Brazoria County, TX

FIPS 48039 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Brazoria County had an annual average of 122,794 jobs across 6,858 establishments, paying $8.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

122,794

+2.6% YoY

Establishments

6,858

Total Wages

$8.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$68,223

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 Brazoria County, TX, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
928 NAICS 928 — 1 $1,847 $0.0M
611 NAICS 611 14,273 121 $984 $707.3M
722 NAICS 722 13,243 618 $437 $301.0M
621 NAICS 621 8,201 647 $1,491 $635.4M
325 NAICS 325 7,470 52 $3,156 $1,225.7M
237 NAICS 237 5,911 69 $1,957 $589.8M
238 NAICS 238 5,332 364 $1,507 $417.8M
236 NAICS 236 4,701 134 $1,817 $444.3M
561 NAICS 561 4,351 325 $1,159 $262.2M
541 NAICS 541 4,182 767 $1,983 $431.1M
455 NAICS 455 3,887 90 $596 $120.4M
445 NAICS 445 3,521 92 $609 $111.6M
624 NAICS 624 3,427 230 $486 $86.6M
423 NAICS 423 1,950 187 $1,706 $173.0M
811 NAICS 811 1,872 210 $1,301 $126.6M
441 NAICS 441 1,845 88 $1,278 $122.6M
623 NAICS 623 1,786 41 $787 $73.1M
444 NAICS 444 1,674 56 $826 $71.9M
332 NAICS 332 1,635 77 $1,481 $125.9M
922 NAICS 922 1,535 23 $2,056 $123.9M
457 NAICS 457 1,496 127 $674 $52.5M
921 NAICS 921 1,402 37 $1,943 $86.0M
424 NAICS 424 1,264 78 $2,480 $163.0M
812 NAICS 812 1,138 173 $662 $39.2M
488 NAICS 488 1,135 52 $1,060 $62.6M
522 NAICS 522 1,125 147 $1,892 $79.9M
531 NAICS 531 1,102 273 $1,117 $64.1M
713 NAICS 713 969 70 $406 $20.5M
456 NAICS 456 956 118 $805 $40.0M
459 NAICS 459 874 104 $526 $23.9M
622 NAICS 622 874 6 $1,536 $69.8M
458 NAICS 458 846 87 $361 $15.9M
484 NAICS 484 840 125 $1,687 $73.7M
449 NAICS 449 651 64 $823 $27.9M
551 NAICS 551 629 23 $2,372 $77.6M
562 NAICS 562 621 36 $1,387 $44.8M
524 NAICS 524 617 143 $1,255 $40.3M
721 NAICS 721 612 67 $471 $15.0M
333 NAICS 333 485 30 $1,475 $37.2M
813 NAICS 813 474 53 $751 $18.5M
493 NAICS 493 455 12 $1,196 $28.3M
491 NAICS 491 454 15 $1,215 $28.7M
311 NAICS 311 328 24 $1,219 $20.8M
221 NAICS 221 321 17 $2,736 $45.7M
335 NAICS 335 310 7 $1,414 $22.8M
111 NAICS 111 292 19 $1,508 $22.9M
492 NAICS 492 277 12 $994 $14.3M
213 NAICS 213 225 31 $2,087 $24.4M
334 NAICS 334 223 10 $1,992 $23.1M
486 NAICS 486 207 16 $2,485 $26.8M
336 NAICS 336 192 10 $1,598 $16.0M
517 NAICS 517 172 19 $1,862 $16.7M
327 NAICS 327 163 9 $1,334 $11.3M
326 NAICS 326 134 10 $1,324 $9.3M
425 NAICS 425 129 52 $2,076 $13.9M
999 NAICS 999 128 80 $943 $6.3M
923 NAICS 923 95 5 $2,026 $7.0M
323 NAICS 323 87 14 $1,406 $6.4M
115 NAICS 115 86 9 $774 $3.5M
513 NAICS 513 85 22 $1,394 $6.2M
814 NAICS 814 80 73 $684 $2.9M
483 NAICS 483 78 7 $1,876 $7.6M
312 NAICS 312 74 8 $703 $2.7M
512 NAICS 512 71 8 $416 $1.5M
926 NAICS 926 61 9 $1,528 $3.4M
339 NAICS 339 59 18 $1,188 $3.6M
321 NAICS 321 50 10 $855 $2.2M
112 NAICS 112 39 16 $790 $1.6M
924 NAICS 924 37 3 $1,955 $3.8M
331 NAICS 331 37 4 $1,437 $2.8M
518 NAICS 518 20 8 $1,820 $1.9M
481 NAICS 481 19 3 $2,158 $2.1M
927 NAICS 927 18 1 $2,927 $2.8M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

630

jobs · $74,537 avg pay

State Government

3,386

jobs · $65,414 avg pay

Local Government

17,712

jobs · $54,908 avg pay

Private

101,066

jobs · $70,612 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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