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Howard County - Fourth Quarter 2014 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

Industry FOURTH QUARTER 2014
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 9,554   161,720   162,262   161,927 161,970  $2,619,779,027 $1,244
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 138 17,573 17,475 16,840 17,296 235,415,462 1,047
Federal Government 27 609 623 615 616 12,064,881 1,507
State Government 13 1,816 1,832 1,812 1,820 26,503,314 1,120
Local Government 98 15,148 15,020 14,413 14,860 196,847,267 1,019
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES 9,416 144,147 144,787 145,087 144,674 2,384,363,565 1,268
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,090 18,254 18,312 18,144 18,237 319,507,978 1,348
 Natural Resources and Mining
23 347 272 273 297 2,973,041 770
 Construction
849 10,426 10,426 10,329 10,394 180,367,982 1,335
 Manufacturing
218 7,481 7,614 7,542 7,546 136,166,955 1,388
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,322 125,893 126,475 126,943 126,437 2,064,855,587 1,256
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,758 33,254 33,815 34,358 33,809 480,970,537 1,094
 Information
158 3,503 3,488 3,512 3,501 75,093,504 1,650
 Financial Activities
925 9,182 9,215 9,205 9,201 181,640,726 1,519
 Professional and Business Services
2,784 42,812 42,795 42,777 42,795 993,298,511 1,785
 Education and Health Services
1,154 17,917 17,931 18,001 17,950 213,929,940 917
 Leisure and Hospitality
703 14,618 14,644 14,526 14,596 75,455,989 398
 Other Services
840 4,607 4,587 4,564 4,586 44,466,380 746