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Howard County - SECOND QUARTER 2020 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry SECOND QUARTER 2020
  Number
of
Reporting
Units 		Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment		 Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First		 Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,191   149,197   150,179   154,816 151,397  $2,931,643,116 $1,490
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 138 16,343 15,738 15,601 15,894 290,127,247 1,404
Federal Government 26 657 671 671 666 16,147,732 1,865
State Government 14 1,734 1,718 1,718 1,723 34,083,145 1,522
Local Government 98 13,952 13,349 13,212 13,504 239,896,370 1,367
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 10,053 132,854 134,441 139,215 135,503 2,641,515,869 1,500
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,102 19,261 19,469 19,693 19,474 364,307,597 1,439
 Natural Resources and Mining
25 277 347 304 309 4,229,489 1,053
 Construction
 844 10,458 10,713 10,868 10,680 191,861,928 1,382
 Manufacturing
 233 8,526 8,409 8,521 8,485 168,216,180 1,525
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,947 113,591 114,970 119,520 116,027 2,277,190,458 1,510
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
 1,714 29,834 29,682 30,771 30,096 487,500,637 1,246
 Information
 159 3,596 3,556 3,514 3,555 150,138,535 3,249
 Financial Activities
 974 9,374 9,353 9,488 9,405 210,109,459 1,718
 Professional and Business Services
 3,077 43,701 44,230 44,702 44,211 1,103,246,761 1,920
 Education and Health Services
 1,339 16,651 16,926 17,581 17,053 233,880,690 1,055
 Leisure and Hospitality
 783 7,486 8,014 9,773 8,424 51,368,877 469
 Other Services
 901 2,949 3,209 3,691 3,283 40,945,499 959