Berrien County, MI

FIPS 26021 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Berrien County had an annual average of 60,625 jobs across 4,096 establishments, paying $3.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

60,625

+0.5% YoY

Establishments

4,096

Total Wages

$3.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$57,009

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 Berrien County, MI, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 5,945 332 $440 $135.9M
561 NAICS 561 2,898 177 $921 $138.8M
621 NAICS 621 2,213 174 $2,102 $115.7M
921 NAICS 921 2,033 43 $966 $102.1M
332 NAICS 332 1,998 76 $1,258 $130.8M
455 NAICS 455 1,883 61 $545 $53.4M
445 NAICS 445 1,561 84 $539 $43.8M
333 NAICS 333 1,543 52 $1,603 $128.6M
336 NAICS 336 1,488 14 $1,198 $92.7M
541 NAICS 541 1,375 312 $1,453 $103.9M
623 NAICS 623 1,374 34 $760 $54.3M
522 NAICS 522 1,356 74 $1,491 $105.1M
611 NAICS 611 1,259 42 $841 $55.1M
238 NAICS 238 1,175 185 $1,220 $74.6M
423 NAICS 423 1,108 74 $1,301 $74.9M
111 NAICS 111 1,081 84 $545 $30.6M
813 NAICS 813 969 72 $752 $37.9M
331 NAICS 331 958 17 $1,199 $59.8M
444 NAICS 444 924 45 $802 $38.5M
459 NAICS 459 863 100 $561 $25.2M
721 NAICS 721 844 57 $569 $25.0M
441 NAICS 441 724 53 $1,142 $43.0M
713 NAICS 713 679 57 $500 $17.6M
424 NAICS 424 679 46 $1,116 $39.4M
812 NAICS 812 637 86 $547 $18.1M
524 NAICS 524 550 68 $1,843 $52.7M
457 NAICS 457 550 55 $568 $16.3M
811 NAICS 811 492 117 $966 $24.7M
312 NAICS 312 488 25 $517 $13.1M
236 NAICS 236 477 134 $1,102 $27.4M
531 NAICS 531 348 128 $936 $16.9M
323 NAICS 323 334 12 $1,050 $18.2M
237 NAICS 237 321 22 $2,592 $43.3M
322 NAICS 322 303 9 $1,688 $26.6M
311 NAICS 311 295 18 $805 $12.3M
456 NAICS 456 288 40 $908 $13.6M
491 NAICS 491 256 19 $1,143 $15.2M
326 NAICS 326 233 10 $1,523 $18.5M
339 NAICS 339 221 23 $1,074 $12.3M
449 NAICS 449 216 36 $824 $9.3M
488 NAICS 488 214 13 $819 $9.1M
999 NAICS 999 171 55 $981 $8.7M
337 NAICS 337 164 14 $999 $8.5M
513 NAICS 513 159 18 $1,355 $11.2M
484 NAICS 484 159 37 $1,243 $10.3M
325 NAICS 325 157 12 $1,159 $9.5M
562 NAICS 562 140 16 $1,239 $9.0M
519 NAICS 519 131 23 $658 $4.1M
922 NAICS 922 121 9 $2,148 $10.1M
551 NAICS 551 119 12 $2,105 $13.1M
711 NAICS 711 111 20 $540 $3.1M
493 NAICS 493 109 10 $1,523 $8.6M
327 NAICS 327 92 5 $1,258 $6.0M
458 NAICS 458 87 24 $425 $1.9M
814 NAICS 814 78 118 $412 $1.7M
712 NAICS 712 76 6 $618 $2.4M
926 NAICS 926 75 9 $1,550 $5.8M
517 NAICS 517 60 8 $1,548 $4.8M
512 NAICS 512 56 7 $830 $2.4M
924 NAICS 924 46 5 $1,765 $3.0M
425 NAICS 425 35 17 $1,983 $3.6M
485 NAICS 485 33 5 $523 $0.9M
321 NAICS 321 30 5 $981 $1.5M
923 NAICS 923 20 1 $1,728 $1.8M
314 NAICS 314 20 3 $1,020 $1.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

321

jobs · $66,494 avg pay

State Government

354

jobs · $84,726 avg pay

Local Government

7,665

jobs · $54,501 avg pay

Private

52,285

jobs · $57,130 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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