Brown County, SD

FIPS 46013 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Brown County had an annual average of 19,809 jobs across 1,522 establishments, paying $1.1 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

19,809

-0.1% YoY

Establishments

1,522

Total Wages

$1.1B

Avg Annual Pay

$54,428

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, SD, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 1,539 85 $397 $31.8M
622 NAICS 622 1,193 4 $1,481 $91.9M
621 NAICS 621 893 79 $2,057 $60.8M
921 NAICS 921 763 11 $2,033 $45.0M
623 NAICS 623 737 12 $772 $29.6M
455 NAICS 455 642 9 $535 $17.8M
238 NAICS 238 607 99 $1,177 $37.2M
522 NAICS 522 605 35 $1,503 $47.2M
424 NAICS 424 554 60 $1,459 $42.0M
541 NAICS 541 553 143 $2,264 $39.9M
423 NAICS 423 480 53 $1,551 $38.7M
441 NAICS 441 441 24 $1,084 $24.9M
561 NAICS 561 438 98 $897 $20.4M
445 NAICS 445 414 14 $578 $12.4M
624 NAICS 624 378 24 $664 $13.0M
444 NAICS 444 370 19 $797 $15.3M
457 NAICS 457 329 26 $540 $9.2M
323 NAICS 323 304 6 $950 $15.0M
713 NAICS 713 293 25 $437 $6.7M
333 NAICS 333 290 10 $1,069 $16.1M
551 NAICS 551 282 14 $2,386 $35.0M
721 NAICS 721 279 11 $400 $5.8M
813 NAICS 813 248 17 $409 $5.3M
524 NAICS 524 246 62 $1,399 $17.9M
236 NAICS 236 238 60 $1,082 $13.4M
811 NAICS 811 227 55 $981 $11.6M
923 NAICS 923 222 6 $2,061 $19.1M
459 NAICS 459 219 32 $703 $8.0M
484 NAICS 484 165 32 $1,160 $10.0M
237 NAICS 237 160 7 $1,721 $14.3M
111 NAICS 111 152 40 $920 $7.3M
449 NAICS 449 144 15 $1,007 $7.6M
458 NAICS 458 143 22 $359 $2.7M
332 NAICS 332 125 5 $1,260 $8.2M
611 NAICS 611 122 19 $396 $2.5M
492 NAICS 492 113 4 $1,070 $6.3M
221 NAICS 221 112 5 $1,857 $10.8M
531 NAICS 531 103 49 $660 $3.5M
112 NAICS 112 96 14 $975 $4.8M
517 NAICS 517 85 6 $1,672 $7.4M
488 NAICS 488 66 7 $814 $2.8M
491 NAICS 491 65 9 $1,245 $4.2M
922 NAICS 922 60 7 $1,981 $4.6M
456 NAICS 456 57 9 $573 $1.7M
562 NAICS 562 49 4 $1,002 $2.5M
926 NAICS 926 48 11 $1,253 $3.1M
711 NAICS 711 39 7 $358 $0.7M
924 NAICS 924 33 3 $1,760 $3.0M
327 NAICS 327 29 3 $1,396 $2.1M
326 NAICS 326 14 3 $1,329 $0.9M
518 NAICS 518 14 7 $1,105 $0.8M
425 NAICS 425 6 4 $1,316 $0.4M
928 NAICS 928 2 1 $1,300 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

423

jobs · $95,579 avg pay

State Government

789

jobs · $62,105 avg pay

Local Government

1,689

jobs · $44,769 avg pay

Private

16,908

jobs · $54,007 avg pay

SD Unemployment

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

2.2%

April 2026

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