Division of Research & Evaluation

Appalachian Regional Commission

Industrial snapshot: Appalachian Maryland

Largest industrial share in 2017: Health & Social Services, 20,000 jobs, 14.4 percent of total employment

Fastest growth in employment from 2012 to 2017: Utilities, 14.1 percent growth

Fastest growth in earnings per employee from 2012 to 2017: Professional & Technical Services, 30.4 percent growth

For more information, please see the complete report, Industrial Make-up of the Appalachian Region, Employment and Earnings, 2002-2017, available 

for download at www.arc.gov/research. The report includes county-level maps for each industry in the region, allowing for comparisons across states and 

subregions, as well discussion about how trends in the Region compare with those in the United States as a whole.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 140 3,557 3,697 13,420 196,132 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $46,601 $64,735 $64,047 $46,697 $57,187

Health, Social Services 20 422 442 1,562 22,199 14.4 11.9 11.9 11.6 11.3 $53,097 $57,930 $57,709 $53,807 $56,340

Retail Trade 19 326 345 1,493 19,222 13.6 9.2 9.3 11.1 9.8 $21,360 $17,371 $17,592 $17,906 $22,477

State & Local Government 15 328 343 1,488 19,619 10.9 9.2 9.3 11.1 10.0 $66,053 $79,325 $78,735 $58,113 $69,677

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 14 331 345 1,240 19,155 9.7 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.8 $27,494 $30,193 $30,086 $21,308 $27,685

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 13 344 357 1,040 19,616 9.4 9.7 9.7 7.8 10.0 $39,686 $57,373 $56,719 $37,716 $60,386

Professional, Technical Services 13 613 625 1,619 28,479 9.1 17.2 16.9 12.1 14.5 $40,976 $77,071 $76,335 $43,107 $61,372

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 11 230 241 874 14,148 8.1 6.5 6.5 6.5 7.2 $71,115 $83,101 $82,534 $80,686 $83,878

Manufacturing 11 108 119 1,342 13,307 7.7 3.0 3.2 10.0 6.8 $63,993 $86,900 $84,809 $63,583 $77,469

Construction 7 232 239 775 10,636 5.3 6.5 6.5 5.8 5.4 $48,038 $66,997 $66,404 $53,773 $64,788

Personal & Other Services 7 209 216 793 11,170 5.2 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.7 $33,318 $39,152 $38,954 $32,180 $36,353

Education, Information Services 4 154 157 432 8,075 2.5 4.3 4.3 3.2 4.1 $81,541 $94,041 $93,762 $79,670 $82,520

Farming, Forestry 3 22 24 325 3,552 1.9 0.6 0.7 2.4 1.8 $9,715 $24,255 $22,697 $13,726 $28,111

Federal Government, Military 2 224 226 241 4,786 1.4 6.3 6.1 1.8 2.4 $67,463 $124,995 $124,495 $78,938 $91,808

Coal, Gas, Other Mining 1 4 5 140 1,505 0.4 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.8 $60,056 $19,768 $24,587 $48,966 $67,769

Utilities 0 12 13 57 664 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 $93,783 $163,639 $161,137 $109,314 $125,893

Maryland App. U.S. Maryland App. U.S. 2017

Employment (thousands) Industrial Share Earnings per employee

Maryland App. U.S.

App. Non-App. Total App. Non-App. Total

Total Employment 0.8 7.8 7.5 4.7 9.6 4.6 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.4

Health, Social Services 2.0 7.3 7.0 5.3 10.5 5.5 3.4 3.5 4.7 4.1

Retail Trade -0.4 1.6 1.5 2.5 6.4 5.1 22.8 21.3 22.4 15.6

State & Local Government -4.9 -0.1 -0.3 -0.7 2.3 8.2 9.3 9.3 6.8 7.9

Food, Lodging, Entertainment 3.7 14.6 14.1 11.6 15.1 14.1 20.6 20.4 6.2 8.0

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate -4.7 8.1 7.6 8.6 11.7 -1.7 -5.0 -4.8 -2.5 2.9

Professional, Technical Services 2.9 8.5 8.3 7.1 12.0 30.4 10.6 10.9 9.3 7.8

Wholesale Trade, Transportation 7.6 27.2 26.1 6.2 16.8 -0.5 -18.0 -17.2 -0.6 -5.6

Manufacturing 4.4 0.5 0.9 5.5 5.6 -3.1 4.3 3.7 3.4 1.4

Construction 1.7 16.6 16.1 7.2 19.0 1.9 -2.5 -2.2 3.5 7.9

Personal & Other Services 0.0 6.0 5.8 3.7 7.7 -0.5 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.5

Education, Information Services 2.6 6.8 6.7 2.4 8.7 12.7 6.8 6.9 4.4 6.5

Farming, Forestry 1.6 5.4 5.0 0.7 1.3 -64.5 -24.0 -27.8 -6.2 -18.9

Federal Government, Military -4.7 0.3 0.2 -3.9 -2.9 3.1 4.9 4.9 3.4 2.8

Coal, Gas, Other Mining -20.8 2.7 -0.9 -17.3 -2.7 1.1 5.0 -1.3 -23.3 -36.4

Utilities 14.1 20.1 19.8 11.0 14.9 -13.3 9.2 8.7 0.3 -2.6

2012-2017

Percent change in employment Percent change in earnings per employee

Maryland App. U.S. Maryland App. U.S.