Occupational profile · 2025

Maryland

Maryland employs 2,763,030 people. The work it does most unusually is healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other, at 11.5× the national concentration — 5,840 jobs paying a median of $164,670.

2,763,030jobs

$59,510median annual wage20% above the median of the fifty-one state medians.

6major groups above the nationOf 22, running at least 15% more concentrated here than nationally.

What Maryland is distinctive for

Detailed occupations ranked by location quotient. A location quotient is an occupation’s share of a state’s jobs divided by its share of the nation’s. One means the state looks like the country; two means twice the concentration. It is a measure of distinctiveness, not of quality, size or pay. Bars use a logarithmic scale so the lower ranks stay legible beside the leader.

1Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other5,840 jobs · median $164,67011.5×
2Statisticians2,730 jobs · median $132,6205.3×
3Special Education Teachers, All Other3,020 jobs · median $76,1005.0×
4Biological Scientists, All Other4,970 jobs · median $121,6805.0×
5Microbiologists1,590 jobs · median $108,4704.7×
6Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other16,030 jobs · median $49,2604.7×
7Physical Scientists, All Other1,810 jobs · median $141,2904.6×
8Computer and Information Research Scientists2,870 jobs · median $145,3104.3×
9Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other2,600 jobs · median $131,8104.0×
10Economists1,130 jobs · median $144,6803.6×
11Counselors, All Other1,750 jobs · median $46,8403.4×
12Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other2,110 jobs · median $75,0003.4×

What Maryland is made of

All twenty-two occupational groups by headcount, with the concentration figure beside each. Most states look broadly alike in this view — that is the finding, not a flaw in it.

Maryland, occupational major groups. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Occupation group	Jobs	vs national	Median wage
Office and Administrative Support Occupations	314,090	1.00×	$49,210
Management Occupations	260,910	1.32×	$131,490
Business and Financial Operations Occupations	225,410	1.20×	$95,870
Sales and Related Occupations	221,830	0.93×	$37,440
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	213,550	0.88×	$44,950
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	213,130	0.88×	$36,050
Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	173,070	1.07×	$66,230
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	172,320	0.99×	$98,600
Computer and Mathematical Occupations	139,610	1.49×	$128,440
Healthcare Support Occupations	112,650	0.80×	$41,070
Construction and Extraction Occupations	111,750	0.98×	$59,880
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	96,580	0.89×	$61,250
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations	83,400	1.03×	$38,030
Protective Service Occupations	77,060	1.15×	$57,520
Production Occupations	66,800	0.44×	$47,810
Personal Care and Service Occupations	66,620	1.15×	$37,960
Architecture and Engineering Occupations	53,510	1.15×	$111,220
Community and Social Service Occupations	52,700	1.11×	$60,590
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	48,980	1.87×	$103,560
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	32,380	0.89×	$71,100
Legal Occupations	23,710	1.02×	$108,640
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	2,970	0.38×	$40,090

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Blank cells are estimates BLS did not release, usually because too few employers reported. They are shown as gaps rather than filled. Detailed occupations are included only where at least 1,000 people are employed, below which a quotient is survey noise. A wage marked “$239,200 or more” is censored at source: BLS does not publish medians above that figure, so the number is a floor rather than the wage. A work of the U.S. government: no copyright subsists (17 U.S.C. §105). BLS OEWS ↗