Boyd County, KY

FIPS 21019 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Boyd County had an annual average of 25,992 jobs across 1,797 establishments, paying $1.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

25,992

+1.9% YoY

Establishments

1,797

Total Wages

$1.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$59,232

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 Boyd County, KY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 2,612 124 $404 $54.8M
621 NAICS 621 1,890 183 $2,267 $222.7M
455 NAICS 455 1,112 26 $561 $32.4M
561 NAICS 561 952 90 $882 $43.7M
541 NAICS 541 946 168 $1,597 $78.6M
624 NAICS 624 943 152 $557 $27.3M
238 NAICS 238 820 87 $1,327 $56.6M
922 NAICS 922 586 16 $1,806 $43.7M
921 NAICS 921 538 8 $1,136 $31.7M
522 NAICS 522 517 42 $1,241 $33.3M
441 NAICS 441 480 28 $1,033 $25.8M
611 NAICS 611 461 20 $590 $12.8M
237 NAICS 237 421 23 $1,474 $32.3M
713 NAICS 713 397 16 $485 $10.0M
456 NAICS 456 376 33 $876 $17.1M
423 NAICS 423 359 46 $1,438 $26.9M
459 NAICS 459 348 54 $491 $8.9M
236 NAICS 236 280 33 $1,322 $19.2M
445 NAICS 445 259 24 $506 $6.8M
457 NAICS 457 253 33 $462 $6.1M
484 NAICS 484 252 26 $1,646 $21.6M
812 NAICS 812 246 38 $963 $12.3M
811 NAICS 811 233 31 $1,022 $12.4M
424 NAICS 424 232 25 $1,447 $17.4M
458 NAICS 458 208 30 $364 $3.9M
551 NAICS 551 203 12 $869 $9.2M
221 NAICS 221 195 10 $2,511 $25.5M
923 NAICS 923 188 10 $1,666 $12.3M
331 NAICS 331 188 8 $1,625 $15.9M
332 NAICS 332 188 15 $1,425 $14.0M
562 NAICS 562 151 11 $1,096 $8.6M
721 NAICS 721 147 14 $478 $3.6M
813 NAICS 813 141 34 $482 $3.5M
449 NAICS 449 98 20 $806 $4.1M
444 NAICS 444 96 14 $843 $4.2M
532 NAICS 532 94 15 $1,308 $6.4M
531 NAICS 531 91 41 $757 $3.6M
524 NAICS 524 89 32 $1,105 $5.1M
491 NAICS 491 89 3 $1,348 $6.2M
517 NAICS 517 78 12 $1,565 $6.4M
999 NAICS 999 45 9 $434 $1.0M
311 NAICS 311 45 5 $981 $2.3M
488 NAICS 488 45 6 $1,093 $2.6M
327 NAICS 327 42 3 $1,255 $2.7M
213 NAICS 213 37 4 $1,188 $2.3M
518 NAICS 518 32 7 $3,415 $5.6M
926 NAICS 926 27 4 $1,182 $1.6M
339 NAICS 339 14 5 $993 $0.7M
928 NAICS 928 13 1 $1,190 $0.8M
425 NAICS 425 8 10 $1,766 $0.7M
814 NAICS 814 7 19 $797 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

402

jobs · $87,169 avg pay

State Government

810

jobs · $43,985 avg pay

Local Government

2,194

jobs · $49,004 avg pay

Private

22,586

jobs · $60,275 avg pay

KY Unemployment

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

4.3%

April 2026

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