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

  Industry FOURTH 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 33,145   472,487   474,224   474,481 473,730  $9,124,315,396 $1,482
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 364 93,499 93,543 93,395 93,479 2,160,714,333 1,778
Federal Government 109 48,274 48,228 48,264 48,255 1,434,198,583 2,286
State Government 12 1,213 1,215 1,216 1,214 15,586,729 988
Local Government 243 44,012 44,100 43,915 44,009 710,929,021 1,243
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 32,781 378,988 380,681 381,086 380,251 6,963,601,063 1,409
GOODS-PRODUCING 2,986 37,187 37,006 36,798 36,997 842,041,558 1,751
  Natural Resources and Mining
55 356 319 293 322 3,825,819 914
  Construction
2,497 24,012 24,088 23,897 23,999 481,679,553 1,544
  Manufacturing
434 12,819 12,599 12,608 12,675 356,536,186 2,164
SERVICE PROVIDING 29,793 341,801 343,675 344,288 343,254 6,121,559,505 1,372
  Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
3,952 56,705 58,703 59,017 58,141 691,695,632 915
  Information
561 10,842 10,940 10,981 10,921 288,258,625 2,030
  Financial Activities
3,040 28,484 28,351 28,423 28,419 773,810,401 2,095
  Professional and Business Services
8,430 105,499 105,907 105,994 105,800 2,722,077,562 1,979
  Education and Health Services
4,374 74,491 74,600 74,659 74,583 1,064,258,585 1,098
  Leisure and Hospitality
2,370 43,353 42,870 42,759 42,994 290,070,057 519
  Other Services
7,066 22,427 22,304 22,455 22,395 291,388,643 1,001