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

  Industry FOURTH 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 10,267   176,958   177,584   179,289 177,944  $3,783,988,746 $1,636
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 137 16,759 16,848 16,815 16,807 306,194,796 1,401
Federal Government 26 724 721 719 721 17,508,762 1,868
State Government 13 1,737 1,753 1,772 1,754 29,491,771 1,293
Local Government 98 14,298 14,374 14,324 14,332 259,194,263 1,391
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 10,130 160,199 160,736 162,474 161,136 3,477,793,950 1,660
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,093 19,833 19,806 19,874 19,838 461,760,358 1,791
 Natural Resources and Mining
25 330 291 272 298 5,040,317 1,305
 Construction
824 10,735 10,705 10,726 10,722 254,331,160 1,825
 Manufacturing
244 8,768 8,810 8,876 8,818 202,388,881 1,766
SERVICE PROVIDING 9,026 140,355 140,918 142,588 141,287 3,015,791,867 1,642
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,677 32,390 32,896 33,274 32,853 632,640,366 1,481
 Information
184 3,151 3,166 3,172 3,163 141,012,641 3,429
 Financial Activities
976 8,984 8,867 8,883 8,911 240,641,998 2,077
 Professional and Business Services
3,114 59,030 59,500 60,465 59,665 1,552,454,114 2,002
 Education and Health Services
1,394 19,237 19,436 19,421 19,365 300,275,903 1,193
 Leisure and Hospitality
763 13,369 12,892 13,164 13,142 92,899,154 544
 Other Services
918 4,194 4,161 4,209 4,188 55,867,691 1,026
UNCLASSIFIED 11 11 12 12 12 241,725 1,690