Brown County, WI

FIPS 55009 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Brown County had an annual average of 157,834 jobs across 7,615 establishments, paying $10.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

157,834

+1% YoY

Establishments

7,615

Total Wages

$10.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$63,349

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, WI, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 11,219 600 $402 $234.7M
622 NAICS 622 9,519 11 $1,402 $694.1M
611 NAICS 611 8,965 161 $1,050 $470.3M
621 NAICS 621 7,725 418 $1,851 $688.7M
311 NAICS 311 7,621 57 $1,187 $470.5M
541 NAICS 541 6,268 660 $2,009 $557.7M
238 NAICS 238 5,533 472 $1,480 $425.8M
551 NAICS 551 5,471 93 $1,987 $565.3M
561 NAICS 561 5,433 395 $931 $243.9M
322 NAICS 322 5,206 30 $1,542 $417.5M
423 NAICS 423 5,162 289 $1,612 $432.8M
484 NAICS 484 4,625 156 $1,282 $308.4M
624 NAICS 624 4,317 751 $1,128 $141.4M
524 NAICS 524 3,812 179 $1,550 $307.2M
332 NAICS 332 3,666 98 $1,247 $237.7M
455 NAICS 455 3,318 43 $511 $88.2M
623 NAICS 623 3,116 96 $689 $111.7M
424 NAICS 424 2,942 126 $1,326 $202.9M
323 NAICS 323 2,841 40 $1,279 $188.9M
445 NAICS 445 2,789 80 $590 $85.6M
921 NAICS 921 2,634 32 $2,289 $155.5M
333 NAICS 333 2,409 53 $1,663 $208.3M
441 NAICS 441 2,365 116 $1,143 $140.6M
522 NAICS 522 2,161 152 $2,008 $197.1M
337 NAICS 337 1,969 25 $1,245 $127.4M
713 NAICS 713 1,784 93 $718 $44.8M
459 NAICS 459 1,743 144 $524 $47.5M
236 NAICS 236 1,657 193 $1,500 $129.3M
444 NAICS 444 1,603 52 $847 $70.6M
711 NAICS 711 1,575 38 $4,163 $340.9M
812 NAICS 812 1,449 201 $651 $49.0M
721 NAICS 721 1,386 50 $575 $41.4M
457 NAICS 457 1,350 98 $638 $38.2M
811 NAICS 811 1,188 190 $1,013 $62.6M
339 NAICS 339 1,123 27 $1,184 $69.2M
922 NAICS 922 1,099 19 $2,014 $89.0M
813 NAICS 813 1,059 62 $461 $25.4M
531 NAICS 531 922 214 $970 $46.5M
325 NAICS 325 887 17 $1,368 $63.1M
456 NAICS 456 814 81 $766 $32.4M
458 NAICS 458 803 82 $479 $20.0M
112 NAICS 112 751 45 $959 $37.5M
221 NAICS 221 744 21 $2,476 $86.1M
237 NAICS 237 737 46 $1,842 $70.6M
492 NAICS 492 710 23 $906 $33.4M
517 NAICS 517 691 24 $1,353 $48.6M
493 NAICS 493 690 20 $1,192 $42.8M
321 NAICS 321 668 20 $1,096 $38.0M
488 NAICS 488 643 30 $1,286 $43.0M
449 NAICS 449 607 83 $942 $29.7M
523 NAICS 523 573 130 $3,411 $101.6M
491 NAICS 491 520 10 $1,380 $37.3M
516 NAICS 516 451 18 $1,293 $30.3M
313 NAICS 313 425 3 $1,036 $22.9M
326 NAICS 326 403 17 $1,008 $21.1M
327 NAICS 327 387 18 $1,571 $31.6M
513 NAICS 513 285 25 $2,522 $37.4M
331 NAICS 331 280 7 $1,302 $18.9M
562 NAICS 562 262 28 $1,196 $16.3M
336 NAICS 336 221 6 $1,024 $11.7M
923 NAICS 923 190 7 $1,824 $13.7M
425 NAICS 425 188 45 $1,584 $15.5M
926 NAICS 926 176 6 $1,628 $14.9M
312 NAICS 312 149 10 $430 $3.3M
334 NAICS 334 140 8 $1,340 $9.8M
111 NAICS 111 128 14 $912 $6.1M
712 NAICS 712 128 8 $2,116 $4.4M
519 NAICS 519 107 10 $716 $4.0M
314 NAICS 314 91 6 $965 $4.6M
814 NAICS 814 82 67 $322 $1.4M
212 NAICS 212 75 4 $1,905 $7.4M
924 NAICS 924 51 2 $1,472 $3.9M
928 NAICS 928 26 1 $1,182 $1.6M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,234

jobs · $83,451 avg pay

State Government

1,766

jobs · $77,687 avg pay

Local Government

13,854

jobs · $56,477 avg pay

Private

140,980

jobs · $63,669 avg pay

WI Unemployment

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

3.5%

April 2026

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