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Howard County - Second Quarter 2018 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry SECOND QUARTER 2018
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,080   171,232   173,640   173,952 172,941  $2,854,100,983 $1,269
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 137 17,424 17,580 16,897 17,300 272,352,389 1,211
Federal Government 26 667 677 683 675 14,037,286 1,600
State Government 14 1,693 1,689 1,691 1,691 27,186,719 1,237
Local Government 97 15,064 15,214 14,523 14,933 231,128,384 1,191
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 9,943 153,808 156,060 157,055 155,641 2,581,748,594 1,276
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,122 20,644 20,655 20,721 20,673 380,027,440 1,414
  Natural Resources and Mining
28 371 373 360 368 5,150,217 1,077
  Construction
868 11,989 11,985 12,050 12,008 207,634,980 1,330
  Manufacturing
226 8,284 8,297 8,311 8,297 167,242,243 1,551
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,820 133,164 135,405 136,334 134,967 2,201,721,154 1,255
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,745 33,469 33,621 33,867 33,652 479,263,359 1,096
  Information
158 3,736 3,716 3,750 3,734 92,454,850 1,905
  Financial Activities
940 10,341 10,283 10,252 10,292 218,188,472 1,631
  Professional and Business Services
3,025 46,023 46,713 47,057 46,597 1,042,573,267 1,721
  Education and Health Services
1,281 19,129 19,172 19,191 19,164 233,667,648 938
  Leisure and Hospitality
765 15,865 17,253 17,618 16,912 88,461,086 402
  Other Services
906 4,601 4,647 4,599 4,615 47,112,472 785