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Howard County - Fourth Quarter 2012 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

Industry FOURTH QUARTER 2012
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 9,423   161,200   161,306   162,133 161,546  $2,541,592,556 $1,210
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 154 19,549 19,421 19,482 19,484 243,687,033 962
Federal Government 30 604 596 601 600 12,037,066 1,543
State Government 25 4,337 4,231 4,234 4,267 47,661,985 859
Local Government 99 14,608 14,594 14,647 14,616 183,987,982 968
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 9,269 141,651 141,885 142,651 142,062 2,297,905,523 1,244
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,137 17,621 17,520 17,516 17,552 306,258,334 1,342
 Natural Resources and Mining
29 813 744 730 762 7,018,107 708
 Construction
881 9,704 9,696 9,693 9,698 161,043,745 1,277
 Manufacturing
227 7,104 7,080 7,093 7,092 138,196,482 1,499
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,132 124,030 124,365 125,135 124,510 1,991,647,189 1,230
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,799 33,867 34,681 35,138 34,562 444,057,787 988
 Information
156 3,645 3,655 3,701 3,667 69,171,004 1,451
 Financial Activities
901 8,788 8,724 8,762 8,758 175,355,764 1,540
 Professional and Business Services
2,702 42,857 42,812 42,384 42,684 1,000,616,896 1,803
 Education and Health Services
1,096 15,762 16,048 16,448 16,086 187,275,622 896
 Leisure and Hospitality
680 14,491 13,843 14,053 14,129 73,266,639 399
 Other Services
798 4,620 4,602 4,649 4,624 41,903,477 697