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Howard County - THIRD QUARTER 2021 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry THIRD QUARTER 2021
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,282   178,878   180,913   179,471 179,754  $3,329,008,866 $1,425
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 137 15,147 15,616 16,558 15,774 283,616,524 1,383
Federal Government 26 731 728 736 732 14,338,740 1,509
State Government 13 1,738 1,771 1,790 1,766 33,299,912 1,450
Local Government 98 12,678 13,117 14,032 13,276 235,977,872 1,367
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 10,145 163,731 165,297 162,913 163,980 3,045,392,342 1,429
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,096 19,740 19,779 19,331 19,617 383,726,038 1,505
 Natural Resources and Mining
25 341 375 350 355 3,702,280 802
 Construction
833 10,804 10,754 10,458 10,672 208,542,893 1,503
 Manufacturing
238 8,595 8,650 8,523 8,589 171,480,865 1,536
SERVICE PROVIDING 9,006 143,923 145,448 143,508 144,293 2,660,773,662 1,418
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,676 32,540 32,297 31,565 32,134 534,293,693 1,279
 Information
183 3,252 3,248 3,183 3,228 121,554,642 2,898
 Financial Activities
977 9,146 9,052 8,906 9,035 214,554,359 1,827
 Professional and Business Services
3,090 61,915 63,319 63,166 62,800 1,390,056,814 1,703
 Education and Health Services
1,384 18,966 18,976 18,887 18,943 258,222,143 1,049
 Leisure and Hospitality
762 13,798 14,269 13,590 13,886 89,702,102 497
 Other Services
934 4,306 4,287 4,211 4,268 52,389,909 944
UNCLASSIFIED 43 68 70 74 71 892,642 981