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Howard County - Fourth Quarter 2011 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

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
 Construction
845 9,763 9,674 9,634 9,690 157,316,211 1,249
 Manufacturing
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
 Information
156 3,640 3,664 3,675 3,660 65,572,244 1,378
 Financial Activities
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
 Leisure and Hospitality
658 13,364 13,197 13,135 13,232 65,602,185 381
 Other Services
768 4,655 4,632 4,745 4,677 41,450,695 682