Employment in Frederick County Md

Employment in Frederick County Maryland is broken down statistically* to the following:

74% of Frederick residents are employed by private companies
20% of residents are employed by the government
6% are self-employed
6.1% are unemployed (as of August 2010)
60% of Frederick County residents are employed within Frederick County
40% are employed outside of Frederick County

The Leading Employers in Frederick County**:

Fort Detrick 9200
Frederick Board of Education 5384
Frederick County Government 2404
Frederick Memorial Hospital 2652
Bechtel Corporation 2203
SAIC (Medical Research) 1965
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage 1500
CitiMortgage 900
Frederick Community College 899
Frederick City Government 852

From The Frederick County Office of Economic Development:

“Frederick County draws from one of the largest, most technologically
advanced labor forces with approximately 2.9 million workers in Maryland.
Maryland claims the top spot in the country for the percentage of technical
and professional workers in the workplace (25.7%), for the total number of
doctoral scientists and engineers as a percentage of total employment (0.98%),
and is first among the states in the percentage of population 25 and over with
a graduate or professional degree (15.7%).

And Frederick County is reaping the benefits.

- Frederick County was one of only 9 counties in Maryland that
  experienced a positive job growth from 2005-2009.
- Frederick County Workforce Investment Area (WIA) ranks 3rd
  among WIAs in the percentage of doctoral scientists and engineers
  as a percentage of total employment (3.0%)
- Frederick County ranks 5th in the state of Maryland in Bachelor’s
  degree attainment (32.9%), 5th in the state for Advanced degree
  attainment (13.3%) and 4th in the state for high school diploma
  attainment (91.4%).”