The Department of Labor gathers data on employment position and wages and uses that as locality pay for the area. Paying low wages sets the standard.

During the 2024 calendar year, the Anne Arundel County government paid a combined $479.7M to 7,913 employees, excluding more than 2,500 Board of Elections temporary workers.

In 2024, Baltimore County’s government paid 9,129 employees $680,133,061, up 7% from the previous year, when it paid about 170 fewer workers. The $21.07 million paid in overtime last year marked ...

Carroll County government is continuing efforts to hire and retain staff, an initiative that began in 2021. The Board of Carroll County Commissioners at their meeting Thursday unanimously approved ...