Bedford County, VA

FIPS 51019 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Bedford County had an annual average of 18,602 jobs across 2,307 establishments, paying $0.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

18,602

-0.1% YoY

Establishments

2,307

Total Wages

$0.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$48,340

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 Bedford County, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 1,932 19 $970 $82.4M
722 NAICS 722 1,540 107 $435 $34.8M
541 NAICS 541 1,067 236 $1,248 $63.8M
621 NAICS 621 970 110 $1,114 $56.2M
561 NAICS 561 850 109 $667 $27.8M
238 NAICS 238 766 165 $1,161 $46.3M
624 NAICS 624 712 355 $957 $23.9M
455 NAICS 455 573 28 $544 $16.2M
441 NAICS 441 486 32 $1,057 $26.7M
445 NAICS 445 397 25 $477 $9.9M
551 NAICS 551 391 14 $993 $20.2M
236 NAICS 236 383 107 $1,117 $21.3M
423 NAICS 423 382 48 $1,303 $25.9M
333 NAICS 333 379 19 $1,439 $28.4M
812 NAICS 812 339 55 $761 $13.4M
713 NAICS 713 319 15 $459 $7.6M
444 NAICS 444 317 20 $737 $12.1M
424 NAICS 424 289 16 $1,414 $21.3M
813 NAICS 813 287 34 $790 $11.8M
922 NAICS 922 272 19 $2,035 $17.0M
237 NAICS 237 264 23 $1,110 $14.7M
811 NAICS 811 229 66 $892 $10.6M
924 NAICS 924 228 9 $1,404 $9.2M
532 NAICS 532 219 10 $1,288 $14.7M
531 NAICS 531 209 102 $948 $10.3M
459 NAICS 459 196 34 $553 $5.6M
524 NAICS 524 194 42 $1,343 $13.5M
457 NAICS 457 189 20 $533 $5.2M
522 NAICS 522 171 34 $1,340 $11.9M
484 NAICS 484 166 28 $1,180 $10.2M
332 NAICS 332 136 12 $990 $7.0M
491 NAICS 491 116 11 $1,324 $8.0M
623 NAICS 623 108 1 $807 $4.5M
221 NAICS 221 108 6 $1,199 $6.8M
562 NAICS 562 104 12 $1,066 $5.7M
458 NAICS 458 102 12 $498 $2.6M
326 NAICS 326 91 6 $1,047 $5.0M
523 NAICS 523 86 20 $2,563 $11.4M
321 NAICS 321 82 6 $922 $3.9M
456 NAICS 456 76 14 $767 $3.0M
999 NAICS 999 75 44 $820 $3.2M
311 NAICS 311 71 9 $592 $2.2M
926 NAICS 926 70 7 $868 $2.6M
425 NAICS 425 69 17 $2,566 $9.2M
721 NAICS 721 66 6 $474 $1.6M
921 NAICS 921 65 9 $1,538 $3.7M
519 NAICS 519 53 1 $496 $1.4M
113 NAICS 113 51 12 $1,139 $3.0M
339 NAICS 339 51 9 $1,157 $3.1M
312 NAICS 312 43 6 $593 $1.3M
814 NAICS 814 40 46 $573 $1.2M
325 NAICS 325 40 9 $1,443 $3.0M
712 NAICS 712 40 2 $1,053 $1.4M
449 NAICS 449 38 10 $948 $1.9M
517 NAICS 517 28 3 $1,635 $2.3M
327 NAICS 327 28 4 $1,168 $1.7M
112 NAICS 112 26 6 $694 $0.9M
513 NAICS 513 24 7 $1,983 $2.4M
488 NAICS 488 21 8 $873 $1.0M
923 NAICS 923 11 1 $923 $0.5M
518 NAICS 518 10 7 $1,974 $1.1M
925 NAICS 925 9 2 $1,193 $0.6M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

138

jobs · $68,622 avg pay

State Government

264

jobs · $52,949 avg pay

Local Government

2,728

jobs · $45,235 avg pay

Private

15,472

jobs · $48,628 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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