Butte County, CA

FIPS 06007 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Butte County had an annual average of 78,998 jobs across 9,029 establishments, paying $4.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

78,998

+0.9% YoY

Establishments

9,029

Total Wages

$4.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$57,521

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 Butte County, CA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 9,290 407 $1,512 $598.8M
722 NAICS 722 6,882 391 $572 $181.8M
624 NAICS 624 6,289 3,764 $1,005 $148.1M
622 NAICS 622 5,916 7 $1,617 $497.3M
621 NAICS 621 4,028 406 $2,069 $349.0M
623 NAICS 623 3,206 75 $2,126 $132.3M
238 NAICS 238 2,409 369 $1,331 $166.7M
561 NAICS 561 2,398 256 $1,317 $100.8M
541 NAICS 541 2,079 426 $1,503 $162.6M
445 NAICS 445 1,958 113 $697 $70.9M
813 NAICS 813 1,816 90 $719 $67.9M
455 NAICS 455 1,722 36 $682 $61.1M
111 NAICS 111 1,677 250 $1,034 $90.2M
924 NAICS 924 1,441 26 $1,920 $101.6M
713 NAICS 713 1,389 72 $538 $35.8M
721 NAICS 721 1,276 40 $920 $54.4M
423 NAICS 423 1,236 99 $1,578 $101.4M
921 NAICS 921 1,222 13 $1,678 $106.7M
444 NAICS 444 1,191 62 $892 $55.2M
459 NAICS 459 1,159 124 $724 $39.0M
441 NAICS 441 1,134 75 $1,207 $71.2M
531 NAICS 531 1,041 240 $1,528 $50.9M
236 NAICS 236 1,018 198 $1,385 $73.3M
811 NAICS 811 1,015 147 $1,051 $55.4M
311 NAICS 311 943 29 $1,180 $57.9M
115 NAICS 115 890 58 $1,173 $54.3M
923 NAICS 923 785 9 $1,798 $53.0M
424 NAICS 424 759 56 $1,411 $55.7M
922 NAICS 922 750 13 $2,426 $63.1M
812 NAICS 812 713 117 $746 $24.9M
458 NAICS 458 673 60 $745 $26.1M
237 NAICS 237 621 33 $2,479 $72.0M
522 NAICS 522 565 66 $1,949 $48.5M
524 NAICS 524 552 97 $2,215 $49.4M
449 NAICS 449 506 56 $905 $23.8M
456 NAICS 456 470 54 $912 $22.3M
492 NAICS 492 434 11 $978 $22.1M
333 NAICS 333 424 21 $1,220 $26.9M
551 NAICS 551 396 15 $1,933 $39.8M
457 NAICS 457 389 54 $718 $14.3M
484 NAICS 484 365 64 $1,322 $25.1M
332 NAICS 332 315 26 $1,170 $19.2M
562 NAICS 562 279 25 $1,203 $17.5M
491 NAICS 491 269 17 $1,215 $17.0M
321 NAICS 321 259 12 $1,127 $15.2M
532 NAICS 532 208 35 $1,165 $12.6M
326 NAICS 326 200 9 $1,155 $12.0M
339 NAICS 339 198 17 $956 $9.8M
323 NAICS 323 193 12 $1,144 $11.5M
221 NAICS 221 192 13 $1,611 $16.1M
516 NAICS 516 177 12 $1,218 $11.2M
334 NAICS 334 164 8 $2,875 $24.5M
523 NAICS 523 160 55 $2,904 $24.1M
814 NAICS 814 152 71 $635 $5.0M
337 NAICS 337 140 15 $956 $6.9M
485 NAICS 485 118 5 $1,134 $6.0M
711 NAICS 711 114 13 $566 $3.1M
112 NAICS 112 106 24 $1,057 $5.8M
513 NAICS 513 102 11 $1,293 $6.8M
113 NAICS 113 101 9 $1,416 $7.4M
926 NAICS 926 94 9 $1,445 $5.9M
488 NAICS 488 86 18 $959 $4.3M
212 NAICS 212 43 6 $1,382 $3.1M
425 NAICS 425 35 5 $1,078 $2.0M
519 NAICS 519 34 2 $807 $1.4M
327 NAICS 327 28 9 $846 $1.2M
314 NAICS 314 19 3 $712 $0.7M
325 NAICS 325 19 4 $1,453 $1.4M
336 NAICS 336 17 6 $969 $0.9M
712 NAICS 712 16 6 $516 $0.4M
928 NAICS 928 12 1 $1,052 $0.6M
999 NAICS 999 4 8 $2,186 $0.5M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

618

jobs · $83,328 avg pay

State Government

3,251

jobs · $78,253 avg pay

Local Government

11,772

jobs · $62,896 avg pay

Private

63,357

jobs · $55,206 avg pay

CA Unemployment

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

5.3%

April 2026

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