Bristol City, VA

FIPS 51520 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Bristol City had an annual average of 10,384 jobs across 614 establishments, paying $0.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

10,384

+3.5% YoY

Establishments

614

Total Wages

$0.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$46,916

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 Bristol City, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
924 NAICS 924 — 1 $108 $0.0M
722 NAICS 722 1,236 58 $458 $29.5M
611 NAICS 611 569 8 $924 $26.7M
492 NAICS 492 481 3 $1,015 $25.4M
445 NAICS 445 472 21 $492 $12.1M
923 NAICS 923 435 8 $1,539 $24.4M
624 NAICS 624 396 78 $1,096 $14.2M
623 NAICS 623 380 7 $869 $17.2M
561 NAICS 561 304 19 $849 $10.7M
423 NAICS 423 245 20 $1,201 $15.3M
237 NAICS 237 245 2 $1,549 $19.3M
922 NAICS 922 240 15 $2,797 $16.1M
455 NAICS 455 222 8 $623 $7.2M
444 NAICS 444 205 10 $619 $6.6M
541 NAICS 541 195 38 $1,395 $7.8M
524 NAICS 524 182 14 $1,609 $15.2M
811 NAICS 811 145 12 $1,107 $6.6M
441 NAICS 441 139 14 $640 $4.6M
238 NAICS 238 137 8 $954 $6.8M
459 NAICS 459 95 18 $517 $2.5M
456 NAICS 456 74 13 $762 $2.9M
457 NAICS 457 70 18 $583 $2.1M
551 NAICS 551 69 5 $2,554 $9.2M
458 NAICS 458 69 14 $383 $1.4M
522 NAICS 522 66 9 $1,293 $4.4M
921 NAICS 921 63 4 $1,381 $3.4M
424 NAICS 424 62 7 $1,091 $3.5M
491 NAICS 491 61 2 $1,163 $3.7M
449 NAICS 449 52 15 $948 $2.6M
813 NAICS 813 50 5 $489 $1.3M
236 NAICS 236 44 8 $1,414 $3.3M
812 NAICS 812 41 17 $495 $1.0M
999 NAICS 999 40 9 $816 $1.7M
925 NAICS 925 36 2 $927 $1.7M
519 NAICS 519 30 1 $641 $1.0M
332 NAICS 332 30 3 $1,007 $1.6M
523 NAICS 523 24 9 $3,772 $4.7M
713 NAICS 713 19 1 $848 $0.9M
926 NAICS 926 18 4 $1,153 $0.7M
562 NAICS 562 18 1 $1,005 $0.9M
485 NAICS 485 6 1 $663 $0.2M
814 NAICS 814 3 5 $683 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

100

jobs · $79,687 avg pay

State Government

332

jobs · $76,204 avg pay

Local Government

1,292

jobs · $51,120 avg pay

Private

8,660

jobs · $44,795 avg pay

VA Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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