| Industry |
FOURTH QUARTER 2011 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly Employment |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
First |
Second |
Third |
| Howard County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
8,958 |
152,145 |
152,704 |
153,126 |
152,658 |
$2,300,133,223 |
$1,159 |
| GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
144 |
18,536 |
18,519 |
18,412 |
18,489 |
228,816,113 |
952 |
| Federal Government |
32 |
648 |
633 |
625 |
635 |
12,590,566 |
1,525 |
| State Government |
14 |
3,466 |
3,468 |
3,458 |
3,464 |
39,040,251 |
867 |
| Local Government |
98 |
14,422 |
14,418 |
14,329 |
14,390 |
177,185,296 |
947 |
| PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
8,814 |
133,609 |
134,185 |
134,714 |
134,169 |
2,071,317,110 |
1,188 |
| GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,095 |
16,943 |
16,772 |
16,716 |
16,810 |
283,710,835 |
1,298 |
| | Natural Resources and Mining |
|
28 |
772 |
712 |
704 |
729 |
6,786,735 |
716 |
|
845 |
9,763 |
9,674 |
9,634 |
9,690 |
157,316,211 |
1,249 |
|
222 |
6,408 |
6,386 |
6,378 |
6,391 |
119,607,889 |
1,440 |
| SERVICE PROVIDING |
7,719 |
116,666 |
117,413 |
117,998 |
117,359 |
1,787,606,275 |
1,172 |
| | Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,705 |
31,286 |
31,904 |
32,611 |
31,934 |
400,489,329 |
965 |
|
156 |
3,640 |
3,664 |
3,675 |
3,660 |
65,572,244 |
1,378 |
|
853 |
8,828 |
8,805 |
8,828 |
8,820 |
164,486,093 |
1,435 |
| | Professional and Business Services |
|
2,521 |
39,968 |
40,136 |
39,805 |
39,970 |
883,372,458 |
1,700 |
| | Education and Health Services |
|
1,058 |
14,925 |
15,075 |
15,199 |
15,066 |
166,633,271 |
851 |
|
658 |
13,364 |
13,197 |
13,135 |
13,232 |
65,602,185 |
381 |
|
768 |
4,655 |
4,632 |
4,745 |
4,677 |
41,450,695 |
682 |
|
