|
Industry |
THIRD 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 |
8,694 |
149,134 |
148,670 |
148,457 |
148,754 |
$1,893,959,083 |
$979 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
142 |
16,286 |
16,050 |
17,930 |
16,755 |
206,054,412 |
946 |
| Federal Government |
32 |
615 |
620 |
623 |
619 |
8,953,046 |
1,113 |
| State Government |
13 |
3,142 |
3,142 |
3,154 |
3,146 |
37,377,796 |
914 |
| Local Government |
97 |
12,529 |
12,288 |
14,153 |
12,990 |
159,723,570 |
946 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
8,552 |
132,848 |
132,620 |
130,527 |
131,998 |
1,687,904,671 |
984 |
| GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,160 |
18,989 |
19,141 |
18,926 |
19,019 |
270,105,038 |
1,092 |
| | Natural Resources and Mining |
|
25 |
249 |
273 |
276 |
266 |
2,013,892 |
582 |
|
909 |
11,660 |
11,820 |
11,688 |
11,723 |
160,986,821 |
1,056 |
|
226 |
7,080 |
7,048 |
6,962 |
7,030 |
107,104,325 |
1,172 |
| SERVICE PROVIDING |
7,392 |
113,859 |
113,479 |
111,601 |
112,980 |
1,417,799,633 |
965 |
| | Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,692 |
33,776 |
33,365 |
33,052 |
33,398 |
376,857,341 |
868 |
|
134 |
3,904 |
3,934 |
3,879 |
3,906 |
62,971,852 |
1,240 |
|
902 |
8,299 |
8,187 |
8,132 |
8,206 |
124,419,861 |
1,166 |
| | Professional and Business Services |
|
2,281 |
34,368 |
34,554 |
34,060 |
34,327 |
619,006,945 |
1,387 |
| | Education and Health Services |
|
979 |
13,889 |
13,874 |
14,131 |
13,965 |
138,128,667 |
761 |
|
660 |
15,118 |
15,095 |
13,967 |
14,727 |
61,185,098 |
320 |
|
744 |
4,505 |
4,470 |
4,380 |
4,452 |
35,229,869 |
609 |
|
