Industry |
THIRD 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 |
8,375 |
143,338 |
142,824 |
143,409 |
143,190 |
$1,690,241,468 |
$908 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
128 |
15,654 |
15,345 |
16,973 |
15,991 |
179,688,166 |
864 |
Federal Government |
30 |
633 |
640 |
634 |
636 |
10,013,006 |
1,211 |
State Government |
14 |
3,623 |
3,631 |
3,658 |
3,637 |
40,460,618 |
856 |
Local Government |
84 |
11,398 |
11,074 |
12,681 |
11,718 |
129,214,542 |
848 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
8,247 |
127,684 |
127,479 |
126,436 |
127,200 |
1,510,553,302 |
913 |
GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,158 |
19,219 |
19,287 |
19,077 |
19,194 |
247,969,540 |
994 |
| Natural Resources and Mining |
|
31 |
331 |
364 |
351 |
349 |
2,338,558 |
515 |
|
895 |
12,019 |
12,063 |
11,887 |
11,990 |
152,952,903 |
981 |
|
232 |
6,869 |
6,860 |
6,839 |
6,856 |
92,678,079 |
1,040 |
SERVICE PROVIDING |
7,088 |
108,465 |
108,192 |
107,359 |
108,005 |
1,262,583,762 |
899 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,701 |
34,781 |
34,723 |
34,535 |
34,680 |
380,847,432 |
845 |
|
145 |
1,868 |
1,904 |
1,917 |
1,896 |
27,911,695 |
1,132 |
|
880 |
8,946 |
8,813 |
8,816 |
8,858 |
134,758,482 |
1,170 |
| Professional and Business Services |
|
2,155 |
31,838 |
31,847 |
31,706 |
31,797 |
514,418,702 |
1,244 |
| Education and Health Services |
|
898 |
12,348 |
12,438 |
12,658 |
12,481 |
116,344,823 |
717 |
|
566 |
14,550 |
14,307 |
13,639 |
14,165 |
56,393,845 |
306 |
|
743 |
4,134 |
4,160 |
4,088 |
4,127 |
31,908,783 |
595 |
UNCLASSIFIED |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|