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Montgomery County - Third Quarter 2017 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry THIRD QUARTER 2017
  Number
of
Reporting
Units
Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment
Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First
Second Third
Montgomery County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 32,857   462,342   457,387   469,792 463,173  $8,045,553,989 $1,336
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 364 79,346 76,721 92,973 83,013 1,885,762,524 1,747
Federal Government 109 48,881 48,677 48,625 48,727 1,321,097,496 2,086
State Government 12 1,222 1,220 1,224 1,222 13,535,674 852
Local Government 243 29,243 26,824 43,124 33,063 551,129,354 1,282
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 32,493 382,996 380,666 376,819 380,160 6,159,791,465 1,246
GOODS-PRODUCING 2,936 36,917 36,922 36,848 36,895 797,025,378 1,662
  Natural Resources and Mining
52 347 353 347 349 3,084,093 680
  Construction
2,462 24,007 24,046 23,955 24,002 397,905,235 1,275
  Manufacturing
422 12,563 12,523 12,546 12,544 396,036,050 2,429
SERVICE PROVIDING 29,557 346,079 343,744 339,971 343,264 5,362,766,087 1,202
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
3,920 56,803 56,672 56,045 56,506 654,779,450 891
  Information
550 10,895 10,880 10,983 10,919 256,781,862 1,809
  Financial Activities
3,019 28,917 28,860 28,457 28,744 695,064,939 1,860
  Professional and Business Services
8,289 105,870 105,775 104,743 105,462 2,204,572,023 1,608
  Education and Health Services
4,352 73,595 72,660 73,327 73,194 969,099,224 1,018
  Leisure and Hospitality
2,354 47,167 46,335 44,002 45,834 285,669,544 479
  Other Services
7,073 22,832 22,562 22,414 22,602 296,799,045 1,010