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Employment and Payrolls - County Industry Series - Howard County - Fourth Quarter 2006

 

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Industry

FOURTH QUARTER 2006

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


First
Second Third

Howard County

             

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT

8,498   144,411   144,912   145,723 145,015  $1,876,679,348 $995

GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL

129 17,307 17,238 17,217 17,254 208,631,206 930
Federal Government 30 638 640 640 639 10,020,347 1,206
State Government 14 3,656 3,651 3,651 3,653 47,349,809 997
Local Government 85 13,013 12,947 12,926 12,962 151,261,050 898

PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES

8,369 127,104 127,674 128,506 127,761 1,668,048,142 1,004
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,164 18,982 18,826 18,798 18,869 282,277,389 1,151
 Natural Resources and Mining
33 361 316 295 324 2,540,131 603
 Construction
895 11,741 11,593 11,623 11,652 180,468,060 1,191
 Manufacturing
236 6,880 6,917 6,880 6,892 99,269,198 1,108
SERVICE PROVIDING 7,201 108,122 108,848 109,708 108,893 1,385,770,753 979
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,722 34,888 35,540 36,123 35,517 421,822,161 914
 Information
150 1,938 1,957 1,964 1,953 32,537,676 1,282
 Financial Activities
902 8,637 8,569 8,668 8,625 144,578,367 1,289
 Professional and Business Services
2,195 32,326 32,477 32,480 32,428 564,582,891 1,339
 Education and Health Services
912 12,771 12,859 12,912 12,847 128,794,773 771
 Leisure and Hospitality
575 13,527 13,405 13,470 13,467 59,186,698 338
 Other Services
745 4,035 4,041 4,091 4,056 34,268,187 650
UNCLASSIFIED 4 0 0 0 0 0 0