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

CALENDAR YEAR 2020
Industry Average
Number
of
Reporting
 Units
Annual
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker
         
Howard County        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,194 161,370  $12,838,940,712 $1,530
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 138 16,210 1,120,143,163 1,329
Federal Government 26 740 61,490,876 1,598
State Government 13 1,731 123,193,872 1,369
Local Government 98 13,740 935,458,415 1,309
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 10,056 145,159 11,718,797,549 1,553
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,101 19,932 1,609,790,914 1,553
 Natural Resources and Mining
24 301 15,704,110 1,001
 Construction
844 10,962 863,963,297 1,516
 Manufacturing
232 8,669 730,123,507 1,620
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,947 125,223 10,108,749,966 1,552
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,705 32,526 2,176,982,769 1,287
 Information
161 3,588 567,206,799 3,040
 Financial Activities
971 9,480 949,938,586 1,927
 Professional and Business Services
3,073 45,528 4,924,145,295 2,080
 Education and Health Services
1,340 18,278 1,008,716,536 1,061
 Leisure and Hospitality
774 11,894 294,576,255 476
 Other Services
921 3,929 187,183,726 916