

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 72 40 14

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 *1 *5 1

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 113 80 24

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 *72 *92 *5

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 131 79 26

Industrial/commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 155 119 24

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 230 122 24

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 82 73 22

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 *116 *110 34

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 44 22 7

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport ........................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 176 135 92

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 534 295 106

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 123 79 27

Transportation by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 203 70 12

Pipelines, except natural gas ................................. - - - -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 120 65 24

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 729 257 24

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 193 209 15

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade–durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 1,113 573 180

Wholesale trade–nondurables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 644 366 133

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 165 112 55

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 297 189 119

Food stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 540 352 162

Car dealers, gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 731 463 187

Apparel and accessory stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 200 102 64

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 251 138 61

Eating and drinking places ................................... 3,542 1,883 834 549

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 1,145 1,002 578 303
20 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A5.

Composition of Job Loss in Maryland by Industry and Age: 2002 — Con.

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 443 262 53

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 443 204 34

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 128 80 20

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 350 190 36

Insurance agents/brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 195 131 41

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 570 363 179

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 55 36 11

Services

Hotels/other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 624 313 132

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 557 385 201

Business services .......................................... 3,390 3,908 1,944 790

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 389 205 95

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 152 86 35

Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 77 36 19

Amusement and recreation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970 516 322 223

Health services ............................................. 1,541 2,766 1,399 460

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 198 111 44

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 597 335 147

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 891 508 221

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 21 17 11

Membership organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 265 176 101

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 1,211 1,827 1,044 371

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 249 175 92

Services, not classified ...................................... 9 9 5 3

- Value equals zero or value is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

2002. See Web site at <http//lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
U.S. Census Bureau 21

Table A6.

Average Monthly Earnings in Maryland by Industry and Age: 2002

[Full-quarter earnings, in dollars]

Industry 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Total . . ................................................ 3,951 3,719 2,261 3,239

Agriculture

Agricultural production–crops ................................. 2,425 2,024 1,619 2,079

Agricultural production–livestock .............................. 2,741 2,377 1,759 2,328

Agricultural services . ........................................ 2,791 2,766 1,908 2,280

Forestry ................................................... 2,376 *2,079 *745 *2,513

Fishing, hunting, and trapping ................................ 2,863 *4,298 *1,837 2,771

Mining

Metal mining ............................................... - - - -

Coal mining . . . ............................................. *3,707 *3,538 *1,100 3,438

Oil/gas extraction ........................................... *5,137 *4,988 *2,260 4,625

Mining/quarrying–nonmetallic ................................. 4,586 4,045 2,947 3,727

Construction

Building construction - general contractors ..................... 4,427 4,125 2,755 3,686

Construction other than building . . . ........................... 3,675 3,773 2,987 3,267

Construction–special trade ................................... 4,094 3,976 2,765 3,434

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products ....................................... 3,707 3,675 2,563 3,252

Tobacco products ........................................... *3,275 - *1,792 2,429

Textile mill products ......................................... *2,212 *2,122 *1,852 2,124

Apparel from fabrics ........................................ 2,438 2,180 1,959 2,230

Lumber and wood products .................................. 3,003 2,957 2,220 2,769

Furniture/fixtures . . . ......................................... 2,896 3,192 *2,583 2,686

Paper/allied products ........................................ 3,498 3,870 3,273 3,348

Printing/publishing .......................................... 3,965 3,782 2,541 3,579

Chemicals . . . .............................................. 5,248 4,984 3,965 4,698

Petroleum refining .......................................... *3,964 *4,108 2,471 3,800

Rubber and plastics ......................................... 3,435 3,328 3,341 3,218

Leather and leather products ................................. *3,710 *3,026 1,839 3,351

Stone, clay, and glass ....................................... 3,825 3,736 3,269 3,513

Primary metal industries ..................................... *4,346 *4,422 *3,530 4,244

Fabricated metal products ................................... 3,666 3,539 2,897 3,310

Industrial/commercial machinery .............................. 4,461 4,548 3,265 4,234

Electronic/electrical equipment . .............................. 5,188 4,636 3,783 4,811

Transportation equipment .................................... 4,591 4,831 3,651 4,230

Measuring/analyzing instruments ............................. *6,961 *7,247 *5,631 *6,457

Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. 3,337 2,969 2,141 2,887

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport - - - -

Local/suburban transit ....................................... 1,797 1,619 1,202 1,677

Motor freight transportation .................................. 3,315 3,226 2,250 2,944

Water transportation ........................................ 3,172 3,295 2,279 2,822

Transportation by air ........................................ 4,375 4,018 3,007 3,448

Pipelines, except natural gas ................................. *6,158 *5,380 - 5,387

Transportation services ...................................... 4,170 3,549 2,005 3,688

Communications . ........................................... 5,660 5,134 3,408 4,951

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . ....................... 5,659 5,714 2,753 5,398

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade–durables ................................... 5,374 4,763 2,700 4,648

Wholesale trade–nondurables ................................ 4,362 3,940 2,472 3,789

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware ................................. 2,461 2,246 1,459 2,104

General merchandise stores ................................. 1,746 1,569 1,092 1,502

Food stores . ............................................... 2,720 2,486 1,427 2,083

Car dealers, gas stations .................................... 3,841 3,260 1,898 3,145

Apparel and accessory stores ................................ 2,150 1,982 1,426 1,485

Home furniture stores ....................................... 3,387 3,102 2,310 2,639

Eating and drinking places ................................... 1,711 1,726 1,151 1,261

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 2,441 2,170 1,362 1,954

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22 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A6.

Average Monthly Earnings in Maryland by Industry and Age: 2002 — Con.

[Full-quarter earnings, in dollars]

Industry 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions ....................................... 4,133 4,013 2,660 3,347

Nondepository institutions .................................... 6,254 5,194 4,483 5,057

Security and commodity brokers .............................. 8,868 9,044 6,922 7,066

Insurance carriers .......................................... 5,189 4,949 3,239 4,393

Insurance agents/brokers .................................... 5,192 4,783 3,570 4,261

Real estate ................................................ 3,811 3,540 2,150 3,264

Holding/other investment offices . . . ........................... 6,715 6,628 4,449 5,460

Services

Hotels/other lodging places .................................. 2,390 2,009 1,354 2,056

Personal services . . ......................................... 2,133 1,869 1,318 1,860

Business services .......................................... 4,289 4,062 2,096 3,729

Car repair, services, and parking ............................. 3,352 2,900 1,604 2,833

Miscellaneous repair services ................................ 3,468 3,195 2,416 3,043

Motion pictures ............................................. 2,693 2,457 1,374 1,554

Amusement and recreation services . ......................... 2,028 1,741 1,214 1,548

Health services ............................................. 3,841 3,726 2,760 3,220

Legal services .............................................. 5,637 5,360 4,281 4,565

Educational services ........................................ 3,822 3,956 3,174 3,421

Social services ............................................. 2,373 2,297 1,522 2,016

Museums, galleries, and gardens ............................. 3,018 2,572 1,070 2,200

Membership organizations . . ................................. 3,239 3,160 1,741 2,735

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 5,805 5,915 4,115 4,871

Private households ......................................... 1,453 1,336 1,049 1,396

Services, not classified ...................................... 4,772 6,604 *2,718 4,380

- Value equals zero or value is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Note: Earnings for workers 65 and older may reflect lump sum distributions.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Local Employment Dynamics program,

2002. See Web site <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
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