Montgomery County Industries Ranked by Number of Jobs

1999:Q2 2000:Q2 One Year Change in Employment 2000:Q2

Industry SIC Employment Employment Absolute Percentage Establishments Average Weekly Wage
Business Services 73 53,336 59,812 6,476 12.14% 3,022 $830
Engineering & Management Services 87 31,566 33,720 2,154 6.82% 2,664 $1,099
Health Services 80 32,725 32,670 -55 -0.17% 2,179 $745
Eating and Drinking Places 58 21,124 22,668 1,544 7.31% 1,241 $291
Special Trade Contractors 17 14,954 16,486 1,532 10.24% 1,278 $741
Miscellaneous Retail 59 11,805 12,150 345 2.92% 1,064 $368
Social Services 83 10,861 12,012 1,151 10.60% 589 $431
Food Stores 54 11,035 11,138 103 0.93% 380 $418
Real Estate 65 10,237 10,519 282 2.75% 1,023 $765
Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods 50 9,934 10,123 189 1.90% 846 $1,253
Hotels and Other Lodging Places 70 8,550 8,499 -51 -0.60% 61 $814
General Building Contractors 15 6,960 8,194 1,234 17.73% 852 $876
Communications 48 6,841 7,605 764 11.17% 150 $1,280
Automotive Dealers & Service Stations 55 7,186 7,242 56 0.78% 336 $787
General Merchandise Stores 53 6,223 6,909 686 11.02% 63 $358
Amusement & Recreation Services 79 6,381 6,544 163 2.55% 330 $316
Educational Services 82 5,819 6,435 616 10.59% 245 $568
Printing and Publishing 27 6,064 6,286 222 3.66% 263 $857
Electronic & Other Electronic Equipment 36 4,442 6,060 1,618 36.43% 63 $1,427
Insurance Carriers 63 5,918 5,997 79 1.33% 171 $853
Depository Institutions 60 5,326 5,861 535 10.05% 301 $778
Furniture and Home furnishings 57 5,651 5,488 -163 -2.88% 498 $604
Private Households 88 5,566 5,446 -120 -2.16% 5,063 $276
Personal Services 72 4,839 5,070 231 4.77% 683 $411
Agricultural Services 07 4,449 4,911 462 10.38% 486 $479
Membership Organizations 86 4,367 4,503 136 3.11% 318 $761
Apparel and Accessory Stores 56 4,335 4,408 73 1.68% 304 $282
Legal Services 81 3,356 3,384 28 0.83% 645 $943
Auto Repair, Services, and Parking 75 3,482 3,304 -178 -5.11% 506 $626
Wholesale Trade-Nondurable Goods 51 3,324 3,165 -159 -4.78% 319 $877
Instruments and Related Products 38 3,897 3,153 -744 -19.09% 41 $1,049
Nondepository Institutions 61 3,464 3,011 -453 -13.08% 262 $1,153
Insurance Agents, Brokers, & Service 64 2,651 2,912 261 9.85% 361 $1,030
Nonclassifiable Establishments 99 1,268 2,901 1,633 128.79% 1,584 $721
Security and Commodity Brokers 62 2,706 2,820 114 4.21% 202 $1,688
Trucking and Warehousing 42 3,084 2,738 -346 -11.22% 187 $568
Building Materials & Garden Supplies 52 2,508 2,481 -27 -1.08% 106 $506
Heavy Construction, Ex. Building 16 1,362 1,366 4 0.29% 47 $756
Motion Pictures 78 1,386 1,328 -58 -4.18% 157 $410
Chemicals and Allied Products 28 980 1,081 101 10.31% 21 $3,675
Food and Kindred Products 20 1,026 1,063 37 3.61% 23 $690
Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 49 835 959 124 14.85% 26 $1,167
Miscellaneous Repair Services 76 915 877 -38 -4.15% 166 $670
Transportation Services 47 817 756 -61 -7.47% 156 $681
Transportation Equipment 37 597 678 81 13.57% 9 $2,376
Transportation by Air 45 649 573 -76 -11.71% 14 $586
Local and Interurban Passenger Transit 41 343 554 211 61.52% 43 $450
Holding and Investment Offices 67 471 427 -44 -9.34% 82 $1,776
Stone, Clay, and Glass Products 32 287 309 22 7.67% 19 $983
Lumber and Wood Products, except Furniture 24 327 283 -44 -13.46% 23 $619
Industrial Machinery and Equipment 35 248 264 16 6.45% 24 $954
Fabricated Metal Products 34 211 229 18 8.53% 17 $773
Miscellaneous Services 89 154 196 42 27.27% 66 $843
Agricultural Production 01 210 190 -20 -9.52% 13 $494
Rubber and Misc. Plastics Products 30 74 184 110 148.65% 6 $536
Water Transportation 44 134 165 31 23.13% 6 $1,624
Paper and Allied Products 26 164 156 -8 -4.88% 5 $804
Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries 39 95 98 3 3.16% 21 $639
Museums, Botanical, Zoological Gardens 84 87 90 3 3.45% 15 $303
Apparel and Other Textile Products 23 76 73 -3 -3.95% 9 $542

* Data not available because of confidentiality

Agriculture Production Livestock 02 * * * * * *
Forestry 08 * * * * * *
Oil and Gas Extraction 13 * * * * * *
Nonmetallic Minerals, except Fuels 14 * * * * * *
Textile Mill Products 22 * * * * * *
Furniture and Fixtures 25 * * * * * *
Petroleum Refining and Related 29 * * * * * *
Leather and Leather Products 31 * * * * * *
Primary Metal Industries 33 * * * * * *
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, ES-202

RESI of Towson University, March 2001