Employment by Industry

The table below breaks down the industrial make up of Greater Baltimore. To view our entire Iindustry statiscal analysis including the data used to create these figures, [Download XLS] our Industry Statistics Summary.

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Industry Employment Concentration
Greater Baltimore
2010
 
 
 
Index
Industry
US=1.0
High Concentration
 
Federal Government*
2.66
Education
1.77
Prof., Scientific & Tech Services
1.48
State Government
1.41
Health Care
1.16
Average Concentration
 
Construction/Natural Resources
1.03
Other Services
1.02
Wholesale Trade
1.01
Admin & Support Services
0.98
Leisure & Hospitality
0.95
Retail Trade
0.94
Financial Activities
0.93
Transportation & Utilities
0.90
Below Average Concentration
 
Information
0.79
Local Government
0.78
Manufacturing
0.54
Source: Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore
Bureau of Labor Statistics data, February 2011
*Federal Government figures are from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2008.
 
Location Quotient identifies the sectors in which Greater Baltimore has a lesser or greater concentration of industry employees compared to the US Average. Quotients greater than 1.1 show an above average concentration, and less than 0.9 show a below average concentration.

 

The following chart shows the distribution of Non-Farm industrial employment by sector in 2010, in order of rank. Non-Farm is all non-farm private industries plus Government, which is split into Local, State, and Federal. Click on the image to view larger.
 

 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics