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Howard County - Fourth Quarter 2016 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

Industry FOURTH QUARTER 2016
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,057   168,448   168,783   169,120 168,784  $2,846,962,609 $1,297
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 137 17,211 17,288 17,225 17,241 257,913,974 1,151
Federal Government 26 631 634 629 631 13,546,880 1,651
State Government 14 1,783 1,779 1,783 1,782 26,268,037 1,134
Local Government 97 14,797 14,875 14,813 14,828 218,099,057 1,131
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 9,920 151,237 151,495 151,895 151,542 2,589,048,635 1,314
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,124 19,739 19,568 19,482 19,596 363,698,254 1,428
 Natural Resources and Mining
27 344 280 291 305 3,795,331 957
 Construction
885 11,529 11,492 11,406 11,476 213,758,790 1,433
 Manufacturing
212 7,866 7,796 7,785 7,816 146,144,133 1,438
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,795 131,498 131,927 132,413 131,946 2,225,350,381 1,297
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,786 34,996 35,620 36,065 35,560 517,910,774 1,120
 Information
147 3,215 3,255 3,244 3,238 77,687,831 1,846
 Financial Activities
969 9,901 9,882 9,930 9,904 217,934,543 1,693
 Professional and Business Services
2,979 45,724 45,715 45,338 45,592 1,055,826,771 1,781
 Education and Health Services
1,255 18,145 18,288 18,240 18,224 231,675,363 978
 Leisure and Hospitality
763 15,129 14,777 15,247 15,051 80,579,850 412
 Other Services
896 4,388 4,390 4,349 4,376 43,735,249 769