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

  Industry FIRST 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 10,216   159,062   158,982   160,896 159,647  $3,236,886,184 $1,560
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 137 15,621 16,102 16,369 16,031 264,459,331 1,269
Federal Government 26 738 724 714 725 13,977,777 1,483
State Government 13 1,760 1,785 1,796 1,780 33,541,456 1,450
Local Government 98 13,123 13,593 13,859 13,525 216,940,098 1,234
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 10,079 143,441 142,880 144,527 143,616 2,972,426,853 1,592
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,107 19,443 19,339 19,626 19,469 414,797,289 1,639
 Natural Resources and Mining
24 275 275 315 288 2,881,838 770
 Construction
840 10,459 10,508 10,560 10,509 209,112,353 1,531
 Manufacturing
243 8,709 8,556 8,751 8,672 202,803,098 1,799
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,946 123,968 123,510 124,866 124,115 2,557,294,645 1,585
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,679 32,631 32,219 32,323 32,391 525,873,545 1,249
 Information
166 3,383 3,361 3,360 3,368 155,799,228 3,558
 Financial Activities
971 9,386 9,374 9,405 9,388 280,294,635 2,297
 Professional and Business Services
3,063 45,401 45,428 45,825 45,551 1,235,324,968 2,086
 Education and Health Services
1,356 18,153 18,220 18,496 18,290 241,027,707 1,014
 Leisure and Hospitality
756 11,043 10,911 11,345 11,100 73,239,479 508
 Other Services
955 3,971 3,997 4,112 4,027 45,735,083 874
UNCLASSIFIED 26 30 31 35 32 334,919 805