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

CALENDAR YEAR 2012
Industry Average
Number
of
Reporting
Units
Annual
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker
         
Howard County        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 9,305 158,982  $9,565,844,004 $1,157
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 147 18,877 971,213,400 989
Federal Government 30 609 47,381,292 1,496
State Government 18 3,925 191,968,239 941
Local Government 99 14,343 731,863,869 981
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 9,158 140,105 8,594,630,604 1,180
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,129 17,348 1,133,170,659 1,256
 Natural Resources and Mining
29 769 27,211,501 681
 Construction
874 9,522 564,186,630 1,139
 Manufacturing
226 7,057 541,772,528 1,476
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,028 122,757 7,461,459,945 1,169
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,775 33,177 1,657,396,778 961
 Information
158 3,636 287,006,164 1,518
 Financial Activities
899 8,799 691,100,279 1,510
 Professional and Business Services
2,660 42,608 3,693,723,149 1,667
 Education and Health Services
1,082 15,661 688,993,221 846
 Leisure and Hospitality
674 14,225 280,375,627 379
 Other Services
780 4,651 162,864,727 673
UNCLASSIFIED 1 0 0 0