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

CALENDAR YEAR 2009
Industry Average
Number
of
Reporting
Units
Annual
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker
         
Howard County        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 8,829 143,580  $7,832,949,091 $1,049
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 143 17,836 895,878,998 966
Federal Government 33 628 40,173,661 1,230
State Government 14 3,273 156,857,029 922
Local Government 96 13,935 698,848,308 964
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 8,686 125,744 6,937,070,093 1,061
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,164 16,565 948,593,094 1,101
 Natural Resources and Mining
26 468 17,494,875 719
 Construction
904 10,079 568,353,311 1,084
 Manufacturing
234 6,018 362,744,908 1,159
SERVICE PROVIDING 7,521 109,179 5,988,476,999 1,055
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,679 31,668 1,490,367,295 905
 Information
141 3,662 272,254,451 1,430
 Financial Activities
903 8,271 591,883,683 1,376
 Professional and Business Services
2,384 34,274 2,660,325,388 1,493
 Education and Health Services
1,030 14,695 614,354,215 804
 Leisure and Hospitality
634 12,225 212,916,390 335
 Other Services
750 4,384 146,375,577 642
UNCLASSIFIED 1 0 0 0