Employment by Industry

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Defining the Region

Gross Metro Product

Top 100 Employers

Economic Trends

Fastest Growing Private Companies

The Baltimore metropolitan area has a diverse industry base, which has been led in the past decade by significant growth in professional and business services, education and health services, financial activities and the leisure and hospitality sectors. This diverse employment base fuels a stable economy in the region.

The region added 68,800 jobs since 2000, of which more than 59,000 were in the private sector.
Having increased by more than 18% between 2000 and 2007, Education and Health Services led the region with the greatest change in employment.
Natural Resources, Mining, and Construction increased by 17.2% between 2000 and 2007.
Leisure and Hospitality grew by 13% between 2000 and 2007.

2007 Employment: Baltimore in Context
Industry	Employment (thousands)	Percent of State
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities	246.8	50.9%
Education and Health Services	223.1	59.7%
Professional and Business Services	191.4	48.0%
State and Local Government	182.1	51.4%
Leisure and Hospitality	117	48.1%
Natural Resources, Mining, and Construction	85.9	44.4%
Financial Activities	81.1	50.7%
Manufacturing	70.9	52.6%
Other Services	56.7	47.3%
Federal Government	40.7	32.3%
Information	23.4	48.0%
Baltimore-Towson MSA Total	1318.9	50.5%

Source: Bureau of Labor and Statistics, 2008

The Baltimore-Towson MSA accounted for 50.5% of the growth in the state in 2007. The breakdown of industry sectors within the MSA for 2007 are depicted in the graph below.

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