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Howard County - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - OWIP

CALENDAR YEAR 2008
Industry Average
Number
of
Reporting
Units
Annual
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker
         
Howard County        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 8,802 148,318  $7,807,770,988 $1,012
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 136 17,548 859,109,696 942
Federal Government 32 620 38,857,285 1,205
State Government 13 3,192 158,537,900 955
Local Government 91 13,736 661,714,511 926
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 8,666 130,770 6,948,661,292 1,022
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,184 18,611 1,075,518,151 1,111
 Natural Resources and Mining
24 242 7,791,219 619
 Construction
927 11,370 638,022,463 1,079
 Manufacturing
233 6,999 429,704,469 1,181
SERVICE PROVIDING 7,481 112,157 5,873,083,599 1,007
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,719 33,659 1,550,740,165 886
 Information
143 3,893 265,055,002 1,309
 Financial Activities
919 8,329 556,410,780 1,285
 Professional and Business Services
2,320 33,962 2,547,140,134 1,442
 Education and Health Services
979 13,960 569,993,757 785
 Leisure and Hospitality
651 13,997 240,446,254 330
 Other Services
750 4,357 143,297,507 632
UNCLASSIFIED 1 2 59,542 573