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Howard County - First Quarter 2012 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

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
 Construction
 857 9,266 9,022 9,235 9,174 136,229,153 1,142
 Manufacturing
 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
 Information
 158 3,575 3,593 3,599 3,589 84,336,221 1,808
 Financial Activities
 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
 Leisure and Hospitality
 670 13,167 13,265 13,688 13,373 65,763,957 378
 Other Services
 755 4,552 4,548 4,570 4,557 39,453,838 666
UNCLASSIFIED 1 0 0 0 0 0 0