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Howard County - Third Quarter 2017 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry THIRD QUARTER 2017
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,003   171,435   170,426   171,364 171,075  $2,736,274,293 $1,230
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 136 15,184 14,893 16,990 15,689 241,699,130 1,185
Federal Government 26 633 646 655 644 12,865,827 1,537
State Government 13 1,679 1,657 1,705 1,680 22,987,369 1,053
Local Government 97 12,872 12,590 14,630 13,364 205,845,934 1,185
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 9,867 156,251 155,533 154,374 155,386 2,494,575,163 1,235
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,107 20,498 20,502 20,349 20,449 354,689,895 1,334
  Natural Resources and Mining
28 373 387 383 381 4,337,369 876
  Construction
864 11,892 11,834 11,722 11,816 199,047,643 1,296
  Manufacturing
215 8,233 8,281 8,244 8,252 151,304,883 1,410
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,760 135,753 135,031 134,025 134,936 2,139,885,268 1,220
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,763 33,890 33,733 33,528 33,717 463,517,147 1,057
  Information
157 3,959 3,886 3,819 3,888 89,757,440 1,776
  Financial Activities
947 10,238 10,235 10,110 10,194 203,267,869 1,534
  Professional and Business Services
2,973 47,233 47,296 46,936 47,155 1,027,497,425 1,676
  Education and Health Services
1,255 18,782 18,581 18,872 18,745 224,806,896 923
  Leisure and Hospitality
763 16,969 16,693 16,216 16,626 85,510,353 396
  Other Services
902 4,682 4,607 4,544 4,611 45,528,138 760