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Howard County - First Quarter 2018 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry FIRST QUARTER 2018
  Number
of
Reporting
Units 		Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment		 Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First		 Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 9,994   168,552   168,750   169,150 168,817  $2,959,516,893 $1,349
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 137 16,946 17,265 17,361 17,190 251,938,985 1,127
Federal Government 26 664 667 658 663 13,658,322 1,585
State Government 14 1,690 1,692 1,698 1,693 23,998,145 1,090
Local Government 97 14,592 14,906 15,005 14,834 214,282,518 1,111
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 9,857 151,606 151,485 151,789 151,626 2,707,577,908 1,374
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,107 20,135 20,225 20,314 20,224 396,395,167 1,508
  Natural Resources and Mining
30 259 275 317 283 4,086,769 1,111
  Construction
859 11,667 11,750 11,792 11,736 213,874,027 1,402
  Manufacturing
218 8,209 8,200 8,205 8,204 178,434,371 1,673
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,750 131,471 131,260 131,475 131,402 2,311,182,741 1,353
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,738 33,935 33,420 33,664 33,673 478,610,710 1,093
  Information
159 3,743 3,786 3,701 3,743 107,962,811 2,219
  Financial Activities
946 10,251 10,293 10,299 10,281 279,920,714 2,094
  Professional and Business Services
2,994 44,854 45,243 44,968 45,021 1,089,509,329 1,862
  Education and Health Services
1,259 18,955 19,046 19,186 19,062 227,661,713 919
  Leisure and Hospitality
753 15,320 15,068 15,253 15,213 82,734,410 418
  Other Services
901 4,413 4,404 4,404 4,407 44,783,054 782