Editing Salisbury, Maryland (section)

==Economy and businesses==
[[File:Salisbury Maryland.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|Salisbury, Maryland in 2015]]
According to the [[US Conference of Mayors]], the Salisbury MD-DE Metropolitan Statistical Area had the 7th fastest rate of job growth in the nation in 2016, with a 4.2% increase in employment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2017/05/17/salisbury-ranked-7th-u-s-job-growth/327396001/|title=Salisbury ranked 7th in U.S. job growth|work=Delmarva Daily Times|access-date=2017-12-06|language=en}}</ref>

[[Perdue Farms]], a multi-national poultry corporation, is headquartered in Salisbury. Other industries in Salisbury include healthcare, accommodation and [[foodservice]], [[electronic component]] manufacturing, [[pharmaceuticals]], [[shipbuilding]], and [[agriculture]].

Some of the major employers in Salisbury include: [[Salisbury University]], [[Verizon]], [[Peninsula Regional Medical Center]], [[The Knowland Group]], [[Handy Seafood]] and [[Suntory|Pepsi Bottling of Delmarva]]. Peninsula Regional Medical Center employs more Salisbury residents than any other company, while [[Perdue Farms]] is the largest employer headquartered in Salisbury (with nearly 22,000 employees). The labor market for Wicomico County is 45,033<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dllr.state.md.us/lmi/emppay/wico2016ep.shtml|title=County Industry Series – Wicomico County – Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) (Employment and Payrolls) – Office of Workforce Information and Performance (OWIP)|website=www.dllr.state.md.us|language=en|access-date=2017-07-28}}</ref> and for the lower shore three counties a total of 86,798 (as of May 2017).

[[Piedmont Airlines]], a regional airline, is headquartered in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] Wicomico County, on the grounds of [[Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport|Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport]] near Salisbury.