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Howard County - THIRD QUARTER 2020 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry THIRD QUARTER 2020
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,098   164,564   165,564   166,963 165,697  $3,122,442,886 $1,450
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 138 14,814 15,068 16,543 15,475 261,713,730 1,301
Federal Government 26 687 908 959 851 14,972,222 1,353
State Government 14 2,128 2,134 2,171 2,144 32,344,334 1,160
Local Government 98 11,999 12,026 13,413 12,479 214,397,174 1,322
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 9,960 149,750 150,496 150,420 150,222 2,860,729,156 1,465
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,094 19,737 19,780 19,823 19,780 374,749,457 1,457
 Natural Resources and Mining
25 322 331 332 328 3,461,446 812
 Construction
840 10,830 10,812 10,840 10,827 200,103,967 1,422
 Manufacturing
229 8,585 8,637 8,651 8,624 171,184,044 1,527
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,864 130,013 130,716 130,597 130,442 2,485,979,699 1,466
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,692 31,792 31,893 31,735 31,807 523,508,887 1,266
 Information
157 10,574 10,542 10,543 10,553 128,812,845 939
 Financial Activities
963 9,295 9,262 9,393 9,317 215,494,901 1,779
 Professional and Business Services
3,040 46,044 46,308 46,075 46,142 1,264,812,714 2,109
 Education and Health Services
1,331 17,217 17,489 17,593 17,433 239,548,562 1,057
 Leisure and Hospitality
759 11,287 11,351 11,360 11,333 68,713,072 466
 Other Services
922 3,804 3,871 3,898 3,858 45,088,718 899