Baxter County, AR

FIPS 05005 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Baxter County had an annual average of 16,171 jobs across 1,323 establishments, paying $0.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

16,171

+0.6% YoY

Establishments

1,323

Total Wages

$0.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$45,036

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 Baxter County, AR, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — — $907 $0.0M
621 NAICS 621 1,576 149 $2,620 $103.6M
722 NAICS 722 1,258 84 $369 $24.1M
611 NAICS 611 914 13 $873 $39.1M
455 NAICS 455 674 18 $544 $19.1M
624 NAICS 624 508 62 $857 $13.5M
336 NAICS 336 499 5 $768 $19.9M
444 NAICS 444 434 19 $647 $14.6M
238 NAICS 238 428 87 $893 $19.9M
459 NAICS 459 395 46 $808 $16.6M
445 NAICS 445 345 23 $412 $7.4M
524 NAICS 524 318 40 $1,481 $24.5M
721 NAICS 721 295 29 $447 $6.8M
922 NAICS 922 241 12 $1,758 $12.4M
522 NAICS 522 229 30 $1,229 $14.6M
441 NAICS 441 219 29 $980 $11.2M
531 NAICS 531 173 41 $617 $5.6M
811 NAICS 811 164 42 $869 $7.4M
236 NAICS 236 159 40 $922 $7.6M
449 NAICS 449 150 20 $795 $6.2M
423 NAICS 423 145 28 $1,175 $8.9M
812 NAICS 812 139 28 $566 $4.1M
237 NAICS 237 120 9 $961 $5.4M
221 NAICS 221 118 8 $1,338 $6.7M
456 NAICS 456 98 13 $944 $4.8M
457 NAICS 457 95 17 $506 $2.5M
921 NAICS 921 94 10 $690 $3.3M
332 NAICS 332 92 9 $1,150 $5.5M
517 NAICS 517 84 10 $1,212 $5.3M
458 NAICS 458 78 18 $703 $2.8M
312 NAICS 312 69 5 $556 $2.0M
491 NAICS 491 60 9 $1,245 $3.9M
541 NAICS 541 53 2 $1,587 $4.4M
333 NAICS 333 50 6 $997 $2.6M
321 NAICS 321 45 4 $654 $1.5M
488 NAICS 488 41 10 $850 $1.8M
424 NAICS 424 40 11 $932 $2.0M
516 NAICS 516 35 4 $664 $1.2M
924 NAICS 924 33 6 $1,287 $1.9M
532 NAICS 532 33 8 $776 $1.3M
523 NAICS 523 29 15 $2,122 $3.2M
712 NAICS 712 28 1 $390 $0.6M
519 NAICS 519 27 1 $616 $0.9M
713 NAICS 713 27 1 $589 $0.8M
923 NAICS 923 24 3 $1,671 $1.5M
484 NAICS 484 20 9 $746 $0.8M
926 NAICS 926 14 6 $1,355 $0.6M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

159

jobs · $80,839 avg pay

State Government

301

jobs · $40,600 avg pay

Local Government

1,226

jobs · $44,302 avg pay

Private

14,485

jobs · $44,797 avg pay

AR Unemployment

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

4.3%

April 2026

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