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Howard County - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - OWIP

CALENDAR YEAR 2015
Industry Average
Number
of
Reporting
 Units
Annual
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker
         
Howard County        
         
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 9,933 164,599  $10,523,157,350 $1,229
         
GOVERNMENT SECTOR -- TOTAL 137 17,199 979,659,327 1,095
Federal Government 27 626 50,822,780 1,561
State Government 14 1,850 99,603,500 1,035
Local Government 96 14,723 829,233,047 1,083
         
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL -- ALL INDUSTRIES 9,796 147,400 9,543,498,023 1,245
         
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,129 18,237 1,239,440,278 1,307
  Natural Resources and Mining
24 300 11,596,581 743
  Construction
879 10,257 671,753,280 1,259
  Manufacturing
226 7,680 556,090,417 1,392
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,664 129,163 8,304,057,745 1,236
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,819 33,957 1,903,968,536 1,078
  Information
156 3,353 315,870,165 1,812
  Financial Activities
937 9,456 798,466,186 1,624
  Professional and Business Services
2,924 44,218 3,917,090,312 1,704
  Education and Health Services
1,221 18,514 896,100,851 931
  Leisure and Hospitality
742 15,150 303,718,144 386
  Other Services
865 4,515 168,843,551 719