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Howard County - FIRST QUARTER 2020 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry FIRST QUARTER 2020
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,283   174,950   175,096   173,124 174,390  $3,297,137,556 $1,454
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 139 17,487 17,635 17,304 17,475 268,301,711 1,181
Federal Government 26 721 730 721 724 13,314,979 1,415
State Government 14 1,695 1,715 1,726 1,712 27,100,465 1,218
Local Government 99 15,071 15,190 14,857 15,039 227,886,267 1,166
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 10,144 157,463 157,461 155,820 156,915 3,028,835,845 1,485
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,114 20,735 20,646 20,716 20,699 432,575,715 1,608
 Natural Resources and Mining
25 240 231 295 255 2,911,234 878
 Construction
854 11,367 11,338 11,382 11,362 222,638,837 1,507
 Manufacturing
235 9,128 9,077 9,039 9,081 207,025,644 1,754
SERVICE PROVIDING 9,022 136,727 136,814 135,102 136,214 2,596,228,230 1,466
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,728 35,888 35,825 35,205 35,639 576,415,274 1,244
 Information
163 3,638 3,633 3,577 3,616 135,395,089 2,880
 Financial Activities
979 9,689 9,755 9,741 9,728 270,393,505 2,138
 Professional and Business Services
3,111 46,096 46,174 46,226 46,165 1,203,065,356 2,005
 Education and Health Services
1,346 20,334 20,591 20,308 20,411 258,254,812 973
 Leisure and Hospitality
793 16,473 16,245 15,558 16,092 102,904,846 492
 Other Services
902 4,609 4,591 4,487 4,562 49,799,348 840