Industry |
FOURTH QUARTER 2003 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly Employment |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
First |
Second |
Third |
Howard County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
7,713 |
136,721 |
137,785 |
138,461 |
137,656 |
$1,562,282,949 |
$873 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
59 |
16,511 |
16,491 |
16,451 |
16,484 |
160,441,574 |
749 |
Federal Government |
29 |
684 |
663 |
661 |
669 |
8,810,178 |
1,013 |
State Government |
14 |
3,857 |
3,864 |
3,868 |
3,863 |
40,705,723 |
811 |
Local Government |
16 |
11,970 |
11,964 |
11,922 |
11,952 |
110,925,673 |
714 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
7,654 |
120,210 |
121,294 |
122,010 |
121,171 |
1,401,841,375 |
890 |
GOODS-PRODUCING |
1,095 |
17,905 |
17,868 |
17,907 |
17,893 |
255,839,366 |
1,100 |
| Natural Resources and Mining |
|
34 |
342 |
275 |
242 |
286 |
2,197,703 |
591 |
|
828 |
11,223 |
11,263 |
11,326 |
11,271 |
157,081,908 |
1,072 |
|
233 |
6,340 |
6,330 |
6,339 |
6,336 |
96,559,755 |
1,172 |
SERVICE PROVIDING |
6,511 |
102,218 |
103,343 |
104,019 |
103,193 |
1,145,421,629 |
854 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
1,670 |
36,391 |
37,608 |
38,289 |
37,429 |
382,729,185 |
787 |
|
157 |
1,843 |
1,912 |
1,902 |
1,886 |
26,880,310 |
1,096 |
|
764 |
8,805 |
8,814 |
8,842 |
8,820 |
134,927,251 |
1,177 |
| Professional and Business Services |
|
1,995 |
27,314 |
27,064 |
27,057 |
27,145 |
423,504,047 |
1,200 |
| Education and Health Services |
|
734 |
12,530 |
12,625 |
12,530 |
12,562 |
105,897,233 |
648 |
|
484 |
11,683 |
11,639 |
11,708 |
11,677 |
42,931,661 |
283 |
|
707 |
3,652 |
3,681 |
3,691 |
3,675 |
28,551,942 |
598 |
UNCLASSIFIED |
48 |
87 |
83 |
84 |
85 |
580,380 |
525 |
|