Industry |
FOURTH QUARTER 2002 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly
Employment |
|
First |
Second |
Third |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total
Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
Howard County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
7,506 |
134,166 |
135,046 |
136,417 |
135,210 |
$1,487,789,546 |
$846 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
61 |
16,180 |
16,228 |
16,178 |
16,195 |
156,279,131 |
742 |
Federal Government |
31 |
697 |
692 |
685 |
691 |
9,174,769 |
1,021 |
State Government |
14 |
3,948 |
3,949 |
3,944 |
3,947 |
42,139,903 |
821 |
Local Government |
16 |
11,535 |
11,587 |
11,549 |
11,557 |
104,964,459 |
699 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
7,445 |
117,986 |
118,818 |
120,239 |
119,014 |
1,331,510,415 |
861 |
GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,079 |
18,555 |
18,391 |
18,165 |
18,370 |
247,468,176 |
1,036 |
| Natural Resources and Mining |
|
34 |
356 |
297 |
295 |
316 |
1,967,519 |
479 |
|
813 |
11,241 |
11,194 |
11,005 |
11,147 |
152,140,860 |
1,050 |
|
232 |
6,958 |
6,900 |
6,865 |
6,908 |
93,359,797 |
1,040 |
SERVICE PROVIDING |
6,309 |
99,342 |
100,340 |
101,980 |
100,554 |
1,083,112,160 |
829 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,622 |
35,571 |
36,487 |
37,701 |
36,586 |
357,318,942 |
751 |
|
155 |
1,876 |
1,815 |
1,814 |
1,835 |
24,258,340 |
1,017 |
|
685 |
8,516 |
8,486 |
8,603 |
8,535 |
134,878,054 |
1,216 |
| Professional and Business Services |
|
1,967 |
26,297 |
26,474 |
26,574 |
26,448 |
392,933,683 |
1,143 |
| Education and Health Services |
|
718 |
12,224 |
12,321 |
12,279 |
12,275 |
104,695,064 |
656 |
|
456 |
11,184 |
11,098 |
11,351 |
11,211 |
40,819,184 |
280 |
|
706 |
3,674 |
3,659 |
3,658 |
3,664 |
28,208,893 |
592 |
UNCLASSIFIED |
57 |
89 |
87 |
94 |
90 |
930,079 |
795 |
|