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Howard County - Fourth Quarter 2018 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry FOURTH QUARTER 2018
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County               
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,154   171,301   172,141   171,330 171,590  $3,047,640,518 $1,366
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 137 17,489 17,432 17,421 17,447 275,273,638 1,214
Federal Government 25 689 671 668 676 15,396,332 1,752
State Government 14 1,746 1,746 1,752 1,748 28,253,777 1,243
Local Government 98 15,054 15,015 15,001 15,023 231,623,529 1,186
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 10,017 153,812 154,709 153,909 154,143 2,772,366,880 1,384
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,138 20,333 20,229 20,295 20,285 426,722,531 1,618
  Natural Resources and Mining
26 366 316 299 327 4,530,120 1,066
  Construction
881 11,951 11,890 11,915 11,918 250,315,452 1,616
  Manufacturing
231 8,016 8,023 8,081 8,040 171,876,959 1,644
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,877 133,479 134,480 133,614 133,857 2,345,644,349 1,348
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,744 33,882 34,613 35,011 34,502 522,413,743 1,165
  Information
157 3,674 3,682 3,676 3,677 97,544,881 2,041
  Financial Activities
960 9,902 9,918 9,945 9,921 217,655,588 1,688
  Professional and Business Services
3,037 45,942 46,042 45,296 45,760 1,113,203,909 1,871
  Education and Health Services
1,304 19,137 19,195 18,833 19,055 253,530,997 1,023
  Leisure and Hospitality
770 16,465 16,513 16,422 16,466 92,492,613 432
  Other Services
905 4,477 4,517 4,431 4,475 48,802,618 839