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St. Mary's County, MD jobs, unemployment and layoffs

St. Mary's County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 71 open professional jobs are in its cities.

St. Mary's County economy

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.1% the month before

  • 58,186

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 114,372

    people in St. Mary's County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $114,580

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 50%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

St. Mary's County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming St. Mary's County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in St. Mary's County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Trinzic21 open roles
  2. MAG Aerospace9 open roles
  3. Medstar Health5 open roles
  4. Tekla Research3 open roles
  5. CRL Technologies2 open roles
  6. KBR2 open roles
  7. Navstar2 open roles
  8. Peraton2 open roles
  9. Precise Systems (MD)2 open roles
  10. Saalex2 open roles

Colleges in St. Mary's County

Colleges in St. Mary's County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
St. Mary's College of MarylandSt. Mary's CityPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving St. Mary's County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Southern Maryland Job Source

    California · Affiliate · 301-844-6404

    M-TH, 9:00 AM -12 PM, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Friday, 9:00 AM- 12 PM

Cities in St. Mary's County

Other Maryland counties

All of Maryland

Laid off or looking for work in St. Mary's County?

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See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Maryland’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.