MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

ECONOMY

EMPLOYMENT

WAGES

In 2022, Maryland workers averaged a per capita personal income of $70,730 a year, higher than the national average of $65,280 a year. In 2021, Maryland workers were paid about $1,375 per week, while the national average salary was approximately $1,220 per week.

As of January 1, 2024, the General Assembly's Fair Wage Act of 2023 increased Maryland's minimum wage from $13.25 to $15.00 an hour, while the federally-mandated minimum wage remained at $7.25 an hour (Chapter 2, Acts of 2023). For tipped employees, the Maryland minimum cash-wage is $3.63 an hour, though this amount plus tips must at least equal Maryland's Minimum Wage Rate.


WAGES - MARYLAND
(weekly averages)

2021
Maryland $1,375


2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Maryland $1,118 $1,147 $1,177 $1,211 $1,322


2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Maryland $1,023 $1,039 $1,040 $1,066 $1,100


2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Maryland $887 $928 $953 $973 $995


2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Maryland $735 $757 $782 $818 $853


1997 1998 1999 2000
Maryland $611 $640 $663 $701


WAGES - PRIVATE & PUBLIC SECTOR

2021
Private Sector
goods producing
$1,496
natural resources & mining $938
construction $1,398
manufacturing $1,679
Private Sector
service providing
$1,307
trade, transportation & utilities $1,035
information $2,872
financial activities $2,026
professional & business $1,769
education & health $1,201
leisure & hospitality $543
other $965
Public Sector $1,570
local government $1,238
state government $1,311
federal government $2,221


2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Private Sector
goods producing
$1,276 $1,339 $1,356 $1,378 $1,450
natural resources & mining $784 $817 $829 $859 $902
construction $1,203 $1,250 $1,268 $1,305 $1,345
manufacturing $1,419 $1,508 $1,519 $1,518 $1,642
Private Sector
service providing
$1,043 $1,067 $1,098 $1,132 $1,246
trade, transportation & utilities $861 $873 $897 $914 $976
information $1,675 $1,693 $1,785 $1,904 $2,126
financial activities $1,706 $1,746 $1,817 $1,885 $2,119
professional & business $1,439 $1,488 $1,531 $1,590 $1,698
education & health $1,004 $1,024 $1,044 $1,071 $1,146
leisure & hospitality $431 $451 $462 $476 $506
other $775 $804 $831 $851 $928
Public Sector $1,317 $1,350 $1,384 $1,427 $1,526
local government $1,046 $1,071 $1,106 $1,136 $1,233
state government $1,099 $1,140 $1,119 $1,175 $1,259
federal government $1,912 $1,950 $2,034 $2,087 $2,158


2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Private Sector
goods producing
$1,151 $1,170 $1,174 $1,203 $1,247
natural resources & mining $724 $726 $728 $747 $759
construction $1,056 $1,075 $1,079 $1,119 $1,157
manufacturing $1,295 $1,324 $1,331 $1,352 $1,410
Private Sector
service providing
$954 $973 $974 $997 $1,027
trade, transportation & utilities $784 $799 $799 $818 $850
information $1,448 $1,509 $1,560 $1,599 $1,615
financial activities $1,429 $1,549 $1,545 $1,601 $1,662
professional & business $1,332 $1,370 $1,364 $1,392 $1,424
education & health $917 $933 $938 $958 $995
leisure & hospitality $379 $385 $389 $398 $415
other $811 $684 $707 $745 $753
Public Sector $1,202 $1,207 $1,210 $1,253 $1,298
local government $965 $970 $980 $1,001 $1,042
state government $932 $964 $1,010 $1,055 $1,100
federal government $1,790 $1,766 $1,733 $1,818 $1,864


2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Private Sector
goods producing
$986 $1,042 $1,077 $1,101 $1,130
natural resources & mining $661 $667 $684 $679 $694
construction $926 $973 $1,011 $1,011 $1,039
manufacturing $1,085 $1,159 $1,190 $1,215 $1,268
Private Sector
service providing
$831 $865 $886 $901 $924
trade, transportation & utilities $716 $739 $748 $752 $769
information $1,218 $1,245 $1,288 $1,322 $1,396
financial activities $1,283 $1,341 $1,337 $1,320 $1,386
professional & business $1,100 $1,164 $1,208 $1,260 $1,297
education & health $807 $838 $873 $891 $896
leisure & hospitality $342 $357 $361 $363 $372
other $585 $605 $619 $634 658
Public Sector
$1,029 $1,087 $1,121 $1,155 $1,172
local government $848 $903 $939 $963 $968
state government $879 $911 $941 $949 $918
federal government $1,483 $1,574 $1,611 $1,668 $1,709


2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Private Sector
goods producing
$837 $855 $879 $920 $949
natural resources & mining $580 $562 $575 $607 $640
construction $776 $792 $813 $847 $883
manufacturing $906 $933 $968 $1,025 $1,051
Private Sector
service providing
$686 $703 $728 $763 $798
trade, transportation & utilities $618 $630 $649 $675 $696
information $1,073 $1,084 $1,113 $1,173 $1,192
financial activities $980 $1,023 $1,090 $1,149 $1,235
professional & business $862 $892 $920 $973 $1,030
education & health $670 $692 $719 $752 $778
leisure & hospitality $320 $318 $328 $337 $352
other $497 $510 $526 $549 $563
Public Sector $837 $882 $913 $952 $993
local government $697 $726 $746 $781 $811
state government $743 $810 $803 $815 $839
federal government $1,151 $1,210 $1,288 $1,356 $1,437


1997 1998 1999 2000
Private Sector
goods producing
$763 $802 $830 $883
Private Sector
nonmanufacturing
services $595 $622 $651 $694
trade (wholesale) $794 $844 $891 $959
trade (retail) $328 $345 $355 $368
contract construction $629 $669 $702 $738
finance, insurance, real estate $824 $874 $916 $969
transportation, communications, public utilities $734 $773 $796 $847
other $445 $506 $555 $592
Public Sector
local government $612 $629 $644 $666
state government $620 $640 $675 $710
federal government $861 $1,006 $974 $1,029

Source: Division of Labor & Industry, Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation

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