Industry |
FIRST QUARTER 2009 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly Employment |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
First |
Second |
Third |
Howard County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
8,790 |
142,816 |
141,823 |
142,159 |
142,266 |
$1,920,070,311 |
$1,038 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
143 |
17,823 |
17,957 |
18,304 |
18,028 |
213,251,416 |
910 |
Federal Government |
33 |
638 |
621 |
611 |
623 |
9,149,736 |
1,130 |
State Government |
14 |
3,232 |
3,254 |
3,271 |
3,252 |
36,172,417 |
856 |
Local Government |
96 |
13,953 |
14,082 |
14,422 |
14,152 |
167,929,263 |
913 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
8,647 |
124,993 |
123,866 |
123,855 |
124,238 |
1,706,818,895 |
1,057 |
GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,174 |
16,851 |
16,676 |
16,575 |
16,701 |
231,299,601 |
1,065 |
| Natural Resources and Mining |
|
25 |
454 |
439 |
495 |
463 |
3,833,447 |
637 |
|
913 |
10,281 |
10,143 |
10,000 |
10,141 |
134,135,347 |
1,017 |
|
236 |
6,116 |
6,094 |
6,080 |
6,097 |
93,330,807 |
1,178 |
SERVICE PROVIDING |
7,473 |
108,142 |
107,190 |
107,280 |
107,537 |
1,475,519,294 |
1,055 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,679 |
32,174 |
31,573 |
31,497 |
31,748 |
360,202,318 |
873 |
|
139 |
3,847 |
3,844 |
3,764 |
3,818 |
79,233,225 |
1,596 |
|
904 |
8,359 |
8,365 |
8,351 |
8,358 |
162,453,042 |
1,495 |
| Professional and Business Services |
|
2,373 |
33,286 |
33,084 |
32,992 |
33,121 |
638,636,517 |
1,483 |
| Education and Health Services |
|
1,007 |
14,464 |
14,576 |
14,627 |
14,556 |
147,852,496 |
781 |
|
634 |
11,730 |
11,502 |
11,738 |
11,657 |
52,097,378 |
344 |
|
737 |
4,282 |
4,246 |
4,311 |
4,280 |
35,044,318 |
630 |
|