Bowie County, TX

FIPS 48037 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Bowie County had an annual average of 42,229 jobs across 2,483 establishments, paying $2.2 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

42,229

+1.7% YoY

Establishments

2,483

Total Wages

$2.2B

Avg Annual Pay

$53,061

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 Bowie County, TX, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 4,517 179 $544 $96.7M
611 NAICS 611 3,751 29 $884 $170.2M
621 NAICS 621 3,594 228 $1,294 $241.9M
928 NAICS 928 1,921 2 $1,465 $146.3M
455 NAICS 455 1,866 46 $591 $57.3M
561 NAICS 561 1,752 148 $753 $68.6M
423 NAICS 423 1,507 72 $1,370 $107.3M
541 NAICS 541 1,348 207 $1,615 $105.9M
238 NAICS 238 1,248 120 $1,094 $71.0M
922 NAICS 922 1,201 15 $1,776 $85.3M
441 NAICS 441 982 54 $1,112 $56.8M
623 NAICS 623 946 30 $628 $30.9M
522 NAICS 522 863 101 $1,767 $55.1M
456 NAICS 456 691 36 $992 $35.6M
811 NAICS 811 668 92 $1,087 $37.7M
332 NAICS 332 642 26 $1,584 $52.8M
444 NAICS 444 608 34 $751 $23.7M
424 NAICS 424 495 28 $1,281 $33.0M
484 NAICS 484 444 39 $1,152 $26.6M
488 NAICS 488 432 15 $1,854 $41.6M
551 NAICS 551 431 15 $1,861 $41.7M
457 NAICS 457 421 53 $557 $12.2M
459 NAICS 459 414 60 $556 $12.0M
445 NAICS 445 409 26 $484 $10.3M
921 NAICS 921 377 14 $917 $18.0M
237 NAICS 237 370 21 $1,334 $25.7M
236 NAICS 236 368 44 $1,242 $23.8M
325 NAICS 325 335 8 $987 $17.2M
532 NAICS 532 334 25 $909 $15.8M
449 NAICS 449 320 31 $820 $13.7M
812 NAICS 812 309 44 $708 $11.4M
531 NAICS 531 300 98 $994 $15.5M
321 NAICS 321 298 7 $1,667 $25.9M
458 NAICS 458 296 38 $464 $7.2M
721 NAICS 721 281 23 $696 $6.7M
524 NAICS 524 242 56 $1,350 $17.0M
713 NAICS 713 207 22 $1,402 $3.1M
491 NAICS 491 203 9 $1,294 $13.6M
492 NAICS 492 135 7 $771 $5.4M
517 NAICS 517 123 17 $1,435 $9.1M
221 NAICS 221 123 5 $2,154 $13.8M
923 NAICS 923 106 6 $1,580 $6.8M
336 NAICS 336 103 5 $1,180 $6.3M
562 NAICS 562 95 13 $1,458 $7.0M
333 NAICS 333 91 6 $1,036 $4.9M
813 NAICS 813 80 16 $428 $1.8M
112 NAICS 112 62 20 $844 $2.7M
327 NAICS 327 52 5 $1,058 $2.9M
425 NAICS 425 44 11 $1,583 $3.6M
311 NAICS 311 43 6 $520 $1.2M
339 NAICS 339 35 6 $1,003 $1.8M
113 NAICS 113 28 6 $1,029 $1.5M
999 NAICS 999 24 17 $3,362 $0.9M
516 NAICS 516 22 5 $1,124 $1.3M
493 NAICS 493 14 4 $1,022 $0.7M
513 NAICS 513 11 4 $1,000 $0.6M
924 NAICS 924 9 2 $1,353 $0.6M
814 NAICS 814 8 10 $452 $0.2M
622 NAICS 622 6 1 $1,479 $0.5M
926 NAICS 926 6 2 $764 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,766

jobs · $75,125 avg pay

State Government

1,184

jobs · $59,360 avg pay

Local Government

5,234

jobs · $46,982 avg pay

Private

33,045

jobs · $51,951 avg pay

TX Unemployment

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

4.3%

April 2026

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