Industry |
FOURTH QUARTER 2006 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly Employment |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
First |
Second |
Third |
Howard County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
8,498 |
144,411 |
144,912 |
145,723 |
145,015 |
$1,876,679,348 |
$995 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
129 |
17,307 |
17,238 |
17,217 |
17,254 |
208,631,206 |
930 |
Federal Government |
30 |
638 |
640 |
640 |
639 |
10,020,347 |
1,206 |
State Government |
14 |
3,656 |
3,651 |
3,651 |
3,653 |
47,349,809 |
997 |
Local Government |
85 |
13,013 |
12,947 |
12,926 |
12,962 |
151,261,050 |
898 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
8,369 |
127,104 |
127,674 |
128,506 |
127,761 |
1,668,048,142 |
1,004 |
GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,164 |
18,982 |
18,826 |
18,798 |
18,869 |
282,277,389 |
1,151 |
| Natural Resources and Mining |
|
33 |
361 |
316 |
295 |
324 |
2,540,131 |
603 |
|
895 |
11,741 |
11,593 |
11,623 |
11,652 |
180,468,060 |
1,191 |
|
236 |
6,880 |
6,917 |
6,880 |
6,892 |
99,269,198 |
1,108 |
SERVICE PROVIDING |
7,201 |
108,122 |
108,848 |
109,708 |
108,893 |
1,385,770,753 |
979 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,722 |
34,888 |
35,540 |
36,123 |
35,517 |
421,822,161 |
914 |
|
150 |
1,938 |
1,957 |
1,964 |
1,953 |
32,537,676 |
1,282 |
|
902 |
8,637 |
8,569 |
8,668 |
8,625 |
144,578,367 |
1,289 |
| Professional and Business Services |
|
2,195 |
32,326 |
32,477 |
32,480 |
32,428 |
564,582,891 |
1,339 |
| Education and Health Services |
|
912 |
12,771 |
12,859 |
12,912 |
12,847 |
128,794,773 |
771 |
|
575 |
13,527 |
13,405 |
13,470 |
13,467 |
59,186,698 |
338 |
|
745 |
4,035 |
4,041 |
4,091 |
4,056 |
34,268,187 |
650 |
UNCLASSIFIED |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|