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Howard County - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - OWIP

CALENDAR YEAR 2007
Industry Average
Number
of
Reporting
Units
Annual
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker
         
Howard County        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 8,720 147,143  $7,513,159,969 $982
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 128 16,893 797,759,270 908
Federal Government 30 620 39,443,324 1,223
State Government 13 3,278 157,352,716 923
Local Government 85 12,995 600,963,230 889
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 8,592 130,250 6,715,400,699 992
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,195 18,847 1,087,985,499 1,110
 Natural Resources and Mining
28 261 8,285,724 611
 Construction
932 11,744 667,787,012 1,094
 Manufacturing
235 6,842 411,912,763 1,158
SERVICE PROVIDING 7,391 111,400 5,627,243,340 971
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,770 35,380 1,601,343,327 870
 Information
148 4,011 246,299,501 1,181
 Financial Activities
918 8,755 592,092,023 1,301
 Professional and Business Services
2,282 32,058 2,299,966,536 1,380
 Education and Health Services
926 13,165 514,124,311 751
 Leisure and Hospitality
597 13,751 234,371,303 328
 Other Services
750 4,280 139,046,339 625
UNCLASSIFIED 6 3 171,860 1,102