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Howard County - First Quarter 2016 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

Industry FIRST QUARTER 2016
  Number
of
Reporting
Units 		Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment		 Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First		 Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 9,991   164,907   164,412   165,795 165,038  $2,642,752,667 $1,232
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 135 17,441 17,324 17,433 17,399 224,516,083 993
Federal Government 25 630 634 632 632 12,056,383 1,467
State Government 14 1,829 1,818 1,807 1,818 23,325,434 987
Local Government 96 14,982 14,872 14,994 14,949 189,134,266 973
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 9,856 147,466 147,088 148,362 147,639 2,418,236,584 1,260
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,114 19,104 18,949 19,240 19,098 338,541,600 1,364
 Natural Resources and Mining
 25 240 246 298 261 2,607,240 768
 Construction
 876 11,109 10,961 11,197 11,089 183,834,980 1,275
 Manufacturing
 213 7,755 7,742 7,745 7,747 152,099,380 1,510
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,742 128,362 128,139 129,122 128,541 2,079,694,984 1,245
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
 1,815 34,422 34,117 34,442 34,327 476,348,441 1,067
 Information
 154 3,339 3,331 3,275 3,315 79,496,974 1,845
 Financial Activities
 957 9,748 9,725 9,672 9,715 228,490,692 1,809
 Professional and Business Services
 2,968 44,026 44,206 44,498 44,243 981,864,022 1,707
 Education and Health Services
 1,240 18,189 18,200 18,358 18,249 203,947,503 860
 Leisure and Hospitality
 751 14,301 14,217 14,508 14,342 70,275,080 377
 Other Services
 857 4,337 4,343 4,369 4,350 39,272,272 694