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Howard County - Second Quarter 2017 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

Industry SECOND QUARTER 2017
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,127   168,988   170,932   172,118 170,679  $2,713,422,715 $1,223
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 136 17,164 17,395 16,552 17,037 259,989,337 1,174
Federal Government 26 621 627 642 630 12,868,185 1,571
State Government 13 1,713 1,709 1,713 1,712 26,413,965 1,187
Local Government 97 14,830 15,059 14,197 14,695 220,707,187 1,155
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 9,991 151,824 153,537 155,566 153,642 2,453,433,378 1,228
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,129 19,703 19,950 20,198 19,950 357,748,330 1,379
  Natural Resources and Mining
27 357 406 360 374 4,271,889 879
  Construction
885 11,497 11,663 11,907 11,689 196,889,589 1,296
  Manufacturing
217 7,849 7,881 7,931 7,887 156,586,852 1,527
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,860 132,118 133,584 135,365 133,689 2,095,668,697 1,206
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,769 33,554 33,838 33,936 33,776 457,938,809 1,043
  Information
163 3,902 3,901 3,960 3,921 91,657,978 1,798
  Financial Activities
955 10,064 9,984 10,077 10,042 200,886,544 1,539
  Professional and Business Services
3,010 45,852 46,106 46,942 46,300 988,321,603 1,642
  Education and Health Services
1,263 18,483 18,620 18,680 18,594 222,208,888 919
  Leisure and Hospitality
775 15,716 16,520 17,137 16,458 88,663,585 414
  Other Services
925 4,547 4,615 4,633 4,598 45,991,290 769