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Howard County - FIRST QUARTER 2022 - County Industry Series - Maryland's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - Workforce Information & Performance

  Industry FIRST QUARTER 2022
  Number
of
Reporting
Units 		Monthly Employment Quarterly
Average
Employment		 Total Wages Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker


First		 Second Third
Howard County              
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 11,804   162,362   163,339   162,915 162,872  $3,307,325,764 $1,562
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL 145 16,049 16,826 16,919 16,598 286,639,095 1,328
Federal Government 33 682 702 699 694 15,875,460 1,760
State Government 14 1,771 1,796 1,813 1,793 37,638,503 1,615
Local Government 98 13,596 14,328 14,407 14,110 233,125,132 1,271
PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL - ALL INDUSTRIES 11,659 146,313 146,513 145,996 146,274 3,020,686,669 1,589
GOODS-PRODUCING 1,217 18,342 18,511 18,537 18,463 380,257,779 1,584
 Natural Resources and Mining
27 259 267 296 274 2,950,526 828
 Construction
 917 10,622 10,709 10,800 10,710 214,796,345 1,543
 Manufacturing
 273 7,461 7,535 7,441 7,479 162,510,908 1,671
SERVICE PROVIDING 10,410 127,971 128,002 127,459 127,811 2,640,428,890 1,589
 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
 1,853 33,268 33,191 33,020 33,160 559,652,915 1,298
 Information
 251 3,127 3,123 3,073 3,108 149,993,625 3,714
 Financial Activities
 1,092 8,312 8,286 8,219 8,272 258,627,627 2,405
 Professional and Business Services
 3,619 46,443 46,272 45,706 46,140 1,272,762,492 2,122
 Education and Health Services
 1,531 19,192 19,313 19,259 19,255 263,132,644 1,051
 Leisure and Hospitality
 883 13,375 13,524 13,914 13,604 85,161,310 482
 Other Services
 1,181 4,254 4,293 4,268 4,272 51,098,277 920