Workforce

Workforce

Greater Baltimore

• Baltimore was ranked the 35th best city for jobs in 2008 by Forbes.com.
• Baltimore is ranked 2008’s 14th brainiest metropolitan area based on measures of educational achievement.
• A highly educated workforce with 14% of the population holding advanced degrees
  • ranks the region 5th among the top 25 most populous metro areas in the U.S.

State of Maryland

• Maryland ranks 1st among the states in the percentage of professional and technical workers (25.7%) in the workforce.
• Maryland ranks 1st among U.S. states in the percentage of the population 25 and older with a graduate or professional degree.  
• Maryland ranks 2nd among U.S. states in educational attainment—35.1 percent of the population age 25 and above have completed a bachelor’s degree or higher. 
• Maryland ranks 6th nationwide by employment in computer systems design with 56,200 jobs and 6th also in defense electronics manufacturing, with 8,500 jobs. The state ranks 7th in engineering services employment with 31,900 jobs. Other Cyberstates 2008 rankings include:
  • 5th  – Concentration of technology jobs, which employ 80 of every 1,000 private sector workers in 2006.
  • 11th  – High-tech average wage of $80,800, or 82 percent more than the average private sector wage.
  • 11th  – Number of high-tech workers at 165,600.
  • 12th  – High-tech payroll of $13.4 billion in 2006.
  • 13th  – Number of high-tech establishments totaling 9,800 in 2006.