Brown County, TX

FIPS 48049 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Brown County had an annual average of 15,849 jobs across 961 establishments, paying $0.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

15,849

+1.1% YoY

Establishments

961

Total Wages

$0.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$48,142

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, TX, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
621 NAICS 621 1,672 68 $1,901 $46.4M
722 NAICS 722 1,318 68 $371 $25.4M
623 NAICS 623 690 18 $770 $27.6M
455 NAICS 455 547 17 $563 $16.0M
561 NAICS 561 378 32 $796 $15.7M
238 NAICS 238 350 58 $1,037 $18.9M
332 NAICS 332 319 10 $1,838 $30.5M
441 NAICS 441 303 23 $967 $15.2M
522 NAICS 522 284 24 $1,430 $18.4M
423 NAICS 423 271 23 $1,216 $17.1M
445 NAICS 445 268 12 $512 $7.1M
444 NAICS 444 262 14 $659 $9.0M
424 NAICS 424 238 13 $988 $12.3M
922 NAICS 922 236 10 $1,043 $12.8M
457 NAICS 457 172 26 $474 $4.2M
921 NAICS 921 170 9 $1,026 $9.1M
811 NAICS 811 161 36 $788 $6.6M
713 NAICS 713 158 10 $505 $4.2M
311 NAICS 311 144 4 $1,210 $9.0M
456 NAICS 456 126 16 $870 $5.7M
459 NAICS 459 125 25 $694 $4.5M
458 NAICS 458 114 9 $432 $2.6M
492 NAICS 492 105 4 $1,009 $5.5M
721 NAICS 721 102 12 $389 $2.1M
236 NAICS 236 100 23 $982 $5.1M
812 NAICS 812 83 18 $459 $2.0M
532 NAICS 532 81 9 $825 $3.5M
221 NAICS 221 78 6 $1,630 $6.6M
112 NAICS 112 77 18 $1,638 $6.6M
813 NAICS 813 63 14 $320 $1.0M
449 NAICS 449 59 7 $969 $3.0M
491 NAICS 491 54 7 $1,090 $3.1M
531 NAICS 531 52 32 $878 $2.4M
323 NAICS 323 51 5 $626 $1.7M
923 NAICS 923 47 6 $1,388 $2.8M
611 NAICS 611 43 3 $1,795 $4.0M
425 NAICS 425 35 5 $3,608 $6.6M
517 NAICS 517 34 4 $1,441 $2.6M
516 NAICS 516 31 5 $623 $1.0M
237 NAICS 237 30 4 $1,029 $1.6M
562 NAICS 562 23 4 $979 $1.2M
711 NAICS 711 18 4 $449 $0.4M
928 NAICS 928 17 1 $1,362 $1.2M
333 NAICS 333 14 3 $1,194 $0.9M
924 NAICS 924 8 2 $1,163 $0.5M
814 NAICS 814 8 6 $357 $0.1M
999 NAICS 999 8 5 $425 $0.2M
926 NAICS 926 4 1 $1,818 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

118

jobs · $69,788 avg pay

State Government

857

jobs · $60,745 avg pay

Local Government

2,090

jobs · $44,191 avg pay

Private

12,784

jobs · $47,740 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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