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Employment and Payrolls - County Industry Series - Howard County - Second Quarter 2008

 

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Industry

SECOND QUARTER 2008

  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third

Howard County

             

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT

8,729   148,422   149,220   151,357 149,666  $1,893,677,055 $973

GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL

131 17,650 17,690 17,976 17,772 219,885,866 952
Federal Government 33 605 610 613 609 10,312,150 1,303
State Government 13 3,165 3,178 3,424 3,256 41,998,317 992
Local Government 85 13,880 13,902 13,939 13,907 167,575,399 927

PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES

8,598 130,772 131,530 133,381 131,894 1,673,791,189 976
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,178 18,593 18,656 18,686 18,645 256,326,675 1,058
 Natural Resources and Mining
24 276 281 259 272 2,222,589 629
 Construction
923 11,296 11,306 11,360 11,321 153,310,755 1,042
 Manufacturing
231 7,021 7,069 7,067 7,052 100,793,331 1,099
SERVICE PROVIDING 7,418 112,170 112,865 114,687 113,241 1,417,404,972 963
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,699 33,954 34,009 34,066 34,010 380,107,858 860
 Information
136 3,921 3,955 3,932 3,936 65,264,028 1,275
 Financial Activities
923 8,463 8,452 8,499 8,471 138,022,209 1,253
 Professional and Business Services
2,306 33,525 33,732 34,493 33,917 602,654,749 1,367
 Education and Health Services
956 13,878 13,970 13,919 13,922 134,614,855 744
 Leisure and Hospitality
655 14,095 14,346 15,245 14,562 60,944,148 322
 Other Services
743 4,334 4,401 4,533 4,423 35,797,125 623
UNCLASSIFIED 2 9 9 8 9 59,542 509