Industry |
FOURTH QUARTER 2005 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly Employment |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
First |
Second |
Third |
Howard County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
8,273 |
139,641 |
140,439 |
141,243 |
140,441 |
$1,755,826,826 |
$962 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
128 |
16,805 |
16,855 |
16,804 |
16,821 |
190,115,799 |
869 |
Federal Government |
30 |
630 |
629 |
635 |
631 |
9,492,761 |
1,157 |
State Government |
14 |
3,714 |
3,701 |
3,687 |
3,701 |
40,919,987 |
850 |
Local Government |
84 |
12,461 |
12,525 |
12,482 |
12,489 |
139,703,051 |
860 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
8,145 |
122,836 |
123,584 |
124,439 |
123,620 |
1,565,711,027 |
974 |
GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,130 |
18,649 |
18,598 |
18,744 |
18,664 |
275,399,820 |
1,135 |
| Natural Resources and Mining |
|
34 |
398 |
324 |
306 |
343 |
2,491,066 |
559 |
|
866 |
11,659 |
11,677 |
11,737 |
11,691 |
172,867,798 |
1,137 |
|
230 |
6,592 |
6,597 |
6,701 |
6,630 |
100,040,956 |
1,161 |
SERVICE PROVIDING |
6,977 |
104,161 |
104,959 |
105,665 |
104,928 |
1,289,894,066 |
946 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,708 |
34,753 |
35,389 |
36,137 |
35,426 |
409,564,818 |
889 |
|
153 |
1,807 |
1,837 |
1,867 |
1,837 |
29,900,382 |
1,252 |
|
854 |
8,795 |
8,878 |
8,940 |
8,871 |
154,673,130 |
1,341 |
| Professional and Business Services |
|
2,106 |
29,490 |
29,401 |
29,309 |
29,400 |
490,215,039 |
1,283 |
| Education and Health Services |
|
877 |
12,805 |
12,895 |
12,777 |
12,826 |
123,358,800 |
740 |
|
547 |
12,679 |
12,713 |
12,708 |
12,700 |
50,348,149 |
305 |
|
732 |
3,832 |
3,846 |
3,927 |
3,868 |
31,833,748 |
633 |
UNCLASSIFIED |
38 |
26 |
27 |
30 |
28 |
417,141 |
1,146 |
|