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Those looking for Baltimore County jobs should consider working for a nonprofit.

A recent report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies found that employment in nonprofits throughout Maryland increased by 2.7 percent to 256,628 jobs during 2008. Nonprofit workers account for about 10 percent of overall employment in the state and are the second largest employer, behind only retail, contributing more than $11.5 million in wages to the local economy.

In comparison, for-profit employment in Maryland decreased by 3.3 percent during 2008. However, the effects of the economic recession have still been felt in the nonprofit industry, as endowments, charitable contributions and other funding sources have declined along with the rest of the economy.

“We are concerned about the sector’s continued ability to meet rising demands as the recession drags on and state fiscal problems deepen, and will watch nonprofit employment numbers beyond the conclusion of 2008 to monitor the effects of the recession in 2009,” Maryland Nonprofits CEO Darryl A. Jones said.

Western Maryland saw the biggest growth in nonprofit employment during 2008, at 5.3 percent, followed by the Baltimore suburbs at 4.5 percent and the City of Baltimore at .8 percent.

The study further found that nonprofit employment in Maryland increased by 27 percent from 1999 to 2008, which is almost seven times the 4 percent growth rate the for-profit sector experienced during the same time period.

Although Baltimore’s nonprofit industry has been growing, the Baltimore area’s overall economy has continued to lose jobs on a monthly and yearly basis as the unemployment rate remains steady.

During November 2009, the Baltimore-Towson area’s unemployment rate remained at 7.7 percent, following an increase from 7.5 percent during October. The city’s stagnant rate is still lower than the national unemployment rate of 10 percent.

The Baltimore area had a total non-farm employment of 1,286,700 workers during November, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 1,288,300 workers during October and a 2 percent decrease from last year.

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