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Employment and Payrolls - County Industry Series - Howard County - Fourth Quarter 2005

 

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Industry

FOURTH QUARTER 2005

  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
 Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third

Howard County

             

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT

8,273   139,641   140,439   141,243 140,441  $1,755,826,826 $962

GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL

128 16,805 16,855 16,804 16,821 190,115,799 869
Federal Government 30 630 629 635 631 9,492,761 1,157
State Government 14 3,714 3,701 3,687 3,701 40,919,987 850
Local Government 84 12,461 12,525 12,482 12,489 139,703,051 860

PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES

8,145 122,836 123,584 124,439 123,620 1,565,711,027 974
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,130 18,649 18,598 18,744 18,664 275,399,820 1,135
 Natural Resources and Mining
34 398 324 306 343 2,491,066 559
 Construction
866 11,659 11,677 11,737 11,691 172,867,798 1,137
 Manufacturing
230 6,592 6,597 6,701 6,630 100,040,956 1,161
SERVICE PROVIDING 6,977 104,161 104,959 105,665 104,928 1,289,894,066 946
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,708 34,753 35,389 36,137 35,426 409,564,818 889
 Information
153 1,807 1,837 1,867 1,837 29,900,382 1,252
 Financial Activities
854 8,795 8,878 8,940 8,871 154,673,130 1,341
 Professional and Business Services
2,106 29,490 29,401 29,309 29,400 490,215,039 1,283
 Education and Health Services
877 12,805 12,895 12,777 12,826 123,358,800 740
 Leisure and Hospitality
547 12,679 12,713 12,708 12,700 50,348,149 305
 Other Services
732 3,832 3,846 3,927 3,868 31,833,748 633
UNCLASSIFIED 38 26 27 30 28 417,141 1,146