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

CALENDAR YEAR 2017
Industry Average
Number
of
Reporting
 Units
Annual
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker
         
Howard County        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,075 170,266  $11,272,276,199 $1,273
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 136 16,784 1,012,453,886 1,160
Federal Government 26 643 52,938,764 1,584
State Government 13 1,705 99,293,531 1,120
Local Government 97 14,436 860,221,591 1,146
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 9,939 153,482 10,259,822,313 1,286
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,118 20,132 1,507,310,535 1,440
  Natural Resources and Mining
27 349 16,834,498 927
  Construction
873 11,657 832,562,494 1,373
  Manufacturing
217 8,126 657,913,543 1,557
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,819 133,347 8,752,403,674 1,262
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,766 34,088 1,896,453,816 1,070
  Information
160 3,889 394,022,297 1,948
  Financial Activities
959 10,099 874,077,740 1,664
  Professional and Business Services
2,996 46,056 4,151,044,903 1,733
  Education and Health Services
1,259 18,750 912,515,928 936
  Leisure and Hospitality
764 15,931 341,638,310 412
  Other Services
914 4,534 182,650,680 775