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

  Industry FOURTH 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 10,206   160,138   160,134   160,773 160,348  $3,480,730,872 $1,670
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 137 16,275 16,135 16,121 16,177 295,542,194 1,405
Federal Government 26 800 680 675 718 17,055,943 1,827
State Government 13 1,749 1,761 1,779 1,763 28,441,700 1,241
Local Government 98 13,726 13,694 13,667 13,696 250,044,551 1,404
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 10,069 143,863 143,999 144,652 144,171 3,185,188,678 1,699
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,098 19,655 19,707 19,654 19,672 437,645,525 1,711
 Natural Resources and Mining
24 356 296 269 307 5,101,941 1,278
 Construction
840 10,884 10,923 10,909 10,905 248,902,459 1,756
 Manufacturing
234 8,415 8,488 8,476 8,460 183,641,125 1,670
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,958 124,203 124,288 124,992 124,494 2,747,385,693 1,698
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,689 32,125 32,641 32,915 32,560 591,027,061 1,396
 Information
167 3,600 3,604 3,614 3,606 151,926,255 3,241
 Financial Activities
972 9,411 9,394 9,384 9,396 254,257,775 2,082
 Professional and Business Services
3,063 45,524 45,084 45,293 45,300 1,349,756,223 2,292
 Education and Health Services
1,347 17,925 18,011 18,457 18,131 277,668,108 1,178
 Leisure and Hospitality
760 11,603 11,597 11,387 11,529 71,506,633 477
 Other Services
960 4,015 3,957 3,942 3,971 51,243,638 993
UNCLASSIFIED 13 5 4 6 5 157,460 2,422