|
Industry |
FOURTH QUARTER 2008 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly Employment |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
First |
Second |
Third |
Howard County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
8,740 |
147,483 |
147,134 |
146,927 |
147,181 |
$2,054,535,021 |
$1,074 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
141 |
18,059 |
18,073 |
18,205 |
18,112 |
233,720,053 |
993 |
| Federal Government |
32 |
633 |
636 |
630 |
633 |
10,670,333 |
1,297 |
| State Government |
13 |
3,150 |
3,169 |
3,165 |
3,161 |
43,142,304 |
1,050 |
| Local Government |
96 |
14,276 |
14,268 |
14,410 |
14,318 |
179,907,416 |
967 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
8,599 |
129,424 |
129,061 |
128,722 |
129,069 |
1,820,814,968 |
1,085 |
| GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,151 |
18,305 |
18,059 |
17,782 |
18,049 |
280,108,647 |
1,194 |
| | Natural Resources and Mining |
|
24 |
270 |
193 |
172 |
212 |
2,037,605 |
739 |
|
901 |
11,154 |
11,034 |
10,790 |
10,993 |
170,983,882 |
1,196 |
|
226 |
6,881 |
6,832 |
6,820 |
6,844 |
107,087,160 |
1,204 |
| SERVICE PROVIDING |
7,448 |
111,119 |
111,002 |
110,940 |
111,020 |
1,540,706,321 |
1,068 |
| | Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,684 |
32,822 |
33,077 |
33,074 |
32,991 |
396,967,954 |
926 |
|
143 |
3,801 |
3,708 |
3,719 |
3,743 |
64,599,710 |
1,328 |
|
890 |
8,139 |
8,026 |
7,965 |
8,043 |
131,750,930 |
1,260 |
| | Professional and Business Services |
|
2,311 |
34,417 |
34,404 |
34,324 |
34,382 |
690,340,236 |
1,545 |
| | Education and Health Services |
|
1,004 |
14,229 |
14,329 |
14,378 |
14,312 |
160,235,520 |
861 |
|
673 |
13,382 |
13,176 |
13,207 |
13,255 |
59,392,343 |
345 |
|
743 |
4,329 |
4,282 |
4,273 |
4,295 |
37,419,628 |
670 |
|
