Alexandria City, VA

FIPS 51510 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Alexandria City had an annual average of 81,341 jobs across 6,381 establishments, paying $7.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

81,341

0% YoY

Establishments

6,381

Total Wages

$7.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$91,542

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 Alexandria City, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
541 NAICS 541 13,651 1,512 $2,730 $1,930.1M
722 NAICS 722 7,512 349 $627 $244.8M
813 NAICS 813 5,780 374 $2,277 $684.4M
611 NAICS 611 5,213 118 $2,728 $396.1M
561 NAICS 561 4,459 325 $1,296 $300.5M
928 NAICS 928 4,045 2 $1,915 $402.7M
621 NAICS 621 3,793 420 $1,542 $303.8M
926 NAICS 926 2,356 18 $3,173 $371.4M
445 NAICS 445 2,248 80 $721 $84.3M
922 NAICS 922 1,830 35 $2,673 $205.9M
531 NAICS 531 1,789 320 $1,673 $155.7M
624 NAICS 624 1,745 216 $1,379 $91.2M
812 NAICS 812 1,582 233 $833 $68.5M
441 NAICS 441 1,416 36 $1,578 $116.2M
522 NAICS 522 1,197 78 $4,176 $154.7M
238 NAICS 238 1,084 120 $1,659 $93.5M
485 NAICS 485 986 1 $2,535 $130.0M
713 NAICS 713 927 57 $691 $26.8M
721 NAICS 721 881 29 $878 $40.2M
921 NAICS 921 787 13 $3,062 $86.4M
923 NAICS 923 765 13 $2,688 $101.3M
492 NAICS 492 764 14 $997 $39.6M
311 NAICS 311 709 15 $1,021 $37.7M
811 NAICS 811 660 69 $1,733 $51.3M
236 NAICS 236 659 76 $2,015 $69.1M
459 NAICS 459 647 78 $597 $20.1M
523 NAICS 523 619 105 $5,779 $185.9M
423 NAICS 423 611 67 $2,249 $71.5M
237 NAICS 237 591 16 $1,859 $55.4M
455 NAICS 455 569 18 $558 $16.5M
551 NAICS 551 554 48 $2,404 $69.3M
814 NAICS 814 531 726 $912 $25.2M
449 NAICS 449 523 52 $810 $22.0M
513 NAICS 513 445 57 $3,139 $72.6M
458 NAICS 458 409 58 $632 $13.4M
456 NAICS 456 352 48 $881 $16.1M
424 NAICS 424 345 24 $919 $16.5M
493 NAICS 493 334 9 $1,246 $21.6M
221 NAICS 221 329 9 $2,705 $42.5M
444 NAICS 444 295 14 $767 $11.8M
457 NAICS 457 252 34 $828 $10.8M
323 NAICS 323 217 13 $1,400 $15.8M
562 NAICS 562 215 12 $1,309 $14.7M
518 NAICS 518 205 34 $2,751 $29.4M
712 NAICS 712 203 16 $1,099 $8.4M
491 NAICS 491 195 8 $1,602 $16.3M
519 NAICS 519 182 19 $2,397 $12.7M
425 NAICS 425 161 30 $2,806 $23.5M
999 NAICS 999 150 81 $1,487 $11.6M
512 NAICS 512 139 20 $1,551 $11.2M
517 NAICS 517 82 12 $2,207 $9.4M
925 NAICS 925 78 1 $1,555 $6.3M
484 NAICS 484 77 13 $1,575 $6.3M
711 NAICS 711 72 29 $2,058 $7.7M
488 NAICS 488 61 14 $1,096 $3.5M
339 NAICS 339 60 13 $1,377 $4.3M
924 NAICS 924 46 2 $2,799 $6.7M
333 NAICS 333 29 5 $1,831 $2.8M
332 NAICS 332 20 5 $1,197 $1.2M
927 NAICS 927 19 1 $3,012 $2.9M
325 NAICS 325 11 5 $2,775 $1.6M
335 NAICS 335 9 3 $3,227 $1.5M
516 NAICS 516 7 8 $3,180 $1.2M
623 NAICS 623 6 4 $1,217 $0.4M
622 NAICS 622 1 1 $2,817 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

9,045

jobs · $129,234 avg pay

State Government

706

jobs · $65,663 avg pay

Local Government

7,259

jobs · $88,700 avg pay

Private

64,331

jobs · $86,847 avg pay

VA Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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