Bay County, MI

FIPS 26017 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Bay County had an annual average of 34,112 jobs across 2,118 establishments, paying $1.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

34,112

+0.5% YoY

Establishments

2,118

Total Wages

$1.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$54,617

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, MI, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 3,549 179 $368 $68.0M
621 NAICS 621 2,360 193 $985 $120.8M
541 NAICS 541 1,413 148 $1,988 $146.0M
455 NAICS 455 1,297 35 $570 $38.4M
623 NAICS 623 1,234 50 $680 $43.6M
561 NAICS 561 1,098 88 $583 $33.3M
921 NAICS 921 1,030 20 $984 $52.7M
311 NAICS 311 1,004 11 $1,260 $65.8M
238 NAICS 238 888 109 $1,192 $55.0M
441 NAICS 441 803 36 $1,159 $48.4M
424 NAICS 424 770 33 $1,342 $53.7M
445 NAICS 445 713 55 $517 $19.2M
326 NAICS 326 523 5 $1,546 $42.1M
713 NAICS 713 514 31 $400 $10.7M
444 NAICS 444 502 24 $693 $18.1M
325 NAICS 325 501 9 $2,477 $64.6M
333 NAICS 333 492 26 $1,404 $35.9M
721 NAICS 721 426 22 $664 $14.7M
332 NAICS 332 426 17 $1,178 $26.1M
459 NAICS 459 407 59 $583 $12.3M
811 NAICS 811 401 78 $937 $19.5M
522 NAICS 522 382 34 $1,117 $22.2M
111 NAICS 111 375 31 $724 $14.1M
457 NAICS 457 371 22 $456 $8.8M
236 NAICS 236 346 57 $1,199 $21.5M
813 NAICS 813 336 46 $555 $9.7M
237 NAICS 237 286 18 $1,511 $22.5M
456 NAICS 456 270 29 $817 $11.5M
484 NAICS 484 262 28 $1,114 $15.2M
812 NAICS 812 234 48 $451 $5.5M
532 NAICS 532 208 11 $892 $9.6M
531 NAICS 531 199 40 $1,077 $11.1M
611 NAICS 611 172 22 $622 $5.6M
491 NAICS 491 166 8 $1,235 $10.6M
449 NAICS 449 142 17 $1,252 $9.3M
524 NAICS 524 140 39 $1,294 $9.4M
312 NAICS 312 106 4 $1,418 $7.8M
321 NAICS 321 96 8 $1,112 $5.6M
458 NAICS 458 87 14 $563 $2.5M
339 NAICS 339 86 12 $1,178 $5.2M
999 NAICS 999 68 33 $554 $2.0M
335 NAICS 335 64 4 $1,868 $6.2M
115 NAICS 115 50 11 $657 $1.7M
922 NAICS 922 50 4 $2,165 $5.6M
814 NAICS 814 49 47 $323 $0.8M
926 NAICS 926 38 7 $2,164 $3.7M
485 NAICS 485 37 6 $1,021 $1.9M
337 NAICS 337 29 4 $884 $1.3M
923 NAICS 923 16 1 $1,813 $1.5M
211 NAICS 211 15 3 $1,207 $1.0M
488 NAICS 488 15 6 $520 $0.4M
928 NAICS 928 14 1 $1,389 $1.0M
924 NAICS 924 4 1 $1,240 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

262

jobs · $75,150 avg pay

State Government

416

jobs · $79,793 avg pay

Local Government

4,426

jobs · $53,765 avg pay

Private

29,008

jobs · $54,201 avg pay

MI Unemployment

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

5.0%

April 2026

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