Adams County, CO

FIPS 08001 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Adams County had an annual average of 249,299 jobs across 14,156 establishments, paying $18.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

249,299

+1.7% YoY

Establishments

14,156

Total Wages

$18.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$73,817

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 Adams County, CO, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 26,671 242 $2,537 $2,512.8M
622 NAICS 622 21,477 20 $2,144 $1,985.8M
238 NAICS 238 20,073 1,548 $1,549 $1,617.0M
561 NAICS 561 14,306 805 $900 $669.8M
493 NAICS 493 11,650 72 $1,409 $853.5M
423 NAICS 423 10,947 778 $1,868 $1,063.1M
541 NAICS 541 9,527 2,225 $2,242 $1,108.2M
921 NAICS 921 7,755 14 $3,027 $606.1M
424 NAICS 424 7,138 336 $1,628 $604.2M
621 NAICS 621 7,125 725 $1,293 $478.0M
492 NAICS 492 7,121 45 $984 $364.4M
484 NAICS 484 6,181 436 $1,437 $461.8M
455 NAICS 455 5,363 73 $650 $181.2M
237 NAICS 237 4,650 118 $1,926 $463.9M
811 NAICS 811 4,024 478 $1,210 $253.2M
441 NAICS 441 3,752 191 $1,349 $263.2M
445 NAICS 445 3,601 222 $775 $145.2M
624 NAICS 624 3,102 295 $749 $120.8M
623 NAICS 623 3,098 52 $1,306 $157.6M
311 NAICS 311 3,049 57 $1,122 $178.0M
713 NAICS 713 2,878 91 $1,130 $72.9M
562 NAICS 562 2,437 117 $1,668 $211.4M
459 NAICS 459 2,378 211 $755 $93.3M
812 NAICS 812 2,191 299 $777 $88.5M
522 NAICS 522 1,955 240 $1,675 $170.2M
444 NAICS 444 1,930 84 $893 $89.6M
532 NAICS 532 1,922 138 $1,518 $151.7M
236 NAICS 236 1,883 291 $1,598 $156.4M
551 NAICS 551 1,870 171 $2,655 $258.1M
332 NAICS 332 1,707 111 $1,410 $125.1M
531 NAICS 531 1,699 579 $1,229 $106.3M
922 NAICS 922 1,431 18 $2,595 $145.4M
458 NAICS 458 1,425 122 $591 $43.8M
457 NAICS 457 1,382 143 $882 $63.4M
334 NAICS 334 1,274 23 $2,170 $143.7M
485 NAICS 485 1,197 28 $1,700 $74.3M
449 NAICS 449 1,123 79 $1,066 $62.3M
524 NAICS 524 1,099 274 $1,757 $100.4M
327 NAICS 327 982 40 $1,432 $73.1M
221 NAICS 221 965 32 $2,546 $116.8M
456 NAICS 456 947 66 $854 $42.1M
321 NAICS 321 934 24 $1,421 $69.0M
488 NAICS 488 906 107 $2,330 $62.6M
325 NAICS 325 899 37 $1,483 $69.3M
213 NAICS 213 895 36 $2,614 $121.6M
517 NAICS 517 842 42 $2,060 $90.2M
333 NAICS 333 832 27 $1,623 $70.2M
813 NAICS 813 801 142 $1,176 $49.0M
324 NAICS 324 691 11 $2,747 $98.7M
512 NAICS 512 629 19 $544 $17.8M
513 NAICS 513 627 87 $2,865 $93.4M
337 NAICS 337 610 19 $1,221 $38.7M
326 NAICS 326 588 22 $1,321 $40.4M
336 NAICS 336 557 18 $1,338 $38.8M
924 NAICS 924 548 8 $2,208 $43.1M
111 NAICS 111 503 32 $901 $23.6M
491 NAICS 491 418 16 $1,581 $34.3M
926 NAICS 926 417 10 $3,111 $66.4M
115 NAICS 115 365 10 $830 $15.7M
323 NAICS 323 333 39 $1,120 $19.4M
312 NAICS 312 327 16 $1,018 $17.3M
339 NAICS 339 216 36 $1,063 $11.9M
425 NAICS 425 214 71 $1,996 $22.2M
518 NAICS 518 182 55 $2,680 $25.4M
519 NAICS 519 154 1 $997 $8.0M
814 NAICS 814 131 128 $638 $4.3M
925 NAICS 925 117 2 $1,507 $9.2M
923 NAICS 923 103 9 $3,128 $8.0M
314 NAICS 314 77 12 $1,155 $4.6M
928 NAICS 928 48 5 $1,770 $4.3M
315 NAICS 315 38 6 $748 $1.5M
112 NAICS 112 29 7 $1,026 $1.5M
999 NAICS 999 27 66 $1,525 $2.1M
712 NAICS 712 13 1 $2,269 $1.5M
533 NAICS 533 9 4 $5,091 $2.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

3,600

jobs · $114,612 avg pay

State Government

25,304

jobs · $112,845 avg pay

Local Government

22,219

jobs · $67,019 avg pay

Private

198,176

jobs · $68,855 avg pay

CO Unemployment

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

3.9%

April 2026

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