Howard County, MD

FIPS 24027 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Howard County had an annual average of 156,737 jobs across 11,227 establishments, paying $13.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

156,737

-7.7% YoY

Establishments

11,227

Total Wages

$13.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$87,967

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Howard County, MD, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
541 NAICS 541 33,176 2,802 $2,714 $4,682.3M
722 NAICS 722 11,942 627 $531 $329.7M
561 NAICS 561 10,976 652 $1,191 $679.8M
621 NAICS 621 9,922 867 $1,322 $682.0M
238 NAICS 238 7,614 506 $1,671 $661.7M
423 NAICS 423 6,268 318 $2,517 $820.5M
424 NAICS 424 6,235 179 $1,559 $505.3M
445 NAICS 445 4,737 202 $731 $180.0M
624 NAICS 624 3,595 291 $846 $158.2M
611 NAICS 611 3,142 260 $1,049 $171.4M
551 NAICS 551 3,105 88 $2,254 $363.9M
236 NAICS 236 2,916 276 $2,122 $321.8M
623 NAICS 623 2,637 106 $881 $120.8M
455 NAICS 455 2,545 42 $647 $85.6M
622 NAICS 622 2,540 38 $1,516 $200.3M
311 NAICS 311 2,350 32 $1,304 $159.3M
713 NAICS 713 2,174 96 $452 $51.1M
441 NAICS 441 2,110 67 $1,351 $148.2M
531 NAICS 531 2,020 400 $1,826 $191.8M
524 NAICS 524 2,018 200 $2,336 $245.1M
522 NAICS 522 1,876 168 $2,359 $230.2M
459 NAICS 459 1,815 142 $730 $68.9M
812 NAICS 812 1,713 310 $827 $73.7M
513 NAICS 513 1,461 123 $4,452 $338.1M
484 NAICS 484 1,425 132 $1,392 $103.1M
813 NAICS 813 1,401 195 $1,398 $101.8M
523 NAICS 523 1,322 146 $2,767 $190.2M
458 NAICS 458 1,245 122 $759 $49.1M
493 NAICS 493 1,210 26 $1,087 $68.4M
926 NAICS 926 1,195 19 $3,114 $186.5M
444 NAICS 444 1,187 46 $1,035 $63.9M
811 NAICS 811 1,181 180 $1,296 $79.6M
449 NAICS 449 995 97 $1,703 $88.1M
425 NAICS 425 983 96 $1,897 $97.0M
456 NAICS 456 947 100 $861 $42.4M
333 NAICS 333 944 19 $2,727 $133.8M
517 NAICS 517 940 38 $2,894 $141.5M
485 NAICS 485 888 36 $983 $45.4M
334 NAICS 334 886 35 $2,094 $96.4M
562 NAICS 562 802 31 $1,188 $49.6M
721 NAICS 721 795 46 $748 $30.9M
237 NAICS 237 769 42 $1,619 $64.8M
922 NAICS 922 641 8 $2,538 $62.7M
518 NAICS 518 605 115 $2,658 $83.6M
312 NAICS 312 601 15 $1,450 $45.4M
492 NAICS 492 569 29 $1,021 $30.2M
457 NAICS 457 507 59 $739 $19.5M
332 NAICS 332 462 18 $2,039 $49.0M
326 NAICS 326 453 8 $1,114 $26.2M
488 NAICS 488 358 38 $1,551 $28.9M
519 NAICS 519 344 44 $2,750 $21.4M
491 NAICS 491 336 17 $1,376 $24.1M
928 NAICS 928 284 4 $1,803 $26.6M
323 NAICS 323 275 17 $1,431 $20.5M
923 NAICS 923 254 6 $2,856 $37.8M
339 NAICS 339 193 34 $1,493 $15.0M
111 NAICS 111 187 20 $1,003 $9.7M
221 NAICS 221 183 12 $2,755 $26.2M
336 NAICS 336 163 6 $1,642 $14.0M
921 NAICS 921 131 3 $3,117 $21.3M
325 NAICS 325 129 18 $1,529 $10.2M
112 NAICS 112 81 9 $570 $2.4M
512 NAICS 512 80 16 $1,658 $6.9M
327 NAICS 327 75 6 $1,276 $5.0M
314 NAICS 314 68 6 $1,234 $4.4M
315 NAICS 315 49 10 $4,881 $12.4M
337 NAICS 337 43 4 $1,654 $3.7M
924 NAICS 924 33 2 $2,589 $4.5M
335 NAICS 335 31 7 $1,743 $2.8M
525 NAICS 525 31 18 $2,345 $3.7M
927 NAICS 927 21 1 $3,312 $3.7M
115 NAICS 115 20 8 $790 $0.8M
521 NAICS 521 11 4 $2,988 $1.7M
999 NAICS 999 1 — $6,102 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

2,184

jobs · $136,769 avg pay

Private

154,553

jobs · $87,278 avg pay

MD Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

4.4%

April 2026

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