Editing Montgomery County, Maryland (section)

==Economy==
Montgomery County is an important business and research center. It is the epicenter for [[biotechnology]] in the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic]] region. Montgomery County, as third largest biotechnology cluster in the U.S., holds a large cluster and companies of large corporate size within the state. [[Biomedical research]] is carried out by institutions including [[Johns Hopkins University]]'s Montgomery County Campus (JHU MCC), and the [[Howard Hughes Medical Institute]] (HHMI). Federal government agencies in Montgomery County engaged in related work include the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA), the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH), the [[Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences]] (USUHS), and the [[Walter Reed Army Institute of Research]].

Many large firms are based in the county, including [[Coventry Health Care]], [[Lockheed Martin]], [[Marriott International]], [[Host Hotels & Resorts]], [[Travel Channel]], [[Ritz-Carlton]], Robert Louis Johnson Companies ([[RLJ Companies]]), [[Choice Hotels]], [[MedImmune]], [[TV One (American TV channel)|TV One]], [[BAE Systems Inc.]], [[Hughes Network Systems]] and [[GEICO]].

Other U.S. federal government agencies based in the county include the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA), [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]] (NRC), [[U.S. Department of Energy]] (DOE), the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] (NIST), the [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]] (WRNMMC), and the [[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]] (CPSC).

Downtown [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]] and [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]] are the largest urban business hubs in the county; combined, they rival many major city cores.

===Top employers===
According to the county's [[comprehensive annual financial report]]s, the top employers by number of employees in the county are the following. "NR" indicates the employer was not ranked among the top ten employers that year.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Employer
! Employees<br />(2021)<ref name= cafr-2021>{{cite web |url= https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Finance/Resources/Files/data/financial/cafr/FY2021_ACFR.pdf |title=Montgomery County, Maryland Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, for the Year ending June 30, 2021 |date= December 17, 2021 |work= Montgomery County, Maryland |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220308085801/http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Finance/Resources/Files/data/financial/cafr/FY2021_ACFR.pdf |archive-date= March 8, 2022 }}</ref>{{efn|name=employees|In 2021, number of employees was given as a range. The figure shown in this table is the average of the range given.}}
! Employees<br />(2014)<ref name="CAFR2014">{{cite web|url=http://www6.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/finance/data/financial/CAFR/FY2011_Statistical_Section.pdf|title=Montgomery County, Maryland Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, for the Year ending June 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516125533/http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/finance/data/financial/CAFR/FY2011_Statistical_Section.pdf|archive-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref>
! Employees<br />(2011)<ref name="CAFR2011">{{cite web|url=http://www6.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/finance/data/financial/CAFR/FY2011_Statistical_Section.pdf|title=Montgomery County, Maryland Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, for the Year ending June 30, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516125533/http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/finance/data/financial/CAFR/FY2011_Statistical_Section.pdf|archive-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref>
! Employees<br />(2005)<ref name="CAFR2014"/>
|-
|[[United States Department of Health and Human Services|U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]]
|align=right | 27,500
|align=right | 28,500
|align=right | 29,700
|align=right | 38,800
|-
| [[Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)|Montgomery County Public Schools]]
|align=right | 27,500
|align=right | 25,429
|align=right | 22,016
|align=right | 20,987
|-
| Montgomery County Government
|align=right | 12,500
|align=right | 10,815
|align=right | 8,849
|align=right | 8,272
|-
| [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]]
|align=right | 7,500
|align=right | 12,000
|align=right | 12,690
|align=right | 13,800
|-
| [[Shady Grove Adventist Hospital|Adventist Healthcare]]
|align=right | 7,500
|align=right | 4,900
|align=right | 5,310
|align=right | 6,000
|-
| [[Holy Cross Hospital (Silver Spring)|Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring]]
|align=right | 3,750
|align=right | 3,400
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|-
| [[Marriott International|Marriott International Administrative Services]]
|align=right | 3,750
|align=right | 4,700
|align=right | 5,441
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|-
| [[Montgomery College]]
|align=right | 3,750
|align=right | 3,632
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|-
| [[GEICO]]
|align=right | 3,750
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|-
| [[United States Department of Commerce|U.S. Department of Commerce]]
|align=right | 3,750
|align=right | 5,500
|align=right | 8,250
|align=right | 6,200
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin]]
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | 4,000
|align=right | 4,745
|align=right | 3,900
|-
| [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission]]
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | 3,840
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|-
| [[Giant-Landover|Giant]]
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | 3,842
|align=right | 4,900
|-
| [[Verizon Communications|Verizon]]
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | 3,292
|align=right | 4,700
|-
| [[Chevy Chase Bank]]
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | {{abbr|NR|not ranked among the top ten employers this year}}
|align=right | 4,700
|}
{{notelist}}