Butler County, KS

FIPS 20015 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Butler County had an annual average of 19,881 jobs across 1,695 establishments, paying $1.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

19,881

-0.7% YoY

Establishments

1,695

Total Wages

$1.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$50,462

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 Butler County, KS, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 3,702 32 $787 $149.6M
722 NAICS 722 1,578 96 $376 $30.8M
621 NAICS 621 985 113 $1,098 $56.2M
921 NAICS 921 956 24 $902 $44.8M
624 NAICS 624 922 42 $458 $22.0M
541 NAICS 541 703 239 $1,721 $54.7M
238 NAICS 238 700 128 $1,137 $41.4M
561 NAICS 561 664 108 $1,276 $33.8M
455 NAICS 455 577 17 $551 $16.5M
922 NAICS 922 462 8 $1,222 $29.0M
445 NAICS 445 460 15 $528 $12.6M
424 NAICS 424 385 25 $1,228 $24.6M
332 NAICS 332 385 11 $1,320 $26.4M
237 NAICS 237 356 32 $1,524 $26.4M
236 NAICS 236 352 48 $1,395 $25.6M
441 NAICS 441 305 31 $946 $15.0M
444 NAICS 444 277 19 $1,029 $14.8M
522 NAICS 522 263 43 $1,087 $14.9M
713 NAICS 713 231 15 $1,169 $6.1M
457 NAICS 457 229 18 $513 $6.1M
484 NAICS 484 210 36 $1,079 $11.8M
811 NAICS 811 194 44 $1,062 $10.7M
423 NAICS 423 179 41 $1,334 $12.4M
488 NAICS 488 179 19 $1,433 $13.0M
812 NAICS 812 161 26 $530 $4.4M
333 NAICS 333 132 4 $1,350 $9.2M
459 NAICS 459 119 17 $467 $2.9M
456 NAICS 456 117 10 $811 $4.9M
531 NAICS 531 109 52 $853 $4.8M
491 NAICS 491 105 14 $1,086 $5.9M
112 NAICS 112 103 21 $1,040 $5.5M
221 NAICS 221 96 12 $2,053 $9.4M
924 NAICS 924 60 12 $1,036 $1.5M
923 NAICS 923 54 4 $891 $2.5M
551 NAICS 551 53 8 $1,887 $5.2M
721 NAICS 721 52 10 $448 $1.2M
926 NAICS 926 50 8 $1,291 $2.6M
813 NAICS 813 38 15 $590 $1.2M
519 NAICS 519 31 4 $459 $0.7M
425 NAICS 425 30 19 $1,947 $3.1M
449 NAICS 449 29 8 $890 $1.3M
532 NAICS 532 27 6 $1,057 $1.5M
513 NAICS 513 22 16 $2,051 $2.3M
814 NAICS 814 16 18 $561 $0.5M
458 NAICS 458 14 7 $346 $0.2M
323 NAICS 323 13 4 $493 $0.3M
562 NAICS 562 9 6 $929 $0.4M
925 NAICS 925 2 1 $923 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

123

jobs · $59,093 avg pay

State Government

588

jobs · $59,483 avg pay

Local Government

4,704

jobs · $41,745 avg pay

Private

14,466

jobs · $52,857 avg pay

KS Unemployment

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

3.9%

April 2026

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