Bay County, FL

FIPS 12005 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Bay County had an annual average of 82,632 jobs across 6,848 establishments, paying $4.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

82,632

+2.7% YoY

Establishments

6,848

Total Wages

$4.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$53,407

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 Bay County, FL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 10,434 559 $562 $304.9M
611 NAICS 611 5,543 59 $965 $247.3M
541 NAICS 541 5,349 769 $1,668 $410.6M
621 NAICS 621 4,955 477 $2,154 $343.2M
561 NAICS 561 4,424 449 $879 $201.7M
238 NAICS 238 3,964 608 $1,068 $220.1M
455 NAICS 455 3,196 98 $605 $100.1M
928 NAICS 928 2,875 5 $2,057 $307.5M
622 NAICS 622 2,806 21 $1,208 $176.2M
721 NAICS 721 2,441 111 $730 $91.8M
921 NAICS 921 2,356 17 $1,313 $140.4M
531 NAICS 531 2,292 401 $1,070 $120.5M
445 NAICS 445 2,254 107 $843 $72.1M
237 NAICS 237 1,649 77 $1,357 $107.5M
423 NAICS 423 1,605 126 $1,288 $107.5M
441 NAICS 441 1,460 104 $1,229 $93.3M
236 NAICS 236 1,338 296 $1,326 $92.3M
444 NAICS 444 1,333 70 $777 $53.8M
336 NAICS 336 1,278 15 $1,395 $92.7M
713 NAICS 713 1,270 104 $580 $37.5M
624 NAICS 624 1,177 158 $897 $49.9M
811 NAICS 811 1,135 156 $1,015 $59.9M
522 NAICS 522 1,132 152 $1,752 $103.2M
459 NAICS 459 1,056 162 $717 $39.4M
623 NAICS 623 1,027 31 $831 $43.7M
922 NAICS 922 1,007 19 $2,265 $61.3M
458 NAICS 458 922 104 $587 $28.1M
424 NAICS 424 767 64 $1,038 $41.4M
457 NAICS 457 702 101 $923 $19.4M
812 NAICS 812 689 141 $724 $25.9M
449 NAICS 449 673 79 $1,063 $37.2M
456 NAICS 456 645 82 $822 $27.6M
562 NAICS 562 614 46 $1,117 $35.6M
532 NAICS 532 569 68 $898 $26.6M
524 NAICS 524 539 102 $1,577 $44.2M
813 NAICS 813 514 91 $847 $22.6M
488 NAICS 488 454 38 $1,350 $24.5M
484 NAICS 484 443 54 $935 $21.5M
923 NAICS 923 376 13 $1,569 $18.7M
492 NAICS 492 361 12 $1,026 $19.3M
491 NAICS 491 270 8 $1,334 $18.8M
512 NAICS 512 217 10 $969 $10.9M
517 NAICS 517 209 16 $1,475 $16.0M
339 NAICS 339 193 24 $920 $9.2M
712 NAICS 712 181 6 $725 $5.8M
332 NAICS 332 172 26 $1,028 $9.2M
926 NAICS 926 166 15 $1,704 $12.8M
221 NAICS 221 164 15 $1,689 $14.4M
924 NAICS 924 151 10 $1,949 $9.9M
551 NAICS 551 141 38 $1,996 $14.6M
516 NAICS 516 138 8 $1,182 $8.5M
487 NAICS 487 123 24 $623 $4.0M
323 NAICS 323 121 16 $892 $5.6M
327 NAICS 327 108 18 $1,098 $6.2M
999 NAICS 999 92 151 $978 $4.7M
311 NAICS 311 82 9 $1,047 $4.5M
925 NAICS 925 78 1 $1,267 $5.1M
513 NAICS 513 71 25 $1,381 $5.1M
113 NAICS 113 70 10 $1,041 $3.8M
337 NAICS 337 69 19 $898 $3.2M
115 NAICS 115 64 8 $1,034 $3.3M
814 NAICS 814 59 43 $485 $1.5M
312 NAICS 312 53 6 $1,730 $4.8M
335 NAICS 335 48 8 $1,223 $3.0M
711 NAICS 711 47 18 $688 $1.7M
111 NAICS 111 44 3 $760 $1.7M
425 NAICS 425 40 19 $1,559 $3.3M
485 NAICS 485 18 6 $615 $0.6M
519 NAICS 519 3 1 $614 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

4,300

jobs · $93,162 avg pay

State Government

1,909

jobs · $49,373 avg pay

Local Government

7,243

jobs · $50,739 avg pay

Private

69,180

jobs · $51,326 avg pay

FL Unemployment

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

4.8%

April 2026

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