Brunswick County, NC

FIPS 37019 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Brunswick County had an annual average of 41,268 jobs across 4,448 establishments, paying $2.1 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

41,268

+4.3% YoY

Establishments

4,448

Total Wages

$2.1B

Avg Annual Pay

$51,701

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 Brunswick County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 5,946 355 $483 $149.5M
611 NAICS 611 2,827 73 $1,046 $135.4M
921 NAICS 921 2,355 21 $2,655 $137.4M
621 NAICS 621 2,312 253 $1,377 $165.6M
238 NAICS 238 2,053 342 $1,154 $123.2M
561 NAICS 561 1,971 361 $877 $89.9M
445 NAICS 445 1,899 73 $532 $52.3M
713 NAICS 713 1,792 68 $556 $51.9M
541 NAICS 541 1,674 621 $2,024 $163.3M
455 NAICS 455 1,440 59 $576 $43.2M
221 NAICS 221 1,038 16 $2,768 $144.8M
444 NAICS 444 1,023 55 $709 $37.7M
531 NAICS 531 847 240 $987 $43.4M
236 NAICS 236 769 250 $1,311 $52.4M
332 NAICS 332 745 15 $1,273 $49.3M
424 NAICS 424 666 62 $1,139 $39.5M
459 NAICS 459 507 104 $645 $17.0M
441 NAICS 441 486 48 $907 $22.9M
457 NAICS 457 474 56 $586 $14.4M
456 NAICS 456 468 48 $729 $17.7M
811 NAICS 811 459 86 $1,071 $25.6M
325 NAICS 325 372 6 $1,720 $33.2M
488 NAICS 488 369 25 $947 $18.1M
622 NAICS 622 354 2 $1,350 $24.8M
522 NAICS 522 349 70 $1,660 $24.2M
721 NAICS 721 343 31 $514 $9.2M
812 NAICS 812 333 94 $574 $9.9M
237 NAICS 237 328 40 $1,538 $26.3M
484 NAICS 484 315 59 $1,074 $17.6M
423 NAICS 423 302 102 $1,355 $21.2M
928 NAICS 928 291 2 $1,589 $24.1M
458 NAICS 458 267 56 $479 $6.7M
524 NAICS 524 233 84 $1,540 $18.7M
491 NAICS 491 218 9 $1,489 $16.9M
813 NAICS 813 203 57 $2,042 $7.4M
449 NAICS 449 156 35 $967 $7.8M
334 NAICS 334 154 7 $1,744 $14.0M
922 NAICS 922 151 6 $1,611 $10.1M
926 NAICS 926 118 6 $3,298 $6.9M
327 NAICS 327 97 9 $1,089 $5.5M
111 NAICS 111 88 13 $741 $3.4M
492 NAICS 492 66 8 $826 $2.8M
312 NAICS 312 65 7 $471 $1.6M
814 NAICS 814 64 62 $482 $1.6M
337 NAICS 337 62 11 $1,010 $3.2M
513 NAICS 513 57 32 $1,625 $4.8M
551 NAICS 551 49 11 $2,410 $6.1M
311 NAICS 311 36 5 $528 $1.0M
562 NAICS 562 35 10 $1,102 $2.0M
712 NAICS 712 32 5 $818 $1.1M
711 NAICS 711 28 15 $1,443 $2.1M
487 NAICS 487 26 7 $627 $0.8M
425 NAICS 425 24 18 $2,274 $2.8M
336 NAICS 336 20 6 $2,665 $2.7M
333 NAICS 333 14 4 $1,658 $1.2M
923 NAICS 923 12 4 $1,019 $0.6M
326 NAICS 326 12 4 $1,488 $0.9M
512 NAICS 512 11 5 $1,537 $0.9M
323 NAICS 323 11 8 $621 $0.4M
518 NAICS 518 11 12 $1,925 $1.1M
924 NAICS 924 9 2 $1,176 $0.6M
115 NAICS 115 7 4 $972 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

563

jobs · $83,092 avg pay

State Government

743

jobs · $41,826 avg pay

Local Government

4,762

jobs · $57,310 avg pay

Private

35,200

jobs · $50,649 avg pay

NC Unemployment

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

3.7%

April 2026

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