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Howard County - Fourth Quarter 2019 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry FOURTH QUARTER 2019
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 10,237   175,207   175,940   176,020 175,722  $3,266,396,556 $1,430
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 139 17,557 17,582 17,481 17,540 288,755,984 1,266
Federal Government 26 660 654 657 657 15,392,931 1,802
State Government 14 1,762 1,763 1,767 1,764 30,889,112 1,347
Local Government 99 15,135 15,165 15,057 15,119 242,473,941 1,234
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 10,098 157,650 158,358 158,539 158,182 2,977,640,572 1,448
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,114 21,064 21,039 21,054 21,052 429,031,360 1,568
 Natural Resources and Mining
25 305 245 240 263 3,651,982 1,068
 Construction
860 11,599 11,571 11,569 11,580 240,700,938 1,599
 Manufacturing
229 9,160 9,223 9,245 9,209 184,678,440 1,543
SERVICE PROVIDING 8,981 136,586 137,319 137,485 137,130 2,548,609,212 1,430
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1,719 35,008 35,701 36,052 35,587 578,072,980 1,250
 Information
157 3,616 3,633 3,647 3,632 106,002,154 2,245
 Financial Activities
970 9,380 9,358 9,417 9,385 216,019,475 1,771
 Professional and Business Services
3,091 47,359 47,002 46,423 46,928 1,221,147,596 2,002
 Education and Health Services
1,349 20,614 20,713 20,588 20,638 274,820,267 1,024
 Leisure and Hospitality
788 16,023 16,294 16,760 16,359 102,023,295 480
 Other Services
907 4,586 4,618 4,598 4,601 50,523,445 845