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Howard County - First Quarter 2014 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

Industry FIRST QUARTER 2014
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 9,456   155,947   155,611   156,295 155,951  $2,474,281,135 $1,220
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 143 16,564 16,905 16,989 16,819 230,392,969 1,054
Federal Government 25 595 589 601 595 12,743,217 1,647
State Government 20 1,486 1,483 1,482 1,484 17,561,785 910
Local Government 98 14,483 14,833 14,906 14,741 200,087,967 1,044
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 9,313 139,383 138,706 139,306 139,132 2,243,888,166 1,241
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,094 17,617 17,581 17,737 17,645 299,573,974 1,306
 Natural Resources and Mining
24 243 231 291 255 2,132,042 643
 Construction
850 9,870 9,838 9,971 9,893 157,801,644 1,227
 Manufacturing
220 7,504 7,512 7,475 7,497 139,640,288 1,433
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,219 121,766 121,125 121,569 121,487 1,944,314,192 1,231
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,778 32,883 32,557 32,539 32,660 436,285,763 1,028
 Information
157 3,876 3,825 3,754 3,818 102,907,619 2,073
 Financial Activities
907 8,890 8,903 8,915 8,903 210,143,780 1,816
 Professional and Business Services
2,734 40,962 40,860 40,913 40,912 892,621,752 1,678
 Education and Health Services
1,129 16,701 16,694 16,837 16,744 195,722,764 899
 Leisure and Hospitality
697 13,951 13,775 14,050 13,925 67,274,446 372
 Other Services
817 4,503 4,511 4,561 4,525 39,358,068 669