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Howard County - Third Quarter 2019 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry THIRD QUARTER 2019
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,167   176,508   176,470   175,788 176,255  $3,024,241,293 $1,320
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 139 15,339 15,132 17,281 15,917 257,147,303 1,243
Federal Government 26 662 680 671 671 13,852,811 1,588
State Government 14 1,713 1,691 1,719 1,708 26,281,010 1,184
Local Government 99 12,964 12,761 14,891 13,539 217,013,482 1,233
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 10,028 161,169 161,338 158,507 160,338 2,767,093,990 1,328
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,101 21,343 21,442 21,350 21,378 383,368,857 1,379
 Natural Resources and Mining
25 325 303 304 311 3,699,624 918
 Construction
851 11,645 11,631 11,514 11,597 209,194,730 1,388
 Manufacturing
225 9,373 9,508 9,532 9,471 170,474,503 1,385
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,923 139,826 139,896 137,157 138,960 2,383,725,133 1,320
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,716 34,713 34,844 34,666 34,741 529,776,475 1,173
 Information
153 3,510 3,447 3,426 3,461 103,284,127 2,296
 Financial Activities
968 9,669 9,640 9,534 9,614 203,303,801 1,627
 Professional and Business Services
3,066 49,790 49,719 48,592 49,367 1,154,328,561 1,799
 Education and Health Services
1,339 20,014 19,832 20,068 19,971 243,304,152 937
 Leisure and Hospitality
787 17,552 17,887 16,423 17,287 101,246,512 451
 Other Services
894 4,578 4,527 4,448 4,518 48,481,505 826