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

CALENDAR YEAR 2011
Industry Average
Number
of
Reporting
Units
Annual
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker
         
Howard County        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 9,057 151,066  $8,840,228,248 $1,125
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 143 18,280 920,168,905 968
Federal Government 31 649 48,857,941 1,448
State Government 14 3,523 161,618,447 882
Local Government 98 14,108 709,692,517 967
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 8,914 132,786 7,920,059,343 1,147
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,140 16,703 1,095,670,794 1,261
 Natural Resources and Mining
29 714 25,235,609 680
 Construction
880 9,617 585,318,285 1,170
 Manufacturing
231 6,372 485,116,900 1,464
SERVICE PROVIDING 7,772 116,083 6,824,388,549 1,131
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,725 31,325 1,521,012,175 934
 Information
158 3,734 282,083,833 1,453
 Financial Activities
860 8,791 675,344,237 1,477
 Professional and Business Services
2,538 39,326 3,300,550,832 1,614
 Education and Health Services
1,057 14,814 633,973,122 823
 Leisure and Hospitality
668 13,384 249,639,242 359
 Other Services
766 4,709 161,785,108 661
UNCLASSIFIED 2 0 0 0