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Howard County - First Quarter 2019 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry FIRST QUARTER 2019
  Number
of
Reporting
Units 		Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment		 Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First		 Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,161   171,314   170,511   171,023 170,949  $3,081,944,537 $1,387
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 138 17,528 17,600 17,609 17,579 256,405,549 1,122
Federal Government 26 669 657 656 661 13,049,610 1,521
State Government 14 1,756 1,758 1,758 1,757 25,190,553 1,103
Local Government 98 15,103 15,185 15,195 15,161 218,165,386 1,107
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 10,023 153,786 152,911 153,414 153,370 2,825,538,988 1,417
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,123 19,775 19,705 19,744 19,741 390,395,139 1,521
 Natural Resources and Mining
24 264 260 317 280 3,039,974 835
 Construction
 872 11,222 11,195 11,224 11,214 206,269,038 1,415
 Manufacturing
 227 8,289 8,250 8,203 8,247 181,086,127 1,689
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,896 134,011 133,206 133,670 133,629 2,435,143,849 1,402
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
 1,731 33,879 33,286 33,325 33,497 496,836,143 1,141
 Information
 155 3,721 3,761 3,730 3,737 132,497,107 2,727
 Financial Activities
 969 9,785 9,696 9,684 9,722 260,371,178 2,060
 Professional and Business Services
 3,049 46,277 46,386 46,532 46,398 1,164,167,577 1,930
 Education and Health Services
 1,322 19,735 19,725 19,812 19,757 235,755,886 918
 Leisure and Hospitality
 771 16,112 15,862 16,063 16,012 98,981,815 476
 Other Services
 899 4,502 4,490 4,524 4,505 46,534,143 795