Bolivar County, MS

FIPS 28011 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Bolivar County had an annual average of 10,569 jobs across 841 establishments, paying $0.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

10,569

-0.5% YoY

Establishments

841

Total Wages

$0.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$44,457

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 Bolivar County, MS, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 1,518 11 $884 $64.5M
722 NAICS 722 955 65 $317 $15.7M
624 NAICS 624 648 39 $737 $17.3M
621 NAICS 621 571 56 $1,288 $38.2M
921 NAICS 921 514 15 $630 $16.8M
444 NAICS 444 381 13 $1,252 $24.8M
455 NAICS 455 379 12 $522 $10.3M
111 NAICS 111 213 56 $854 $9.4M
441 NAICS 441 209 19 $911 $9.9M
445 NAICS 445 208 24 $511 $5.5M
457 NAICS 457 192 30 $459 $4.6M
522 NAICS 522 179 29 $1,109 $10.3M
811 NAICS 811 173 18 $701 $6.3M
721 NAICS 721 166 10 $312 $2.7M
238 NAICS 238 158 22 $973 $8.0M
424 NAICS 424 140 13 $1,110 $8.1M
458 NAICS 458 97 22 $335 $1.7M
236 NAICS 236 81 12 $1,041 $4.4M
531 NAICS 531 71 36 $779 $2.1M
459 NAICS 459 70 17 $397 $1.5M
488 NAICS 488 69 9 $1,394 $4.7M
491 NAICS 491 60 14 $1,051 $3.3M
532 NAICS 532 57 7 $684 $2.0M
923 NAICS 923 55 3 $1,725 $3.0M
524 NAICS 524 53 17 $1,004 $2.8M
456 NAICS 456 52 8 $730 $2.0M
221 NAICS 221 47 5 $1,886 $4.6M
713 NAICS 713 42 9 $287 $0.6M
449 NAICS 449 40 8 $716 $1.5M
813 NAICS 813 38 9 $566 $1.1M
484 NAICS 484 37 10 $1,086 $2.1M
812 NAICS 812 34 18 $430 $0.8M
517 NAICS 517 32 4 $1,203 $2.0M
237 NAICS 237 30 4 $887 $1.4M
513 NAICS 513 24 6 $523 $0.7M
922 NAICS 922 19 3 $797 $0.7M
926 NAICS 926 17 4 $1,292 $1.1M
814 NAICS 814 17 16 $389 $0.3M
924 NAICS 924 16 3 $1,138 $0.8M
519 NAICS 519 14 3 $464 $0.3M
523 NAICS 523 7 5 $1,445 $0.5M
561 NAICS 561 3 1 $405 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

83

jobs · $60,477 avg pay

State Government

672

jobs · $45,241 avg pay

Local Government

1,405

jobs · $38,308 avg pay

Private

8,409

jobs · $45,264 avg pay

MS Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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