Major Employers
Major Local Employers and Approximate Number of Employees
Reach out to us at info@choosecalvert.com if your business employs more than 100 people.
Updated February 2026
*Current numbers reflect combined locations
| Employer | Services | Sector | Employment |
|---|
| Calvert County Public Schools | Public Educational Services | Education | 2,307 |
| Calvert County Government | Public Administration | Government
| 1,362 |
| CalvertHealth Medical Center | Medical & Healthcare Services | Healthcare | 1,283 |
| Constellation: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant | Nuclear Power Generation | Energy & Utilities | 660 |
| Giant Food (Dunkirk, Prince Frederick & Lusby) * | Grocery Retail | Retail | 375 |
Wal-Mart (Dunkirk & Prince Frederick) *
| Consumer Goods | Retail | 326
|
| Green Tree Health Care: Solomons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center & The Hermitage of Solomons) | Long-Term Care, Nursing Care & Assisted Living | Healthcare | 261 |
Safeway (Dunkirk & Prince Frederick)
| Grocery Retail
| Retail
| 231 |
The Gott Company, Inc.: Q-Dog Fuel, Fastop, Magic Tunnel Car Wash *
| Fuel, Convenience Stores, Car Wash | Energy & Retail | 206 |
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company: Cove Point LNG
| Liquefied Natural Gas Export Facility
| Energy & Utilities | 205 |
| Calvert County Health Department | Public Health Administration | Government | 202 |
| The Arc of Southern Maryland | Intellectual & Developmental Disability Assistance | Healthcare & Human Services | 201
|
Rod 'N' Reel Resort
| Hospitality, Gaming & Marina | Hospitality & Tourism | 200
|
| Asbury Solomons | Nursing & Residential Care Facility | Healthcare | 199 |
Calvert Internal Medicine Group (Dunkirk, Prince Frederick & Solomons) *
| Medical & Healthcare Services
| Healthcare | 171
|
Harris Teeter
| Grocery Retail | Retail | 137 |
Calvert County Nursing Center
| Nursing & Residential Care Facility | Healthcare | 135 |
| Comfort Keepers West Chesapeake | Home Health Care Services | Healthcare | 125 |
Sneade's Ace Home Center (Owings & Lusby) *
| Hardware & Consumer Goods | Retail | 113 |
UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
| Environmental & Fisheries Research
| Research & Development | 113
|
| Trader's Seafood Steak & Ale | Full-Service Restaurant | Hospitality & Food Service | 110 |
| Avenues Recovery Center | Substance Abuse Treatment Center | Healthcare | 100 |
[{"WidgetSkinID":131,"ComponentType":9,"FontFamily":"Lato","FontVariant":"700","FontColor":"","FontSize":0.00,"FontStyle":0,"TextAlignment":0,"ShadowColor":"","ShadowBlurRadius":0,"ShadowSpreadRadius":0,"ShadowOffsetX":0,"ShadowOffsetY":0,"ShadowInset":false,"ShadowColor2":"","ShadowBlurRadius2":0,"ShadowSpreadRadius2":0,"ShadowOffsetX2":0,"ShadowOffsetY2":0,"ShadowInset2":false,"ShadowColor3":"","ShadowBlurRadius3":0,"ShadowSpreadRadius3":0,"ShadowOffsetX3":0,"ShadowOffsetY3":0,"ShadowInset3":false,"ShadowColor4":"","ShadowBlurRadius4":0,"ShadowSpreadRadius4":0,"ShadowOffsetX4":0,"ShadowOffsetY4":0,"ShadowInset4":false,"ShadowColor5":"","ShadowBlurRadius5":0,"ShadowSpreadRadius5":0,"ShadowOffsetX5":0,"ShadowOffsetY5":0,"ShadowInset5":false,"Capitalization":0,"HeaderMiscellaneousStyles1":"","HeaderMiscellaneousStyles2":"","HeaderMiscellaneousStyles3":"","BulletStyle":0,"BulletWidth":2.00,"BulletColor":"","LinkNormalColor":"rgb(255, 255, 255)","LinkNormalUnderlined":false,"LinkNormalMiscellaneousStyles":"background-color: rgb(16, 65, 105);\nborder: 3px solid #fff;\nposition: relative;\ntransition: all .3s ease-in-out;\ndisplay: table;\nmargin: 2em auto;\nborder-radius: 15px;\nbox-shadow: 0px 3px 7px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);\n\n}\n\n.widget.skin131 .widgetViewAll::after {\nposition: absolute;\ncontent: '';\ntop: 0;\nbottom: 0;\nz-index: 1;\nheight: 100%;\nwidth: 100%;\nbackground: url(/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=38853) left 3em center no-repeat;\nbackground-size: 0em;\ntransition: all .2s ease-in-out;\n}\n\n.widget.skin131 .widgetViewAll:hover::after,\n.widget.skin131 .widgetViewAll:focus::after,\n.widget.skin131 .widgetViewAll:active::after {\nbackground: url(/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=38853) left 3em center no-repeat;\nbackground-size: 1.2em; \n","LinkVisitedColor":"rgb(255, 255, 255)","LinkVisitedMiscellaneousStyles":"border: solid 3px #ffffff;\nborder-radius: 15px;\nbackground-color: rgb(16, 65, 105);","LinkHoverColor":"rgb(16, 65, 105)","LinkHoverUnderlined":true,"LinkHoverMiscellaneousStyles":"border: solid 3px #b1c461;\nbackground-color: #b1c461;\nborder-radius: 15px;","LinkSelectedUnderlined":false,"ForceReadOnLinkToNewLine":false,"DisplayColumnSeparator":false,"ColumnSeparatorWidth":0.0000,"HoverBackgroundColor":"","HoverBackgroundGradientStartingColor":"","HoverBackgroundGradientEndingColor":"","HoverBackgroundGradientDirection":0,"HoverBackgroundGradientDegrees":0.0000000,"HoverBackgroundImageFileName":"","HoverBackgroundImagePositionXUseKeyword":true,"HoverBackgroundImagePositionXKeyword":0,"HoverBackgroundImagePositionX":{"Value":0.0000,"Unit":0},"HoverBackgroundImagePositionYUseKeyword":true,"HoverBackgroundImagePositionYKeyword":0,"HoverBackgroundImagePositionY":{"Value":0.0000,"Unit":0},"HoverBackgroundImageRepeat":0,"HoverBorderStyle":0,"HoverBorderWidth":0,"HoverBorderColor":"","HoverBorderSides":15,"HoverBorderRadiusTopLeft":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"HoverBorderRadiusTopRight":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"HoverBorderRadiusBottomRight":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"HoverBorderRadiusBottomLeft":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"SelectedBackgroundColor":"","SelectedBackgroundGradientStartingColor":"","SelectedBackgroundGradientEndingColor":"","SelectedBackgroundGradientDirection":0,"SelectedBackgroundGradientDegrees":0.0000000,"SelectedBackgroundImageFileName":"","SelectedBackgroundImagePositionXUseKeyword":true,"SelectedBackgroundImagePositionXKeyword":0,"SelectedBackgroundImagePositionX":{"Value":0.0000,"Unit":0},"SelectedBackgroundImagePositionYUseKeyword":true,"SelectedBackgroundImagePositionYKeyword":0,"SelectedBackgroundImagePositionY":{"Value":0.0000,"Unit":0},"SelectedBackgroundImageRepeat":0,"SelectedBorderStyle":0,"SelectedBorderWidth":0,"SelectedBorderColor":"","SelectedBorderSides":15,"SelectedBorderRadiusTopLeft":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"SelectedBorderRadiusTopRight":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"SelectedBorderRadiusBottomRight":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"SelectedBorderRadiusBottomLeft":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"HoverFontFamily":"","HoverFontVariant":"","HoverFontColor":"","HoverFontSize":0.00,"HoverFontStyle":0,"HoverTextAlignment":0,"HoverShadowColor":"","HoverShadowBlurRadius":0,"HoverShadowSpreadRadius":0,"HoverShadowOffsetX":0,"HoverShadowOffsetY":0,"HoverShadowInset":false,"HoverShadowColor2":"","HoverShadowBlurRadius2":0,"HoverShadowSpreadRadius2":0,"HoverShadowOffsetX2":0,"HoverShadowOffsetY2":0,"HoverShadowInset2":false,"HoverShadowColor3":"","HoverShadowBlurRadius3":0,"HoverShadowSpreadRadius3":0,"HoverShadowOffsetX3":0,"HoverShadowOffsetY3":0,"HoverShadowInset3":false,"HoverShadowColor4":"","HoverShadowBlurRadius4":0,"HoverShadowSpreadRadius4":0,"HoverShadowOffsetX4":0,"HoverShadowOffsetY4":0,"HoverShadowInset4":false,"HoverShadowColor5":"","HoverShadowBlurRadius5":0,"HoverShadowSpreadRadius5":0,"HoverShadowOffsetX5":0,"HoverShadowOffsetY5":0,"HoverShadowInset5":false,"HoverCapitalization":0,"SelectedFontFamily":"","SelectedFontVariant":"","SelectedFontColor":"","SelectedFontSize":0.00,"SelectedFontStyle":0,"SelectedShadowColor":"","SelectedShadowBlurRadius":0,"SelectedShadowSpreadRadius":0,"SelectedShadowOffsetX":0,"SelectedShadowOffsetY":0,"SelectedShadowInset":false,"SpaceBetweenTabs":0,"SpaceBetweenTabsUnits":"","Trigger":1,"AnimationId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","AnimationClass":"animation00000000000000000000000000000000","ScrollOffset":33,"TriggerNameLowerCase":"hover","ParentComponentWithTrigger":null,"BackgroundColor":"","BackgroundGradientStartingColor":"","BackgroundGradientEndingColor":"","BackgroundGradientDirection":0,"BackgroundGradientDegrees":0.0000000,"BackgroundImageFileName":"","BackgroundImagePositionXUseKeyword":true,"BackgroundImagePositionXKeyword":0,"BackgroundImagePositionX":{"Value":0.0000,"Unit":0},"BackgroundImagePositionYUseKeyword":true,"BackgroundImagePositionYKeyword":0,"BackgroundImagePositionY":{"Value":0.0000,"Unit":0},"BackgroundImageRepeat":0,"BorderStyle":0,"BorderWidth":0,"BorderColor":"","BorderSides":15,"BorderRadiusTopLeft":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"BorderRadiusTopRight":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"BorderRadiusBottomRight":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"BorderRadiusBottomLeft":{"Value":null,"Unit":1},"MarginTop":{"Value":null,"Unit":0},"MarginRight":{"Value":null,"Unit":0},"MarginBottom":{"Value":null,"Unit":0},"MarginLeft":{"Value":null,"Unit":0},"PaddingTop":{"Value":0.7500,"Unit":0},"PaddingRight":{"Value":6.0000,"Unit":0},"PaddingBottom":{"Value":0.7500,"Unit":0},"PaddingLeft":{"Value":6.0000,"Unit":0},"MiscellaneousStyles":"","RecordStatus":0}]