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Howard County - First Quarter 2017 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

Industry FIRST QUARTER 2017
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,101   167,545   167,716   167,843 167,701  $2,854,584,095 $1,309
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 136 17,182 17,163 17,197 17,181 241,223,012 1,080
Federal Government 26 634 628 624 629 12,734,730 1,557
State Government 13 1,748 1,732 1,733 1,738 23,039,264 1,020
Local Government 97 14,800 14,803 14,840 14,814 205,449,018 1,067
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 9,965 150,363 150,553 150,646 150,521 2,613,361,083 1,336
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,130 19,716 19,822 19,921 19,820 385,179,938 1,495
  Natural Resources and Mining
26 272 283 337 297 3,631,780 941
  Construction
883 11,360 11,408 11,427 11,398 202,803,821 1,369
  Manufacturing
221 8,084 8,131 8,157 8,124 178,744,337 1,692
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,831 130,639 130,726 130,720 130,695 2,228,089,392 1,311
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,775 34,278 33,894 33,822 33,998 471,628,428 1,067
  Information
158 3,939 3,976 3,927 3,947 115,846,248 2,258
  Financial Activities
971 10,074 10,026 10,025 10,042 252,542,903 1,935
  Professional and Business Services
2,988 44,730 44,896 44,815 44,814 1,048,727,783 1,800
  Education and Health Services
1,257 18,080 18,423 18,524 18,342 216,039,753 906
  Leisure and Hospitality
762 15,119 15,052 15,144 15,105 80,155,416 408
  Other Services
920 4,419 4,459 4,463 4,447 43,148,861 746