Monday, December 25, 2006; Page D02
Washington ranks first in the country in the percentage of its workforce employed by charities and other nonprofit organizations. A new report by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies shows that the District is mirroring a nationwide trend of employment in the nonprofit sector growing faster than the overall job market.
For example, Salamon said, more jobs are created in health care as the population ages. As more women join the workforce, there has been more need for child-care services. Many such jobs are provided by nonprofit organizations.
Nearly 18 percent of the District's total workforce in 2004 were employed by charitable nonprofit organizations, according to the report. That compares with 10.5 percent in the nation overall.
The report, which drew data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, broadly defines charitable nonprofit jobs to include fields such as scientific research, entertainment, health care, education and social assistance organizations entitled to tax exemption under the Section 501(c)(3) code by the Internal Revenue Service.
The BLS, in its separate monthly employment survey, shows that the number of overall Washington area jobs in "religious, grant making, civic, professional, and similar organizations" rose about 2 percent in October to 94,600 jobs from 92,800 jobs in the same period a year earlier. The BLS report captures a smaller universe of nonprofit jobs than that defined by the Johns Hopkins report, which includes more industries and counted more than 118,425 nonprofit jobs in the District alone.
Nonprofit employment is growing faster in the suburbs than in the District, the report said. Nonprofit jobs in Northern Virginia rose 44 percent between 1995 and 2003, compared to an increase of 28 percent in the District during the same period.
"As people move to the suburbs, so do the nonprofits," Salamon said.
District - 17,6%
Vermont - 16,5%
Rhode Island - 15,8%
New York - 15,6%
Maine - 15,3%
Pennsylvania - 14,9%
North Dakota - 14,8%
Massachussets - 14.6%
Montana - 14,1%
Wyoming - 14%
US Average - 10,5%
Maryland - 12,1%
Virginia - 9%
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