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

Industry THIRD 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 10,004   169,492   168,386   168,910 168,929  $2,765,521,545 $1,259
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 137 15,222 14,645 17,046 15,638 245,062,549 1,205
Federal Government 26 647 638 628 638 13,221,846 1,594
State Government 14 1,745 1,738 1,786 1,756 22,480,783 985
Local Government 97 12,830 12,269 14,632 13,244 209,359,920 1,216
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 9,867 154,270 153,741 151,864 153,292 2,520,458,996 1,265
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,110 19,981 19,907 19,784 19,891 348,381,613 1,347
 Natural Resources and Mining
26 341 356 342 346 3,424,357 761
 Construction
875 11,753 11,686 11,601 11,680 197,042,918 1,298
 Manufacturing
209 7,887 7,865 7,841 7,864 147,914,338 1,447
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,755 134,289 133,834 132,080 133,401 2,172,077,383 1,252
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,784 34,935 34,973 34,880 34,929 505,378,608 1,113
 Information
147 3,304 3,294 3,227 3,275 79,611,909 1,870
 Financial Activities
966 9,917 9,944 9,870 9,910 206,865,437 1,606
 Professional and Business Services
2,958 47,107 47,084 46,734 46,975 1,029,949,201 1,687
 Education and Health Services
1,249 18,011 17,959 17,944 17,971 222,593,665 953
 Leisure and Hospitality
755 16,496 16,120 15,006 15,874 82,422,991 399
 Other Services
896 4,519 4,460 4,419 4,466 45,255,572 779