Burke County, NC

FIPS 37023 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Burke County had an annual average of 29,553 jobs across 1,726 establishments, paying $1.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

29,553

+0.2% YoY

Establishments

1,726

Total Wages

$1.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$48,986

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 Burke County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 4 — —
722 NAICS 722 2,779 144 $381 $55.0M
611 NAICS 611 2,259 47 $973 $106.6M
622 NAICS 622 1,943 3 $1,550 $115.0M
621 NAICS 621 1,712 122 $1,689 $150.3M
337 NAICS 337 1,405 19 $962 $70.3M
311 NAICS 311 1,385 7 $937 $67.5M
921 NAICS 921 1,368 10 $1,495 $65.5M
561 NAICS 561 1,302 102 $1,084 $44.8M
313 NAICS 313 990 8 $939 $48.4M
335 NAICS 335 799 3 $1,262 $52.5M
623 NAICS 623 784 21 $840 $34.2M
455 NAICS 455 760 31 $546 $21.6M
336 NAICS 336 755 3 $1,200 $47.1M
445 NAICS 445 712 34 $496 $14.5M
238 NAICS 238 556 91 $1,092 $31.6M
922 NAICS 922 544 5 $2,320 $35.4M
332 NAICS 332 472 15 $1,148 $28.2M
441 NAICS 441 428 28 $994 $22.1M
541 NAICS 541 409 139 $1,169 $24.9M
444 NAICS 444 386 18 $670 $13.5M
423 NAICS 423 306 40 $1,241 $19.7M
326 NAICS 326 300 5 $967 $15.1M
325 NAICS 325 278 6 $1,114 $16.1M
811 NAICS 811 258 49 $930 $12.4M
312 NAICS 312 244 5 $871 $11.0M
321 NAICS 321 242 5 $828 $10.4M
923 NAICS 923 239 2 $694 $8.6M
424 NAICS 424 230 24 $1,261 $15.1M
456 NAICS 456 227 30 $733 $8.6M
522 NAICS 522 227 26 $1,136 $13.4M
812 NAICS 812 223 29 $612 $7.1M
327 NAICS 327 215 9 $1,295 $14.5M
322 NAICS 322 205 3 $1,265 $13.5M
236 NAICS 236 200 76 $951 $9.9M
457 NAICS 457 185 46 $530 $5.1M
713 NAICS 713 181 12 $779 $3.7M
459 NAICS 459 180 38 $551 $5.1M
491 NAICS 491 134 10 $1,298 $9.0M
721 NAICS 721 120 12 $480 $3.0M
315 NAICS 315 109 6 $856 $4.9M
531 NAICS 531 108 61 $974 $5.4M
926 NAICS 926 94 11 $1,448 $6.0M
524 NAICS 524 88 37 $1,142 $5.3M
458 NAICS 458 81 16 $442 $1.9M
111 NAICS 111 78 6 $702 $2.8M
484 NAICS 484 70 23 $1,095 $4.0M
449 NAICS 449 66 9 $987 $3.4M
323 NAICS 323 59 6 $787 $2.4M
517 NAICS 517 58 5 $1,385 $4.1M
562 NAICS 562 58 9 $1,184 $3.6M
221 NAICS 221 54 5 $1,741 $4.9M
237 NAICS 237 53 11 $965 $2.7M
813 NAICS 813 52 18 $860 $2.3M
551 NAICS 551 45 7 $1,963 $4.6M
314 NAICS 314 43 5 $691 $1.5M
532 NAICS 532 42 8 $1,905 $4.2M
924 NAICS 924 39 4 $1,854 $1.9M
425 NAICS 425 32 6 $952 $1.6M
485 NAICS 485 28 2 $684 $1.0M
814 NAICS 814 27 27 $491 $0.7M
513 NAICS 513 27 10 $1,003 $1.4M
112 NAICS 112 13 4 $807 $0.5M
925 NAICS 925 12 2 $1,077 $0.7M
516 NAICS 516 11 4 $690 $0.4M
488 NAICS 488 4 1 $932 $0.2M
928 NAICS 928 1 1 $2,407 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

158

jobs · $69,586 avg pay

State Government

3,230

jobs · $55,419 avg pay

Local Government

3,124

jobs · $49,739 avg pay

Private

23,041

jobs · $47,841 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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