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Employment* (2019 Avg., by place of work)
Industry
Avg. # of Reporting Units
Annual Avg. Empl.
Empl. %
Avg. Wkly. Wage
in 1971 in Kilkenny, Ireland, the company moved to the United States in 1981 and expanded into Garrett County in 1998.
Pillar Innovations: Headquartered in Grantsville, Pillar Innovations is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beitzel Corporation. Founded
to service coal mines and industrial facilities
in Western Maryland, Pillar Innovations now offers products and solutions in the mining,
oil and natural gas, aggregate, automotive, engineering, fiber optics, and security/access control sectors for businesses across the country.
Resources and Incentives for Employers
Garrett College (garrettcollege.edu) offers continuing education and non-credit workforce training in a variety of fields, from welding
to health care services, through its Career Technology Training Center. The school has also partnered with the county’s Department of Business Development on initiatives to promote well-paying jobs and advancement opportunities.
One such initiative is the Garrett Information Enterprise Center (GIEC, business. garrettcounty.org/site-location-opportunities/ business-incubator-coworking-space), which was launched as a technology incubator and supplies its tenants with resources and low-
cost office space at Garrett College’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Garrett College also hosts an outpost of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), which helps small businesses from startup through expansion. For more information about local SBDC services, visit marylandsbdc.org/ locations/western-region.
Here are some of the most important tax credits and incentive programs offered by the federal, state and local government:
• There are three federal Opportunity Zones (business.garrettcounty.org/strategic- advantages/opportunity-zones) located in Garrett County:
o Census Tract 2, located in Northern Garrett County, which includes within its boundaries the Northern Garrett Industrial Park, Keysers Ridge Business Park, and the municipality of Grantsville;
o Census Tracts 6 and 7 located in Southern Garrett County, which include within their boundaries the Southern Garrett Industrial Park, the Southern Garrett Business and Technology Park, and the municipalities of Oakland, Mountain Lake Park, and Loch Lynn Heights.
• Three state-designated enterprise zones allow companies operating there to receive local and state tax breaks (commerce. maryland.gov/fund/programs-for-businesses/ enterprise-zone-tax-credit).
Government sector total 64
Federal government 12 Local government 46 Natural resources and mining 36 Manufacturing 47
Information 8
Professional and business 123 services
Leisure and hospitality 106
Overall total 948
1,703 14.1%
69 0.6% 1,379 11.4% 330 2.9% 1,035 8.6%
147 1.2% 847 7.0%
1,920 15.9%
12,075 100.0%
$ 814
1,074 796 1,305 769
643 886
360
$ 694
State government
6
255
2.1%
842
Private sector total
884
10,371
85.9%
$ 674
Construction
155
935
8.0%
894
Trade, transportation and utilities
224
2,555
21.2%
614
Financial activities
52
513
4.2%
629
Education and health services
77
1,719
14.2%
727
Other services
52
320
2.7%
632
*Includes civilian employment only
Source: Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Workforce Information and Performance
Hourly Wage Rates (2020 Avg.)
Selected Occupations
Median
Entry
Experienced
Accountants
Computer systems analysts Customer service representatives Freight, stock and material movers Inspectors, testers, sorters Maintenance workers – machinery Network support specialists Packers and packagers – hand Shipping/receiving clerks
Team assemblers
$27.97 $17.85 31.95 20.27 13.97 11.46 14.46 11.26 20.64 13.94 24.69 19.54 28.19 19.69 13.14 11.01 16.06 12.31 13.40 12.64
$36.16 41.53 16.39 17.94 23.37 28.21 33.70 14.46 19.35 16.58
Bookkeeping/accounting clerks
18.19
12.81
21.29
Computer user support specialists
16.09
13.58
19.18
Electrical engineers
44.62
29.16
55.58
Industrial truck operators
17.99
14.29
20.47
Machinists
19.99
13.96
25.80
Mechanical engineers
39.12
26.04
51.21
Packing/filling machine operators
18.72
13.84
23.81
Secretaries
17.13
12.33
20.30
Stock clerks; order fillers
12.16
11.22
14.48
Telemarketer
13.78
11.00
15.54
Wages are an estimate of what workers might expect to receive in Western Maryland (Allegany, Garrett and Washington counties) and may vary by industry, employer and locality.
Source: Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Workforce Information and Performance
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