Brown County, KS

FIPS 20013 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Brown County had an annual average of 4,494 jobs across 338 establishments, paying $0.2 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

4,494

+2% YoY

Establishments

338

Total Wages

$0.2B

Avg Annual Pay

$50,542

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 Brown County, KS, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
333 NAICS 333 677 10 $1,672 $58.9M
611 NAICS 611 402 4 $743 $15.5M
713 NAICS 713 329 4 $768 $13.1M
921 NAICS 921 302 14 $2,144 $12.5M
722 NAICS 722 218 17 $334 $3.8M
621 NAICS 621 200 16 $988 $10.3M
624 NAICS 624 163 11 $768 $6.5M
423 NAICS 423 147 12 $1,607 $12.3M
522 NAICS 522 130 8 $1,143 $7.8M
541 NAICS 541 123 23 $1,387 $7.9M
445 NAICS 445 88 9 $538 $2.5M
111 NAICS 111 65 17 $911 $3.1M
238 NAICS 238 51 18 $678 $1.8M
457 NAICS 457 44 1 $634 $1.5M
484 NAICS 484 40 10 $672 $1.4M
926 NAICS 926 37 4 $989 $1.9M
923 NAICS 923 35 3 $949 $1.7M
491 NAICS 491 30 6 $955 $1.5M
811 NAICS 811 27 13 $959 $1.4M
441 NAICS 441 21 6 $706 $0.8M
519 NAICS 519 19 2 $230 $0.2M
524 NAICS 524 16 8 $1,056 $0.9M
922 NAICS 922 13 2 $1,055 $0.7M
924 NAICS 924 9 4 $1,361 $0.5M
221 NAICS 221 8 2 $377 $0.2M
523 NAICS 523 7 3 $1,138 $0.4M
237 NAICS 237 6 5 $762 $0.2M
531 NAICS 531 4 1 $581 $0.1M
925 NAICS 925 3 1 $772 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

59

jobs · $67,676 avg pay

State Government

59

jobs · $50,274 avg pay

Local Government

1,125

jobs · $38,061 avg pay

Private

3,251

jobs · $54,571 avg pay

KS Unemployment

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

3.9%

April 2026

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