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

CALENDAR YEAR 2010
Industry Average
Number
of
Reporting
Units
Annual
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker
         
Howard County        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 8,863 146,016  $8,201,996,351 $1,080
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 141 18,113 897,239,030 953
Federal Government 31 696 45,764,406 1,264
State Government 14 3,418 153,852,866 866
Local Government 96 13,999 697,621,758 958
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 8,722 127,903 7,304,757,321 1,098
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,162 16,123 972,177,795 1,160
 Natural Resources and Mining
29 556 20,981,053 726
 Construction
899 9,714 591,674,680 1,171
 Manufacturing
234 5,853 359,522,062 1,181
SERVICE PROVIDING 7,559 111,780 6,332,579,526 1,089
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,672 31,330 1,503,515,016 923
 Information
143 3,668 282,532,465 1,481
 Financial Activities
857 8,173 612,860,334 1,442
 Professional and Business Services
2,427 36,324 2,935,053,357 1,554
 Education and Health Services
1,044 14,807 617,314,286 802
 Leisure and Hospitality
654 12,921 228,570,585 340
 Other Services
762 4,557 152,733,483 645
UNCLASSIFIED 1 0 0 0