Baltimore City · Maryland
Baltimore, MD jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Baltimore, MD earn a median of $46,487 a year, 4% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 6.6% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 31.8% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $46,487#27 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 6.6%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 62.4%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 273,015Civilian employed, age 16+
What Baltimore does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance31.8%
- Professional, scientific & management14%
- Retail trade8.7%
- Public administration8.6%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food6.9%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities6.3%
- Finance, insurance & real estate5.8%
- Construction4.9%
- Manufacturing4.7%
- Other services, except public administration4.5%
- Wholesale trade1.7%
- Information1.7%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.2%
Related data for Baltimore
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.