Alamance County, NC

FIPS 37001 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Alamance County had an annual average of 67,669 jobs across 4,409 establishments, paying $3.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

67,669

+1.7% YoY

Establishments

4,409

Total Wages

$3.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$52,502

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 Alamance County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
621 NAICS 621 7,885 290 $1,372 $562.6M
722 NAICS 722 7,205 363 $410 $153.4M
611 NAICS 611 5,472 95 $1,308 $317.3M
561 NAICS 561 4,101 289 $1,135 $151.4M
921 NAICS 921 2,713 12 $1,001 $141.2M
238 NAICS 238 2,646 349 $1,164 $160.1M
455 NAICS 455 2,432 66 $718 $90.8M
493 NAICS 493 1,799 16 $799 $74.7M
445 NAICS 445 1,700 63 $1,030 $54.8M
623 NAICS 623 1,683 59 $774 $67.7M
541 NAICS 541 1,681 421 $1,584 $138.5M
313 NAICS 313 1,420 33 $975 $72.0M
441 NAICS 441 1,241 92 $1,019 $65.7M
423 NAICS 423 1,213 121 $1,607 $101.3M
326 NAICS 326 1,026 7 $1,218 $65.0M
333 NAICS 333 948 13 $1,457 $71.8M
458 NAICS 458 914 86 $437 $20.8M
332 NAICS 332 870 37 $1,395 $63.1M
811 NAICS 811 835 133 $966 $42.0M
459 NAICS 459 827 104 $543 $23.4M
336 NAICS 336 813 13 $1,712 $72.4M
444 NAICS 444 803 40 $703 $29.4M
424 NAICS 424 785 60 $1,513 $61.7M
812 NAICS 812 775 92 $798 $32.2M
524 NAICS 524 700 94 $1,922 $69.9M
713 NAICS 713 690 48 $335 $12.0M
522 NAICS 522 637 77 $1,790 $59.3M
457 NAICS 457 628 84 $586 $19.1M
315 NAICS 315 559 14 $681 $19.8M
456 NAICS 456 553 51 $690 $19.9M
531 NAICS 531 446 159 $964 $22.4M
484 NAICS 484 409 86 $1,113 $23.7M
449 NAICS 449 377 45 $1,009 $19.8M
551 NAICS 551 347 21 $2,315 $41.7M
321 NAICS 321 345 9 $1,465 $26.3M
236 NAICS 236 342 121 $1,258 $22.4M
721 NAICS 721 317 32 $523 $8.6M
311 NAICS 311 282 10 $1,021 $14.9M
339 NAICS 339 281 15 $1,670 $24.4M
488 NAICS 488 268 21 $2,472 $15.8M
532 NAICS 532 248 28 $1,422 $18.3M
327 NAICS 327 245 12 $1,747 $22.3M
491 NAICS 491 235 10 $1,286 $15.7M
323 NAICS 323 206 14 $1,163 $12.5M
922 NAICS 922 176 5 $1,285 $11.7M
325 NAICS 325 175 12 $1,115 $10.1M
517 NAICS 517 171 14 $1,418 $12.6M
562 NAICS 562 133 20 $1,039 $7.2M
337 NAICS 337 122 10 $1,211 $7.7M
622 NAICS 622 116 7 $1,869 $11.3M
814 NAICS 814 107 89 $508 $2.8M
221 NAICS 221 103 8 $1,918 $10.3M
485 NAICS 485 95 6 $1,049 $4.3M
926 NAICS 926 93 9 $1,362 $5.8M
813 NAICS 813 80 32 $1,088 $4.5M
425 NAICS 425 74 16 $1,589 $6.1M
314 NAICS 314 67 6 $637 $2.2M
513 NAICS 513 57 21 $2,526 $7.5M
512 NAICS 512 44 9 $261 $0.6M
925 NAICS 925 37 2 $1,149 $2.2M
924 NAICS 924 35 4 $1,824 $2.1M
518 NAICS 518 35 6 $1,377 $2.5M
113 NAICS 113 28 8 $1,400 $2.0M
111 NAICS 111 24 7 $325 $0.4M
112 NAICS 112 22 8 $602 $0.7M
334 NAICS 334 20 3 $937 $1.0M
923 NAICS 923 6 2 $952 $0.3M
712 NAICS 712 3 1 $810 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

249

jobs · $67,207 avg pay

State Government

858

jobs · $46,902 avg pay

Local Government

5,712

jobs · $53,938 avg pay

Private

60,850

jobs · $52,386 avg pay

NC Unemployment

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

3.7%

April 2026

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