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Howard County - Second Quarter 2016 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

Industry SECOND QUARTER 2016
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,040   167,239   169,358   169,707 168,768  $2,627,184,230 $1,197
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 136 17,439 17,298 16,675 17,137 238,158,159 1,069
Federal Government 26 651 649 642 647 11,488,238 1,366
State Government 14 1,809 1,811 1,791 1,804 26,198,282 1,117
Local Government 96 14,979 14,838 14,242 14,686 200,471,639 1,050
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 9,904 149,800 152,060 153,032 151,631 2,389,026,071 1,212
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,116 19,528 19,695 19,808 19,677 327,568,121 1,281
  Natural Resources and Mining
25 321 355 343 340 3,303,128 747
  Construction
877 11,440 11,506 11,646 11,531 185,446,222 1,237
  Manufacturing
214 7,767 7,834 7,819 7,807 138,818,771 1,368
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,788 130,272 132,365 133,224 131,954 2,061,457,950 1,202
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,814 34,764 35,056 35,113 34,978 473,048,186 1,040
  Information
154 3,225 3,226 3,283 3,245 67,130,978 1,591
  Financial Activities
963 9,791 9,819 9,806 9,805 195,482,510 1,534
  Professional and Business Services
2,971 44,677 45,504 46,024 45,402 988,979,608 1,676
  Education and Health Services
1,260 18,222 18,411 18,130 18,254 209,498,220 883
  Leisure and Hospitality
748 15,085 15,833 16,305 15,741 84,818,724 414
  Other Services
878 4,508 4,516 4,563 4,529 42,499,724 722