Industry |
THIRD QUARTER 2004 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly Employment |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
First |
Second |
Third |
Howard County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
8,003 |
139,541 |
139,006 |
139,178 |
139,242 |
$1,530,377,423 |
$845 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
125 |
15,258 |
14,834 |
16,402 |
15,498 |
163,088,052 |
809 |
Federal Government |
27 |
629 |
623 |
611 |
621 |
9,347,575 |
1,158 |
State Government |
14 |
3,828 |
3,795 |
3,817 |
3,813 |
34,590,252 |
698 |
Local Government |
84 |
10,801 |
10,416 |
11,974 |
11,064 |
119,150,225 |
828 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
7,878 |
124,283 |
124,172 |
122,776 |
123,744 |
1,367,289,371 |
850 |
GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,089 |
18,488 |
18,662 |
18,482 |
18,544 |
241,947,560 |
1,004 |
| Natural Resources and Mining |
|
35 |
322 |
345 |
330 |
332 |
2,173,147 |
504 |
|
826 |
11,706 |
11,803 |
11,732 |
11,747 |
154,690,588 |
1,013 |
|
228 |
6,460 |
6,514 |
6,420 |
6,465 |
85,083,825 |
1,012 |
SERVICE PROVIDING |
6,747 |
105,752 |
105,468 |
104,246 |
105,155 |
1,125,030,077 |
823 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,729 |
36,831 |
36,835 |
36,725 |
36,797 |
372,248,181 |
778 |
|
146 |
1,891 |
1,882 |
1,843 |
1,872 |
24,285,854 |
998 |
|
823 |
8,952 |
8,976 |
8,947 |
8,958 |
131,392,127 |
1,128 |
| Professional and Business Services |
|
2,023 |
28,293 |
28,202 |
27,925 |
28,140 |
409,795,279 |
1,120 |
| Education and Health Services |
|
792 |
12,556 |
12,528 |
12,810 |
12,631 |
110,908,857 |
675 |
|
523 |
13,328 |
13,181 |
12,241 |
12,917 |
48,263,097 |
287 |
|
711 |
3,901 |
3,864 |
3,755 |
3,840 |
28,136,682 |
564 |
UNCLASSIFIED |
42 |
43 |
42 |
48 |
44 |
311,734 |
545 |
|