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Howard County - Third Quarter 2018 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry THIRD QUARTER 2018
  Number
of
Reporting
Units 		Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment		 Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First		 Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,045   172,870   171,918   171,587 172,125  $2,857,459,417 $1,277
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 138 15,406 15,012 17,267 15,895 247,875,261 1,200
Federal Government 26 666 680 678 674 14,207,842 1,622
State Government 14 1,768 1,770 1,772 1,770 22,964,060 998
Local Government 98 12,972 12,562 14,817 13,450 210,703,359 1,205
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 9,907 157,464 156,906 154,320 156,230 2,609,584,156 1,285
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,117 20,906 20,868 20,651 20,808 379,951,559 1,405
  Natural Resources and Mining
27 366 375 356 365 4,364,598 920
  Construction
865 12,191 12,168 12,018 12,125 220,376,403 1,398
  Manufacturing
225 8,349 8,325 8,277 8,317 155,210,558 1,436
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,788 136,558 136,038 133,668 135,421 2,229,630,031 1,266
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,733 34,036 33,927 33,703 33,888 491,676,338 1,116
  Information
156 3,749 3,733 3,654 3,712 90,260,291 1,870
  Financial Activities
956 10,297 10,222 10,007 10,175 216,931,026 1,640
  Professional and Business Services
2,998 47,116 47,245 46,536 46,965 1,063,183,920 1,741
  Education and Health Services
1,279 18,954 18,586 18,899 18,813 230,111,174 941
  Leisure and Hospitality
765 17,832 17,725 16,409 17,322 90,524,426 402
  Other Services
901 4,574 4,600 4,460 4,544 46,942,856 795