| 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 |
|
927 |
11,370 |
638,022,463 |
1,079 |
|
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 |
|
143 |
3,893 |
265,055,002 |
1,309 |
|
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 |
|
651 |
13,997 |
240,446,254 |
330 |
|
750 |
4,357 |
143,297,507 |
632 |
| UNCLASSIFIED |
1 |
2 |
59,542 |
573 |
|
