Boone County, IL

FIPS 17007 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Boone County had an annual average of 11,526 jobs across 880 establishments, paying $0.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

11,526

-4.9% YoY

Establishments

880

Total Wages

$0.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$55,412

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 Boone County, IL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
926 NAICS 926 — 1 — —
611 NAICS 611 1,501 14 $1,198 $91.7M
238 NAICS 238 1,248 92 $1,410 $91.5M
336 NAICS 336 672 10 $2,090 $73.0M
332 NAICS 332 479 14 $1,290 $32.2M
921 NAICS 921 442 10 $1,136 $26.1M
455 NAICS 455 437 10 $550 $12.5M
484 NAICS 484 305 62 $1,181 $18.7M
493 NAICS 493 288 6 $1,055 $15.8M
623 NAICS 623 272 4 $793 $11.2M
441 NAICS 441 242 12 $1,274 $16.0M
445 NAICS 445 219 19 $745 $8.5M
236 NAICS 236 215 35 $1,705 $19.1M
423 NAICS 423 206 24 $1,264 $13.6M
621 NAICS 621 190 33 $1,269 $12.6M
111 NAICS 111 173 12 $898 $8.1M
811 NAICS 811 166 27 $909 $7.8M
457 NAICS 457 163 17 $472 $4.0M
713 NAICS 713 147 16 $432 $3.3M
541 NAICS 541 146 49 $1,430 $10.8M
333 NAICS 333 146 6 $1,146 $8.7M
624 NAICS 624 142 20 $569 $4.2M
813 NAICS 813 138 12 $428 $3.1M
812 NAICS 812 102 16 $605 $3.2M
488 NAICS 488 93 8 $834 $4.0M
524 NAICS 524 78 20 $796 $3.2M
922 NAICS 922 77 3 $220 $0.9M
456 NAICS 456 69 7 $651 $2.3M
424 NAICS 424 63 9 $1,234 $4.0M
522 NAICS 522 63 8 $1,125 $3.7M
491 NAICS 491 62 5 $1,177 $3.8M
531 NAICS 531 54 30 $933 $2.6M
459 NAICS 459 51 10 $226 $0.6M
517 NAICS 517 33 5 $1,068 $1.8M
513 NAICS 513 29 5 $1,694 $2.6M
237 NAICS 237 28 9 $610 $0.7M
444 NAICS 444 23 4 $886 $1.1M
112 NAICS 112 12 4 $442 $0.3M
814 NAICS 814 8 10 $394 $0.2M
523 NAICS 523 6 4 $9,147 $2.6M
532 NAICS 532 5 3 $3,118 $0.8M
999 NAICS 999 1 2 $1,168 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

62

jobs · $61,192 avg pay

Local Government

2,096

jobs · $57,617 avg pay

Private

9,368

jobs · $54,883 avg pay

IL Unemployment

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

5.1%

April 2026

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