Industry |
FIRST QUARTER 2006 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly Employment |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
First |
Second |
Third |
Howard County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
8,401 |
141,243 |
140,673 |
141,792 |
141,236 |
$1,740,557,850 |
$948 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
127 |
16,821 |
16,681 |
16,761 |
16,754 |
173,594,510 |
797 |
Federal Government |
29 |
599 |
596 |
596 |
597 |
8,310,233 |
1,071 |
State Government |
14 |
3,647 |
3,645 |
3,653 |
3,648 |
35,844,148 |
756 |
Local Government |
84 |
12,575 |
12,440 |
12,512 |
12,509 |
129,440,129 |
796 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
8,274 |
124,422 |
123,992 |
125,031 |
124,482 |
1,566,963,340 |
968 |
GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,160 |
18,611 |
18,504 |
18,837 |
18,651 |
266,584,644 |
1,099 |
| Natural Resources and Mining |
|
33 |
248 |
242 |
292 |
261 |
1,794,800 |
529 |
|
893 |
11,696 |
11,611 |
11,786 |
11,698 |
168,333,471 |
1,107 |
|
234 |
6,667 |
6,651 |
6,759 |
6,692 |
96,456,373 |
1,109 |
SERVICE PROVIDING |
7,111 |
105,811 |
105,488 |
106,194 |
105,831 |
1,300,378,696 |
945 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,719 |
35,401 |
35,004 |
35,045 |
35,150 |
386,602,832 |
846 |
|
145 |
1,797 |
1,810 |
1,842 |
1,816 |
34,098,355 |
1,444 |
|
881 |
8,962 |
8,880 |
8,883 |
8,908 |
164,263,999 |
1,418 |
| Professional and Business Services |
|
2,167 |
29,859 |
30,069 |
30,430 |
30,119 |
510,257,362 |
1,303 |
| Education and Health Services |
|
898 |
12,664 |
12,678 |
12,742 |
12,695 |
121,054,879 |
734 |
|
561 |
13,088 |
12,987 |
13,167 |
13,081 |
53,240,387 |
313 |
|
740 |
4,040 |
4,060 |
4,085 |
4,062 |
30,860,882 |
584 |
UNCLASSIFIED |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|