| Industry |
FIRST QUARTER 2012 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly Employment |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
First |
Second |
Third |
| Howard County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
9,160 |
154,207 |
153,847 |
155,457 |
154,504 |
$2,420,031,721 |
$1,205 |
| GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
146 |
18,495 |
18,555 |
18,703 |
18,584 |
246,770,518 |
1,021 |
| Federal Government |
32 |
626 |
610 |
611 |
616 |
11,864,626 |
1,482 |
| State Government |
16 |
3,552 |
3,585 |
3,592 |
3,576 |
47,436,303 |
1,020 |
| Local Government |
98 |
14,317 |
14,360 |
14,500 |
14,392 |
187,469,589 |
1,002 |
| PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
9,014 |
135,712 |
135,292 |
136,754 |
135,919 |
2,173,261,203 |
1,230 |
| GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,111 |
16,854 |
16,544 |
16,799 |
16,732 |
292,149,756 |
1,343 |
| | Natural Resources and Mining |
|
29 |
706 |
684 |
734 |
708 |
6,343,973 |
689 |
|
857 |
9,266 |
9,022 |
9,235 |
9,174 |
136,229,153 |
1,142 |
|
225 |
6,882 |
6,838 |
6,830 |
6,850 |
149,576,630 |
1,680 |
| SERVICE PROVIDING |
7,902 |
118,858 |
118,748 |
119,955 |
119,187 |
1,881,111,447 |
1,214 |
| | Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,736 |
31,645 |
31,218 |
31,550 |
31,471 |
403,204,751 |
986 |
|
158 |
3,575 |
3,593 |
3,599 |
3,589 |
84,336,221 |
1,808 |
|
884 |
8,855 |
8,793 |
8,762 |
8,803 |
200,337,276 |
1,751 |
| | Professional and Business Services |
|
2,632 |
41,625 |
41,794 |
42,056 |
41,825 |
920,360,995 |
1,693 |
| | Education and Health Services |
|
1,067 |
15,439 |
15,537 |
15,730 |
15,569 |
167,654,409 |
828 |
|
670 |
13,167 |
13,265 |
13,688 |
13,373 |
65,763,957 |
378 |
|
755 |
4,552 |
4,548 |
4,570 |
4,557 |
39,453,838 |
666 |
| UNCLASSIFIED |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|